At eighteen, she was a revolutionary dissident married to a generous-hearted man she couldn't fully love. At age six she was a Chilean refugee adjusting to life as a Latina in North America. It is on The Globe and Mail's, The Ottawa Citizen's, Quill & Quire's, and 49th Shelf's most anticipated books of 2016 lists.Ĭarmen Aguirre has lived many lives, all of them to the full. Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution will be published on April 12th, 2016. This is extraordinary and, often unexpectedly, beautiful reading.” - Noah Richler, author of This Is My Country, What's Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada and What We Talk About When We Talk About War.
“In her pursuit of art in the everyday, in Vancouver's basement theatre scene though also her own marvellous writing so much in evidence here, Aguirre finds expression, but also a way forward – examining her own behaviour ruthlessly, discovering kinship with First Nations, and using the sum of these experiences to transcend the violence of a rape that might have ruined any other child. Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution (2016)
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