Anel I. Flores’ craft manifests as graphic memoir, poetry, fiction, silver, and paintings, as a continuation and evolution of the conversations started by the Xicana/e/x movement in art and literature, now infused by latina/e/x, transfeminism, intersectionality, queer politics and resistencia. Her work combines, oscillates between, and blurs these different disciplines in an ultimate goal to provide ancestral healing, present day joy, and a re-centering of Womyn of Color, Latina/e/x, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Womyn, Femmes and Gender Non-Binary folx. She is founder and director of La Otra Taller Nepantla Residency, 2022 Visiting Writer at OLLU and earned her MFA in Creative Writing. Her awards include the Catalyst for Change Award, Best Local Poet, Women’s Advocate of the Year, the Nebrija Creadores Award, Best Of SA Author, Chingona in Literature Award, Ancinas Award at Squaw Valley, NALAC Fund for the Arts Award, Accion Women Inspiring Women & others. She is the co-editor of the forthcoming Jota Anthology and author of the Lambda award nominated book Empanada: A Lesbiana Story en Probaditas. Her novel Cortinas de Lluvia is visiting with editors at the moment and she is currently at work on her graphic memoir, Pintada de Rojo.
Photo credit: Christy Anna Photography
