In Conversation with Poet mónica teresa ortiz

In this episode, Host editors Annar and Claire welcome their first guest to the podcast: mónica teresa ortiz. mónica is the author of Muted Blood and was the first recipient of the Host Publications Chapbook Prize for her book autobiography of a semiromantic anarchist. Her work is revolutionary and heartfelt, and mónica is a generous and wise soul. We recommend checking out some of the books she mentions in this episode:  The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance by Audre Lorde Open Veins of Latin America and We Say No by Eduardo Galeano The works of Alma Guillermoprieto Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz