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Writer Angie Cruz in conversation with Stephen Adubato; bilingual novel excerpts; translation by Kianny N. Antigua

Transient 13 by Doris Rodríguez (oil on canvas, 30” x 80”), 2014. Source: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, Dominican Artists in the United States: Doris Rodríguez

Transient 13 by Doris Rodríguez (oil on canvas, 30” x 80”), 2014. Source: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, Dominican Artists in the United States: Doris Rodríguez

 

Dominicana: A Novel (Flatiron Books, 2019) by Angie Cruz is a coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world. Set in 1965 Washington Heights, the novel was inspired by Cruz’s mother. A Spanish translation by Kianny N. Antigua was recently published by Editorial Siete Cuentos (2021).

Open Plaza presents a conversation between the author and educator Stephen Adubato, along with bilingual excerpts from Dominicana.

 

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The Wafers
The Wafers

Angie Cruz presents an excerpt from her novel Dominicana

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Hostias
Hostias

Angie Cruz presenta un extracto de su novela Dominicana, traducida por Kianny N. Antigua

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The Stories We Tell Each Other
The Stories We Tell Each Other

Stephen Adubato talks to Angie Cruz about the theological themes and imagery in her novel Dominicana

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Angie Cruz
Angie Cruz

Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her novel Dominicana is the inaugural book pick for GMA book club and chosen as the 2019/2020 Wordup Uptown Reads. It was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, The Aspen Words Literary Prize, a RUSA Notable book, and the winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction. Cruz is the author of two other novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee, and is the recipient of numerous fellowships and residencies, including the Lighthouse Fellowship, Siena Art Institute, and the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Fellowship. She has published shorter works in The Paris Review, VQR, Callaloo, Gulf Coast, and other journals. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning literary journal Aster(ix). Cruz is an Associate professor at University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches in the MFA program and splits her time between Pittsburgh. New York, and Turin.

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Kianny Antigua
Kianny Antigua

Kianny N. Antigua is a fiction writer, poet and translator who hails from the Dominican Republic. She works as a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Dartmouth College and as a freelance translator and adapter for Pepsqually VO & Sound Design, Inc. Antigua has published 22 children's literature books, four short stories, two books of poetry, an anthology, a book of micro-fiction, a novel and a magazine. She has won 16 literary awards, and her writings appear in various anthologies, textbooks, magazines, and other media. Some of her stories have also been translated into English, French, and Italian.

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Stephen Adubato
Stephen Adubato

Stephen G. Adubato studied Spanish Literature and Religious Studies at Fordham University and went on to pursue graduate work in Moral Theology at Seton Hall. Since then, he has taught philosophy and theology at both the secondary and university levels. He is currently spending a year working as a Journalism Fellow for Compact Magazine through the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is a contributing writer for the National Catholic Reporter and has published with over forty other publications, including Newsweek, The New York Daily News, The Tablet, America: The Jesuit Review, Nylon, and The Hedgehog Review. He also hosts the Cracks in Postmodernity blog and podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @stephengadubato.

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