Carribean Fragoza Explained
Fragoza is an American journalist, writer, and artist. She is the founder and co-director of the arts collective, South El Monte Art Posse (SEMAP).[1] In 2023, she received a Whiting Award for her short story collection Eat the Mouth That Feeds You.[2] [3]
Life
She grew up in South El Monte. She is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in Comparative Literature and Chicana/o Studies.[4] She went on to graduate from the California Institute of the Arts[5] with an M.F.A. in Fiction.
Works
- Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, City Lights Books, 2021. [6] [7] [8] [9]
References
- Web site: About . 2024-10-23 . Carribean Fragoza . en-US.
- News: Miranda . Carolina A. . 2023-03-29 . L.A. author Fragoza wins prestigious $50,000 Whiting Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329231901/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-03-29/carribean-fragoza-of-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you-wins-prestigious-whiting-award . March 29, 2023 . 2024-05-21 . . en-US.
- Web site: Eat the Mouth That Feeds You . 2024-10-31 . citylights.com . City Lights . WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARD.
- Cheryl . Cheng . Alumna Fragoza Writes Fiction That Shifts Narratives . 2024-05-21 . UCLA Magazine . en-us . June 10, 2021.
- News: Liz . Ohanesian . How El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley inspire writer Fragoza's writing . . March 23, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323202302/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/23/how-el-monte-and-the-san-gabriel-valley-inspire-writer-carribean-fragozas-writing/ . March 23, 2021.
- News: Dorany . Pineda . 2021-04-05 . Fragoza lives the life she writes — busy, creative and slightly surreal . 2024-05-21 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210405160639/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-05/carribean-fragoza-on-stories-in-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you . April 5, 2021 . en-US.
- Web site: 2023-12-14 . Women on the Border Between Here and There . 2024-05-21 . Alta Online . en-US.
- Web site: 2023-12-19 . Introducing the Special Guest . 2024-05-21 . Alta Online . en-US.
- News: Fajardo-Anstine . Kali . 2021-03-23 . A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood . 2024-05-21 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
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