Number 18
Queer Corazón: Theorizing Love, Sex, and the Body
“Le da la mano y le sonríe”: A Plática on Creating Queer Chicanx Children’s Literature
Topic
In this conversation between Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Isabel Millán, they reflect on their experiences as authors and their relationship spanning over a decade. As queer Chicanx authors and scholars, they share many of the same academic spaces and communities, such as MALCS and NACCS1. In 2022, Millán published her first children’s picture book (Chabelita’s Heart/El corazón de Chabelita), whereas Pendleton Jiménez has been creating children’s literature since 19992. Her latest book for children is a middle-grade chapter book published in 2021 (The Street Belongs to Us). In what follows, they offer us a curated collection of their personal reflections and dialogues regarding their lives, their children’s books, and their visions for the future.
Initial page
145
End page
164