Fragoza’s “Eat the Mouth That Feeds You” is a feminist short story collection that gathers work of sensual corporeality. Ten surreal stories focusing on Chicana women, sometimes grotesque, often sketched with great tenderness, draw you deeper into what it feels like to be alive. These tales deploy sight gags, insights about power, and careful illumination of the body-its hunger, its blood, its guts-to excavate human truths. Relations, both intact and severed, among women are at the forefront: Children observe and then supervise their mother as she chops up not only logs but also furniture, and then eventually a living tree is implicated. The angel of a child killed by her father cements a friendship with a girl struck by lightning. In the stunning title story, a mother is literally consumed by her daughter. John Freeman will lead a free hour-long conversation with Fragoza, which will include a reading by her and questions from the audience. Joining them will be special guest Kelly Link, who is the author of the collections “Stranger Things Happen”; “Magic for Beginners”; “Pretty Monsters”; “Get in Trouble,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and “White Cat, Black Dog,” a Kirkus Prize finalist. Link was a 2018 MacArthur fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Produced by Alta Journal for streaming on Zoom.
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