Natalia Figueroa Barroso

Natalia Figueroa Barroso is a Uruguayan-Australian writer from Penrith. She is a member of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and has degrees in Communication and Media from the University of Technology, Sydney. Natalia’s poem, Anew, was shortlisted for the 2015 Lane Cove Literary Award. Her screenplay, Roots, was selected by CuriousWorks, Screen Australia and Create NSW for the 2018 Breakthrough Emerging Screenwriter Development. Natalia's writing has appeared in Sweatshop Women: Volume One and Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry.

Bookcover - How not to drown in a glass of water
Bookcover: How not to drown in a glass of water.

How not to drown in a glass of water by Angie Cruz

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Over a round of yerba mate is where I’ve heard the best storytellers. In these circles of trust, tongues and tales become tangible and ideas are formed. Before the written word came to lay claim of colonial histories around the world, this is how my ancestors passed on our truths in conversations as such. And precisely in this manner is how Angie Cruz’s fourth novel How Not To Drown In a Glass of Water speaks to us.

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