Writer and educator Casandra Lopez reads and discusses her original work, the ethics of trauma narratives, & fostering art, creativity, and connection through car remodeling.

Mentioned in this episode:
✔︎ Barbara Christian, "The Race for Theory" (https://pullias.usc.edu/wp-content/up...)
✔︎ Kara Keeling, "Critical Theory and Popular Education" (https://www.academia.edu/8630216/Crit...)
✔︎ Dylan Miner (http://dylanminer.com)

Casandra Lopez is a Chicana and California Indian (Cahuilla/Tongva/Luiseño) writer who’s received support from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf and Jackstraw. She’s been selected for residencies with the School of Advanced Research and Hedgebrook. Her chapbook, Where Bullet Breaks was published by the Sequoyah National Research Center and her poetry collection, Brother Bullet is forthcoming from University of Arizona. She’s a founding editor of As/Us: A Space For Women Of The World and teaches at Northwest Indian College.

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