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Journeys of discovery

Journeys of discovery Imagen: Sara Ferruz, Marta Villarte

Absorbed in this journey with ISLA, we are conscious of the quest that leads us to review the past as we move forward in search of new lands. Shouldering their backpacks, half-filled with supplies, our three guests have written of Caribbean archipelagos, journeys between islands, and cultural heritage, not to mention the inevitable fissures and silences that go with them and the chance to weave new nets and find a way forward. We listen in to their dialogue, which is also our own. 


With Suad Aldarra, Cristina Bendek y Selena Millares. Moderator: Yairen Jerez Columbié.

Artists short biographies:

Suad Aldarra is a writer and data scientist based in Dublin. She has lived in Syria, Egypt and the US. Her first book is the memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home.

Cristina Bendek is a Caribbean fiction writer and journalist. Her first novel, Los cristales de la sal (Salt Crystals), has been translated into many different languages, English among others.

Selena Millares is a narrator, poet and essayist from Gran Canarias, Spain. She writes reviews and opinion in different media and teaches Latin American literature. Her book La isla del fin del mundo is a fable of Irish sailors in search of the mythical island of San Brandán.

Yairen Jerez Columbié is a poet, essayist and researcher writing in Spanish, English and Catalan. She works as Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies and Intercultural Communication at Trinity College Dublin, and has recently published the poetry collection Fósiles de lluvia and the book Essays on Transculturation and Catalan-Cuban Intellectual History.

In collaboration with Trinity Centre for Global Intercultural Communications.

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