
El coloquio de las perras
The Dialogue of the Bitches | Capitán Swing, 2019
Press
“Luna Miguel, a young, ferocious author, publishes brave books of poetry and signs articles without hang-ups. Her youth hasn’t kept her from suffering from a literary world dominated by masculinity. The Dialogue of the Bitches, rich with literary rigor, feminism, and sonority, is her response to this injustice. Miguel shows us that bitches will speak up.” M. Àngels Cabré, Ara
Synopsis
According to the Chilean author Alejandra Costamagna, "the Latin American Boom was totally chauvinistic."
To prove how right she is, we only have to consider our ignorance of the Latin American literature written by women over the course of the twentieth century. It can quite reasonably be claimed that this same chauvinism has pervaded the Spanish publishing industry for decades and it is only now that we are finally putting prejudice aside and reading work by the forgotten women of the Generation of 27 and those who came after them.
Taking its title from a short story by the Puerto Rican author Rosario Ferré in which she explores the literary misogyny of the 1990s, The Dialogue of the Bitches is a tribute to Spanish-speaking women who have overcome myriad obstacles in order to write. In this volume, the journalist and poet Luna Miguel brings together a dozen such women, ranging from prominent figures like Elena Garro, Gabriela Mistral and Alejandra Pizarnik to those who are currently less well-known like Alcira Stout Scaffo, Agustina González López and María Emilia Cornejo. The conversation that ensues is filled with howls of protest. Miguel demands these authors be read and reclaimed, perhaps in the hope that the dangerous, egotistical figure of the "male writer" might be wiped out once and for all.
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Bibiana CANDIA
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Adrià MARQUÈS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI