Lourdes Vazquez

"When did you begin writing literary works?
I began writing a bit late compared to other writers of my generation. I had a scholarship to study dance, but it ran out. I danced for a while until I developed an injury in my back. That experience pushed me to consider other ways of expressing myself. I polished my skills in a heterogeneous group of artists, poets, and musicians, and I would sit and listen to their discussions, debates, dialogues; but it wasn’t until I heard the poets read and “perform” their works that I realized what I was capable of doing.

-Which was the first genre you explored? Why?
Poetry. In poetry, I found a compact resource in which metaphor, which remains to this day an enigma, insists upon uncovering dissonant signs. Poetry is also a communicative vessel in which I can find a way to immerse myself in its subversive plasma. Poetry is a way of reinterpreting things we wish to distance ourselves from. I have worked a great deal with poetic prose, and from there I have been able to move comfortably towards short stories and essays." Part of: "Un punto de vista diferente: entrevista de Lourdes Vázquez por Selfa Chew.” Bilingual Review 28(3) (September-December 2004-2007) : 265-268.