Somewhere We Are Human

Published December 11, 2022 at 11:00 AM MST

On the left side we have a mid-shot photo of Reyna Grande dressed with a white flower and red background suit and a red shirt underneath. she is smiling with her head lightly inclined to the right.

On the right side of the image we have a mid-shot photo of Sonia Guiñansaca, she is wearing butterfly round glasses, four golden necklaces and a bright orange shirt with floral details in white, yellow and read. her expression is serious and her head is slightly turned to the left about 1/4. — **Reyna Grande** (left) is the author of the bestselling memoirs *The Distance Between Us* and its sequel (among other stories), and **Sonia Guiñansaca** (right), an internationally acclaimed poet, culture strategist, and activist.

In this new episode, host Daniel Chacón talks with Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca, editors of the anthology Somewhere We Are Human.

«A unique collection of 41 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers—including award-winning writers, artists, and activists—that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today.» - Introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen

Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoirs The Distance Between Us and its sequel, A Dream Called Home, as well as the novels Across a Hundred Mountains, Dancing with Butterflies, and A Ballad of Love and Glory. Reyna has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlán Literary Award, and a Latino Spirit Award.

Sonia Guiñansaca is an internationally acclaimed poet, culture strategist, and activist. Guiñansaca helped build some of the largest undocumented organizations in the U.S and co-founded some of the first artistic projects, writers retreats, and workshops for and by undocumented writers. Sonia self-published a debut chapbook, Nostalgia and Borders, and contributed to the new edition of the Colonize This! Anthology and This is Not a Gun.

This interview originally aired on December 11, 2022.

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