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b'Join Cherr\\xede Moraga and Martha Gonzalez for a conversation in celebration of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Moraga\\u2019s classic Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood.\\n\\nIn a series of journal entries\\u2014some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect\\u2014Cherri\\xe9 Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting.\\n\\nWith the premature birth of her son\\u2014when HIV-related mortality rates were at their highest\\u2014Moraga, a new mother at 40-years-old, was forced to confront the fragile volatility of life and death; in these recorded dreams and reflections, her terror and resilience are made palpable. The particular challenges of queer parenting prove transformative as Moraga navigates her intersecting roles as Chicana mother, child, lover, friend, artist, activist, and more.\\n\\nWith an updated introduction and other additions, including an afterword by Rafael Angel Moraga, this revised 25th anniversary edition of Waiting in the Wings is thoughtful and emotive, with prose that is sharp and beautifully written, from the voice of a beloved and incomparable writer.\\n\\nGet the book from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1933-waiting-in-the-wings\\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\nCherr\\xede Moraga is an internationally recognized poet, essayist, and playwright whose professional life began in 1981 with her co-editorship of the groundbreaking feminist anthology, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. She is the author of several collections of her own writings, including A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Native Country of the Heart, Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood, and also forthcoming from Haymarket in 2023, Loving in the War Years and Other Writings 1978-1998.\\n\\nMartha Gonzalez is a Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist and Associate Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. A Fulbright (2007-2008), Ford (2012-2013), Woodrow Wilson (2016-2017), and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2022), her academic interests have been fueled by her own musicianship as a singer/songwriter and percussionist for Grammy Award (2013) winning band Quetzal.\\n\\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/B9A3o70Fie8\\n\\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\\n\\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks'