Susana Chavez-Silverman reading from Killer Crónicas

Click on the audio files below to hear Susana Chávez-Silverman read from her book Killer Crónicas. The Los Angeles Times called
Killer Crónicas “A stirring memoir . . . practically a performance.”

Her inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional crónica, make for a reading (and listening) experience at once intimate and powerful.

Susana Chávez-Silverman is professor of romance languages and literatures at Pomona College in California. She is coeditor of Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad and Reading and Writing the Ambiente: Queer Sexualities in Latino, Latin American, and Spanish Culture. Her crónicas have been chosen for inclusion in the inaugural edition of The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature.

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1. Glossary Crónica (from Killer Cronicas: Bilingual Memories)


2. Mini Playera Re-Entry Crónica (From Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories)


3. On the Road Crónica (From Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories)

4. Anniversary Crónica (From Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories)


5. Axolotl Crónica (From Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories)


6. Mini Barrio Norte Crónica (From Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories)