Episode 201: Julián Delgado Lopera

Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include:

Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel  Creating intergenerational trans friendships and navigating inevitable conflict  Protesting in Bogotá and navigating Colombian gender bureaucracy  Untranslatable Spanglish, transsexual grammar, travesti poetics, and the beautiful transfemme tradition of lying-i-mean-myth-making :) Plus: Alison Bechdel vs Carson Kressley in Provincetown?!  This Week in Gender: We hear from a friend and supporter of Amber Kim.

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Find Julián at juliandlopera.com and @juliandlopera. Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You is available now (and on sale on Bookshop!)

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman

Logo: Ira M. Leigh

Music: Breakmaster Cylinder

Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions

Sponsors: Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb) & DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)