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The future is Taíno. This is the premise explored in Sordidez, a science fiction novella set in Puerto Rico and the Yucátan. Join author E.G. Condé for a reading and discussion of his literary debut and how his vision of the future offers hope to Latinx communities struggling against climate change, colonialism, and the aftermath of war.

About the Author:
E.G. Condé is a queer Boricua writer of fantasy and science fiction, and one of the creators of Taínofuturism, a new artistic genre that centers Antillean cosmologies.

About the Book:
In the ruin created by climate disaster and a devastating civil war, survivors in Puerto Rico and the Yucatán peninsula struggle to rebuild their communities and heal their lands, but powerful forces from abroad plot against them. Desperate for answers, Puerto Rican journalist Vero Diaz seeks the counsel of the Maya revolutionary known as the Loba Roja, triggering a chain of events that will forever reshape his destiny and the future of the Caribbean world.