Carribean Fragoza
{{Short description|American writer}}
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{{proper name|Carri|bean}} 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).{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://carribeanfragoza.com/about/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website={{proper name|Car|ribean}} Fragoza |language=en-US}} In 2023, she received a Whiting Award for her short story collection Eat the Mouth That Feeds You.{{Cite news |last=Miranda |first=Carolina A. |date=2023-03-29 |title=L.A. author {{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza wins prestigious $50,000 Whiting Award |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-03-29/carribean-fragoza-of-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you-wins-prestigious-whiting-award |archive-url=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 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=2024-05-21 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Eat the Mouth That Feeds You |url=https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=citylights.com |publisher=City Lights |quote=WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARD}}
Life
She grew up in South El Monte. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in Comparative Literature and Chicana/o Studies.{{Cite magazine |first=Cheryl |last=Cheng |title=Alumna {{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza Writes Fiction That Shifts Narratives |url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/carribean-fragoza-writer-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you |access-date=2024-05-21 |magazine=UCLA Magazine |language=en-us |date=June 10, 2021}} She went on to graduate from the California Institute of the Arts{{Cite news |first=Liz |last=Ohanesian |title=How El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley inspire writer {{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza's writing |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/23/how-el-monte-and-the-san-gabriel-valley-inspire-writer-carribean-fragozas-writing/ |newspaper=The Orange County Register |date=March 23, 2021 |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=March 23, 2021}} with an M.F.A. in Fiction.
Works
- Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, City Lights Books, 2021. {{ISBN|9780872868335}}{{Cite news |first=Dorany |last=Pineda |date=2021-04-05 |title={{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza lives the life she writes — busy, creative and slightly surreal |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-05/carribean-fragoza-on-stories-in-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you |access-date=2024-05-21 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=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 |archive-date=April 5, 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Women on the Border Between Here and There |url=https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/a45974970/caribbean-fragoza-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you-gabino-iglesias/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Alta Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=Introducing the Special Guest |url=https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/a46163632/carribean-fragoza-eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you-special-guest-kelly-link/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Alta Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Fajardo-Anstine |first=Kali |date=2021-03-23 |title=A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/books/review/eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you-carribean-fragoza.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
References
External links
- [http://carribeanfragoza.com/about/ About – {{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza]
- [https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-carribean-fragoza/ The PEN Ten: An Interview with {{proper name|Carri|bean}} Fragoza] - PEN America
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Category:American short story writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)