Carribean Fragoza

Carribean Fragoza is an American journalist, writer, and artist. She is the founder and co-director of the arts collective, South El Monte Art Posse (SEMAP).^[1] In 2023, she received a Whiting Award^[2] for her short story collection Eat the Mouth That Feeds You.^{[citation needed]}

She grew up in South El Monte. She is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in Comparative Literature and Chicana/o Studies.^[3] She went on to graduate from the California Institute of the Arts^[4] with an M.F.A. in Fiction.^{[citation needed]}

• Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, City Lights Books, 2021. ISBN 9780872868335^[5][6][7][8]

• About – Carribean Fragoza
• The PEN Ten: An Interview with Carribean Fragoza - PEN America