CONTANDO CONTIGO


 4- Jugar parchis hasta la 1 de la madrugada.
La mat6 y a su hija le saqu& la lengua, porque gritaba much a la hora
del bafio. ZQuien puede pensar?

Puedo poner en una esquinita mi humilde derecho de 7 losas.

7 losas tienen derecho a:
 1- Dormir (si puede) y callar.
 2- Callar y comer.
 3- Gritarle al esposo, pues posee 0,0 cm de
 losas.
0,0 cm de losas dan derecho a:
 1- Aguantar.
 2- Denunciar.
 3- A quedarse con
 los 845,1 cm de
 losas y las 7 mias,
 por supuesto.

Tengo marcado mi territorio como un animal sagrado. El orine y la
mierda van desde las 7 losas de mi celda hasta otras, despues de mis
rejas. El guardia me dice que hay much mal olor y que asi no se puede
comer. Lo miro. Su pie pisa una de las marcas que hice con mis manos.

III. Hip Hop Literary Discourse: Critical Horizon of an Emergent
 Epistemology

 Yohamna Depestre, aka Yohamna Zona Franca, is an Afro-Cuban
writer and performance artist now being translated into English by
several translators. She is a member of the Cuban group Zona Franca,
appearing in the journal of the Hiphop Nation 2000 festival of Cuban
rap; the group has been closely associated with that festival since its
initiation in 1990. A year ago, she sent me the entirety of her short
story manuscript through an email attachment. Since then we have
engaged in email dialogues centered around her work and its
connection to performance, rap, Hip Hop, trova, American literature,
and African-Cuban culture. We attempted to articulate the critical
sources and dimensions of her work and to acknowledge formal
influences on her narratives. My goal was to cultivate a critical
discourse around her work. Depestre and I ruminated over the
connections between oral and written language.