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Rima Brusi

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Rima Brusi es puertorriqueña. Es escritora, antropóloga y educadora, y autora de cuatro libros de crónica literaria y ensayo: Mi tecato favorito y otras crónicas (EEE, 2011), Entre la bicha y la pared (ICP, 2019), Fantasmas (EEE, 2019, Premio PEN Puerto Rico 2020) y Chulos de la pobreza (EEE, 2022). Su libro de memorias Phantoms será publicado por Arte Público Press en noviembre de 2026. Su trabajo aparece además en volúmenes editados, revistas académicas y medios diversos, incluyendo NPR, Univisión y The Nation, y es columnista en 80grados y Claridad. Es catedrática en la Facultad de Honores de Northern Arizona University y vive en Flagstaff con su esposo JL, con quien comparte vida, hijes, nietes, tres perros y e ...more

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“No sé si soy una persona triste con vocación de alegre, o viceversa, o al revés. Lo que sí sé es que siempre hay algo de tristeza en mis momentos más felices, al igual que siempre hay un poco de alegría en mis peores días.”
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