Bard College at Simon’s Rock is getting ready to launch the Bard Queer Leadership Project a new field of study and degree program and re-imagine their community as
Sounds and Colours spoke to Carolina about
Cantoras and her literary work. Set in Carolina’s native Uruguay,
Cantoras tells the story of five lesbians through the dictatorship years of the 1970s and 80s, inspired by real women who set up a community in the coastal town of Cabo Polonio.
How well known is the story of Cabo Polonio in Uruguay?
The popularity of Cabo Polonio has exploded since I first visited, twenty years ago now, on the trip where I first met the women whose lives inspired this novel. It’s become a sought-after beach paradise, with tourists from Brazil and Argentina flocking to the famed bohemian enclave and stunning shoreline. But even so, the full story of this place – how it served as a refuge for queer people in the dictatorship years – seems to still fly under the radar. It’s under-documented, as queer histories often are.