Cu?ntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants began as a cover story for SF Weekly, and, eventually in 2014 with local grant support, Lopera was...

Cu?ntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants began as a cover story for SF Weekly, and, eventually in 2014 with local grant support, Lopera was able to self publish. The first edition of 300 books sold out within a week. In addition to beautiful black and white drawings of the contributors by artist Laura Cer?n Melo, this edition features a number of candid earlier photographs of several of the contributors, as well as a new introduction from Juli?n.

Cu?ntamelo! is "[a] stunning collection of bilingual oral histories and illustrations by LGBT Latinx immigrants who arrived in the U.S. during the 80s and 90s. Stories of repression in underground Havana in the 60s; coming out trans in Catholic Puerto Rico in the 80s; Scarface, female impersonators, Miami and the 'boat people'; San Francisco's underground Latinx scene during the 90s and more."

Cu?ntamelo! is bilingual. All stories in this book have both an English and Spanish version.

Full of humor and heart--the oral histories collected here speak of exilio and gentrification, bad tricks and forever friendships, hoped for memories and forgotten utopias. This is queer latinidad in all of her salty glory, spilling tales wrapped in glitter and grime, urgent stories that capture your spirit and don't let go. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in real-world accounts of the quotidian cruelties and unexpected pleasures of immigrant latinx queers remaking community, sex, politics, culture, and themselves. --Juana Mar?a Rodr?guez

Contributors include: Adela V?zquez, Alexandra Cruz, Manuel Rodr?guez Cruz, Marlen Hern?ndez, Carlos Say?n Wong, Mahogany S?nchez, Nelson D'Alerta (Catherine White)

Author: Juli?n Delgado Lopera
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
Published: 12/01/2017
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781879960947

About the Author
Lopera, Juliana Delgado: - Juliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer, oral-historian based in San Francisco. The recipient of the 2014 Jackson Literary award, and a finalist of the Clark-Gross Novel award, she's the author of ¡CUÉNTAMELO! an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants and QUIÉREME (Nomadic Press, 2017). She's received fellowships from Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts, Lambda Literary Foundation and The SF Grotto, and an individual artist grant from the SF Arts Commission. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in Four Way Review, Foglifter, The Bold Italic, Revista Canto, and SF Weekly among others. She's performed in countless venues around the West Coast and lectured at San Francisco State University, Wayward Writers and 826 Valencia. She's the executive director of RADAR Productions, a queer literary non-profit in San Francisco.