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This week I read My Tender Matador. What I found most interesting about this book was how Lemebel uses names to create a sense of insecure positioning that encourages the reader to understand varying genders, sexualities, experiences and pers... read full post >>

This week I read My Tender Matador. What I found most interesting about this book was how Lemebel uses names to create a sense of insecure positioning that encourages the reader to understand varying genders, sexualities, experiences and pers... read full post >>

As I read Pedro Lemebel's My Tender Matador, I found myself drawn in by the beautiful language and the deep humanity of the characters. I was struck by the ways in which Lemebel explores the impact of politics on personal relationships, and the complex... read full post >>

As I read Pedro Lemebel's My Tender Matador, I found myself drawn in by the beautiful language and the deep humanity of the characters. I was struck by the ways in which Lemebel explores the impact of politics on personal relationships, and the complex... read full post >>

For this week, I choose to read My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel. With a strong narrative about nameless interpersonal relationships that are tangled with a greater cause that is attached to the characters identity. I enjoyed the political question of identity it seemed to be asking throughout the book but also around the use […] read full post >>

I actually really enjoyed My Tender Matador. It’s always nice to read a book from a queer perspective as the market is often filled with straight cis men. I thought the inner thoughts and dialogue of the Queen of the Corner were really fun to read and she had a very distinct voice. Even when she […] read full post >>

Although I have had hard reads during this term, this has got to be one of the hardest novels to read. Not because of the way it is written (which I think it was exceptional to have it written from the perspective of a child) or because of the “lack” of plot, but rather because […] read full post >>

The novel "My Tender Matador" centers on the 1986 assassination attempt on Augusto Pinochet, which marked the beginning of the end of this violent dictatorship, with a complex love story. Specifically, this novel tells a tale about a trans woman ("Quee... read full post >>

The novel "My Tender Matador" centers on the 1986 assassination attempt on Augusto Pinochet, which marked the beginning of the end of this violent dictatorship, with a complex love story. Specifically, this novel tells a tale about a trans woman ("Quee... read full post >>

This week’s reading, Papi, by Rita Indiana felt like the lightest read of the course so far. this is likely due to the very successfully achieved child-like tone of the narrator. One of the aspects I thought contributed to this and is essential to the novel is that the narrator is a girl rather than a … read full post >>