Tuesday, October 15, 2024
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Music Room at Rochambeau House (84 Prospect Street)
About the Group
You are warmly invited to join us for the entire series or individual sessions, depending on your availability and interest in discovering new Ecuadorian authors.
Often dubbed the “flea-country of South America,” Ecuador may be small in size, but its contemporary literary contributions, especially those crafted by women writers, are remarkably significant. This reading group will delve into the country’s vibrant literary scene, exploring how Ecuador not only matters but also tells—narrating stories with powerful voices actively participating in a broader transformation in Latin American literature. This literary renewal is led primarily by women writers from various countries, with Ecuadorian authors at the forefront.
The novelists and short story writers we will focus on—Daniela Alcívar Bellolio (1982-), María Fernanda Ampuero (1976-), Natalia García Freire (1991), Mónica Ojeda (1988-), and Gabriela Ponce (1977-)—nurture an almost umbilical connection to Ecuador’s diverse natural and urban landscapes, from the dangerous coastal city of Guayaquil to the neighborhoods of Quito and the Andean highlands.
About the Event
For this opening session, we will have the honor of discussing Visceral (Madrid: Páginas de espuma, 2024) with the author, María Fernanda Ampuero, who will be visiting Brown on that day.