Myriam Gurba

Myriam Gurba is a queer[1] spoken-word artist, visual artist, and writer from Santa Maria, California. She currently lives and teaches in Long Beach, California.[2] Her most recent novel, Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories, explores Mexican stories and traditions from a feminist lens.[3]

Career

Gurba toured with Sister Spit,[4] a "lesbian-feminist spoken-word and performance art collective."[5] She read at Radar,[6] Bootleg Theater,[7][8] Skylight Books,[9][10] Book Show,[11] Rhapsodomancy,[12] The Poetic Research Bureau,[13] Tongue & Groove,[14] Small Press Fest at Pitzer College,[15] Gallery 211[16][17][18] Booksmith[19] and Charis Books & More.[20]

Gurba exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Art[21][22] and The Center Long Beach.[23]

Works

Gurba is the author of two books: Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories (Manic D Press, 2015)[24][25][26] and Dahlia Season: Stories and a Novella (Future Tense, 2007).[27][28][29] She wrote the chapbooks: Sweatsuits of the Damned (RADAR Productions, 2013), Menudo & Herb: a little book to reach for during big bowel movements (2013), A White Girl Named Shaquanda: A Chomo Allegory and Trewish Story (2013),[30] River Candy (eohippus labs)[31] and Wish You Were Me (Future Tense Books, 2011).[32]

Gurba's work has been anthologized in Best American Erotica (St. Martin's), Bottom's Up (Soft Skull), Tough Girls (Black Books)[33] Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing[34] and Secrets & Confidences: The Complicated Truth about Women's Friendships (Seal).[35] Her poetry appears in Entropy[36] and Everyday Genius.[37] Her prose appears in Time (magazine),[38] Colorlines,[39] Les Figues Press,[40] Zocalo Public Square,[41] The Wanderer,[42] figment[43] and XQsi Magazine.[44]

Awards

Gurba's debut novel Dahlia Season[45] won The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction from Publishing Triangle, and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.[46][47] Dazed ranked Dahlia Season among their list of queer lit classics.[48] Emily Gould described Gurba as "a new writer for the first time whose voice is different from any you’ve heard before and who you want to keep hearing forever."[49]

Reviews, Articles and Interviews

Reviews of Gurba's work appear in The Lesbrary,[50] Rain Taxi,[51] BIG OTHER[52] and Wing Chair Books.[53] Articles about her appears in KQED,[2] The Edge LB[54] and Confessions of a Boy Toy.[55] Interviews with her appear in OC Weekly,[56] MOLAA,[57] The Normal School,[58] Weird Sister[59] and Otherppl.[60] Playlists for Gurba's writing appear in Largehearted Boy.[61][62]

