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Claudia Rodriguez is a Chicana poet, writer, and researcher.[1] Currently working on her thesis at UCLA, she is known for her lesbian poetry book “Everybody’s Bread”[2] and a few other literary publications.

Early Life and Work

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Claudia Rodriguez was born and grew up in Compton, Los Angeles[1]. She teaches at the University of California Los Angeles. She is currently working on her MA at UCLA and her thesis is titled “Our Bodies, Our Souls: Trans Latina Narratives in the I/Eye Voice: Exploring Trans Latina Immigrants Imaginary Through Creative Writing Encounters.”[1] She received the 2016 COLA Fellow award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for a Performance poem called “Midnight Steel” that challenges mainstream perceptions of Compton.[3] She is formerly a member of the queer sketch group Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, who formed in Los Angeles and performed nationally from 2002 to 2010.[4] As a proud Butch lesbian Claudia's work aspires to inspire later generations of queer Chicanas.[3]

References

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Alvarez, Eddy F. “Claudia Rodriguez: Compton’s Poet.” Www.academia.edu, www.academia.edu/29538205/Claudia_Rodriguez_Comptons_Poet. Accessed 13 Mar. 2023.

Faderman, Lillian, and Stuart Timmons. Gay L.A. : A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. Berkeley, University Of California Press, 2009.

Tongson, Karen. Relocations. NYU Press, 2011.

---. Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries. Muse.jhu.edu, NYU Press, 2011, muse.jhu.edu/pub/193/book/12537. Accessed 13 Mar. 2023.

  1. ^ a b c "Academia.edu - Share research". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. ^ author., Rodriguez, Claudia, 1976-. Everybody's bread : poetry. ISBN 978-0-9889673-9-7. OCLC 908121477. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Karen., Tongson,. Relocations. NYU Press. ISBN 0-8147-8408-9. OCLC 1097001820.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Lillian., Faderman, (2009). Gay L.A. : a history of sexual outlaws, power politics, and lipstick lesbians. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26061-0. OCLC 849467410.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)