Burial Plot EP 4 With Adrianne Montoya

In this episode, we chat with Adrianne Montoya.

Adrianne writes literary horror with a folkloric and historical flavor. She has studied and worked in fields as varied as anthropology, archaeology, literature, languages, linguistics, and education. She specializes in developing long-form literary fiction, thrillers, horror, and historical fiction, but also enjoys taking on non-fiction projects. She is the curator of the paused Southwest Gothic podcast.

We cover tropes and ghost stories of the Southwest, the function of oral tradition in the West, and how to make these timeless stories accessible to readers. We ask Adrianne about her opinion of women horror writers taking back tropes and using horror as a platform for catharsis. She was also kind enough to read from one of her works in progress inspired by the tale of La Llorona.

Books Noted:
* Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in Bedouin Society. By Lila Abu-Lughod. 1986/2016,University of California Press.
 * Mexican Gothic-Silvia Moreno-Garcia.June 30,2020, Penguin Random House
*The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones. July 14, 2020 through Saga Press and Titan Books.
 

https://www.adrianne-montoya.com/
https://southwestgothic.com/

Brenda Tolian https://brendatolian.com/
Joy Yehle https://www.joyyehle.com/

 Works mentioned/discussed**:
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones https://amzn.to/3ulkhTB
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mjia https://amzn.to/3nRkE5V
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://amzn.to/3aYe743
Tin Foil Butterfly by Rachel Eve https://amzn.to/3vyquMi
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley https://amzn.to/3ekDBLo
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi https://amzn.to/2Si4HKi 

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