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Podcast: New Books in Latino Studies
Episode: Edgar Gomez, "High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir" (Soft Skull, 2022)
Description: Writing Latinos, from Public Books, is a new podcast featuring interviews with Latino (a/x/e) authors discussing their books and how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of latinidad.For this episode, we caught up with Edgar Gomez on his memoir High-Risk Homosexual (Soft Skull, 2022). The conversation with Gomez was one of our most wide-ranging, flowing, and honest yet. We talk about machismo, cockfighting, reconciling with parents, the Pulse nightclub shooting, bilingualism in contemporary literature, and the âmessinessâ of latinidad.The New York Times called High-Risk Homosexual âa breath of fresh air.â The...