References

  1. ↑ Soto, Christopher. "'Neplantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color: Issue Two Representatives". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  2. 1 2 Clark, Leilani. "For Mexican Girls Who Paint Their Fingernails Black". KQED Arts. KQED. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  3. ↑ "2015 Latino Books: 8 Must-Reads from Indispensable Small Presses". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ "Sister Spit: The Next Generation - Hammer Museum". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Long Beach authors to share their humor, discomfort at Sister Spit tour". www.presstelegram.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Radar - THIS IS WHAT I WANT FESTIVAL". thisiswhatiwantfestival.com. RADAR Productions. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Shipwreck". Bootleg Theater. Bootleg Theater. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  8. ↑ "Shipwreck Erotic Fan Fiction Competition". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  9. ↑ Schatz, Kate. "Rad American Women and Rad Women Worldwide: Events". Rad Women Worldwide. Ten Speed Press. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  10. ↑ "THE HEART's BLACKMARKET: A TRIBUTE TO JUSTIN CHIN". Skylight Books Los Angeles. Skylight Books. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  11. ↑ "Upcoming Events - FAIR DIG PRESENTS: MariNaomi, Myriam Gurba, Brodie Foster Hubbard". BookShow LA. Book Show. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  12. ↑ "::PHOTOS::: Myriam Gurba". Rhapsodomancy. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  13. ↑ "Elizabeth Hall, Myriam Gurba & Wendy C. Ortiz". SignedEvents.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  14. ↑ Romo, Conrad. "Tongue & Groove on Sunday June 26". conradromo.com. Conrad Romo. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  15. ↑ Armendinger, Brent. "Small Press Fest at Pitzer College". Pitzer College. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  16. ↑ "Reading and Book Signing with Myriam Gurba - Las Compadres Book Club of Orange County". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  17. ↑ "Myriam Gurba Book Signing Reading Las Compadres Book Club". SparkOC. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  18. ↑ "Events list". Show Your Arts. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  19. ↑ Velazquez, Giselle. "June 21: Father's Day run, Native American art and more". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  20. ↑ "Myriam Gurba - Dalia Season". Charis Books and More. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  21. ↑ "Graduate Studies: Home » Blog Archive » Who Are You? exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art". www.art.csulb.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  22. ↑ Morris, Asia. "Local Artists Explore Identity and Diversity in WHO ARE YOU, MOLAA's First Exhibit of 2016". Long Beach Post. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  23. ↑ "Opening Reception Featuring Myriam Gurba and Denise Rivas The Center Long Beach". The Center Long Beach. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  24. ↑ Gurba, Myriam (May 19, 2015). Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories. Manic D Press. ISBN 1933149906. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  25. ↑ "Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Myriam Gurba: Trade Paperback". Powell's Books. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  26. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Painting their portraits in winter: short stories / Myriam Gurba". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  27. ↑ Gurba, Myriam (May 1, 2007). Dahlia Season: stories & a novella. Future Tense. ISBN 1933149167. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  28. ↑ "Dahlia Season: Stories and a Novella by Myriam Gurba, Marisol Ramirez, Audiobook (MP3 on CD)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  29. ↑ "Dahlia Season eBook by Myriam Gurba". Kobo. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  30. ↑ "Goodreads: Myriam Gurba (Contributor of Sister Spit)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  31. ↑ "tract series eohippus labs". eohippus labs. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  32. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Wish You Were Me". Future Tense Books. Future Tense Books. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  33. ↑ "Dahlia Season: stories & a novella (Future Tense)". Amazon. Amazon. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  34. ↑ "Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing - Google Books". Google Books. Google. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  35. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Secrets & Confidences: the Complicated Truth about Women's Friendships". Google Books. Google. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  36. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Poetry from Myriam Gurba". Entropy. CCM-Entropy. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  37. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Myriam Gurba". Everyday Genius. Everyday Genius. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  38. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Behind My Uncle's Schizophrenia". TIME. Time Magazine. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  39. ↑ Rao, Sameer. "READ This Exhilarating History of L.A.'s Super-Badass 'Ovarian Psychos' Bicycle Brigade". Colorlines. race forward. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  40. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Experimental Chickena by Myriam Gurba". Les Figues Press. Les Figues Press. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  41. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "My Uncle's Years of Living Dangerously". Zocalo Public Square. ASU Knowledge Enterprise Digital Daily. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  42. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "RICHARD by Myriam Gurba". The Wanderer. Wanderer Poetry. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  43. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Getting Rilke with... MYRIAM GURBA". figment. figment. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  44. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Looks Like". XQsi Magazine. XQsi Magazine. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  45. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Dahlia Season: Stories & a Novella - Myriam Gurba". Google Books. Google. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  46. ↑ "Publishing Triangle". www.publishingtriangle.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  47. ↑ "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  48. ↑ Dazed. "Come out with the best characters in queer lit". Dazed. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  49. ↑ "The Millions : A Year in Reading: Emily Gould". www.themillions.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  50. ↑ Ellis, Danika. "Danika reviews Painting Their Portraits in Winter by Myriam Gurba". The Lesbrary. The Lesbrary. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  51. ↑ Attaway, Jacklyn. "DAHLIA SEASON". Rain Taxi. Rain Taxi. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  52. ↑ Gaudry, Molly. "Sentences and Fragments: Prathna Lor's VENTRILOQUISIM and Myriam Gurba's WISH YOU WERE ME". BIG OTHER. BIG OTHER. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  53. ↑ Filippone, Michael. "Wish You Were Me by Myriam Gurba". Wing Chair Books. Michael Filippone. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  54. ↑ Rasmussen, Emily. "What's The Deal With Frida Kahlo's Cult Following?". The Edge LB. The Edge: The Independent Voice of Long Beach. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  55. ↑ Darling, Nikki. "Myriam Gurba: Required Reading for Mexican Girls Who Paint their Fingernails Black". Confessions of a Boy Toy. Confessions of a Boy Toy. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  56. ↑ Nericcio, William. "Author-Artist Myriam Gurba is a Bettie Page-Susan Sontag Hybrid". OC Weekly. OC Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  57. ↑ "Who Are You? Artist: Myriam Gurba". MOLAA. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  58. ↑ Quintana, Monique. "A Normal Interview with Myriam Gurba". The Normal School. The Normal School. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  59. ↑ Abelkop, Gina. "It's Kinda Creepy Because I Am: An Interview with Myriam Gurba". Weird Sister. Weird Sister. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  60. ↑ Listi, Brad. "Otherppl with Brad Listi: Episode 388 - Myriam Gurba". Otherppl. Brad Listi. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  61. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Myriam Gurba "Painting their Portraits in Winter"". Largehearted Boy. Largehearted Boy. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  62. ↑ Gurba, Myriam. "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Myriam Gurba ("Wish You Were Me")". Largehearted Boy. Largehearted Boy. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
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