Spanglish, Queer and Worth Reading: Interview with Juli Delgado Lopera on “Fiebre Tropical”
By Diamond Marie PedrozaWeb Content Contributor Juli Delgado Lopera’s novel, “Fiebre Tropical,” is a coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old girl named, Francisca, who has recently immigrated to Miami, Florida from Bogotá, Colombia with her family. Throughout the novel, Francisca explores her sexuality, while also dealing with her mother’s intense religious dependency on their church. Lopera’s novel took “five or six years to write,” they said. The novel is progressive in […]