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Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

A Conversation with Saraciea Fennell and Mark Oshiro

In Wild Tongues Can?t Be Tamed, writers from across the Latinx diaspora interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about this rich and diverse community. From immigration to sexuality, music to language, and more, these personal essays and poems are essential additions to the cultural conversation.

Join Saraciea Fennell, Mark Oshiro, and Julian Randall in discussion of Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed. Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. The book features Saraciea J. Fennell and an all-star cast of Latinx contributors. These up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora.

Saraciea J. Fennell sits on the board for Latinx in Publishing as well as on the Advisory Board of People of Color in Publishing.

Mark Oshiro is the author of the young adult novels Anger is a Gift, winner of the 2019 Schneider Family Book Award, and Each of Us A Desert, and the middle-grade novel The Insiders.

Julian Randall is a Living Queer Black poet from Chicago, their poetry and essays are published in New York Times Magazine, POETRY, and Vibe and their first book, Refuse, won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. 

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