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April 21, 2022 80 mins

In part I of an amazing conversation, FeFe Handy is joined in the virtual living room by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt!

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, MAYRA CUEVAS is a professional journalist and author of Salty, Bitter, Sweet. Her debut fiction short story was selected by Becky Albertalli as a New Voice in the Foreshadow YA serial anthology in 2019. She is a TV and digital producer for CNN. Follow her on Twitter at @Mayra ECuevas and Instagram at @Mayra Cuevas

MARIE MARQUARDT is a Scholar-in-Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and author of Dream Things True and The Radius of Us. She has published articles and co-authored two nonfiction books about Latin American immigration to the U.S. South. Marie is chair of El Refugio, a nonprofit that serves detained immigrants and their families. Follow her on Twitter at @MarieFMarquardt and Instagram at @Marie_Marquardt.

DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Some subject matter discussed in this episode may be sensitive and controversial. 

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