Episode 201: Julián Delgado Lopera

Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include:

• Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel  
• Creating intergenerational trans friendships and navigating inevitable conflict  
• Protesting in Bogotá and navigating Colombian gender bureaucracy  
• Untranslatable Spanglish, transsexual grammar, travesti poetics, and the beautiful transfemme tradition of lying-i-mean-myth-making :)
• Plus: Alison Bechdel vs Carson Kressley in Provincetown?!  

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Find Julián at juliandlopera.com and @juliandlopera. Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You is available now (and on sale on Bookshop!)

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Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb) & DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)