Dahlia’s writing flows alongside music: reggaeton, rap, trap, cumbias, norteñas, banda, and above all, corridos, a genre Dahlia sees as the Latin American punk.
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“Today I sing for my people
for my neighborhood, for my community
one day everything will change
our day of luck will come.”
With these lyrics from “El día de nuestra suerte” by Eme MalaFe, Dahlia de la Cerda opens her book Medea me cantó un corrido. This same song sets the tone for a playlist that serves as the book's soundtrack.
Dahlia’s writing flows alongside music: reggaeton, rap, trap, cumbias, norteñas, banda, and above all, corridos—a genre Dahlia sees as the Latin American punk—spanning narcocorridos, bélicos, tumbados, alterados, and progresivos, all woven into her stories. While you read, she delivers you songs and throws lyrics your way from the voices of her characters or from the territories of their stories.
In “Medea me cantó un corrido” we find six masterful stories interconnected with each other, threaded by Medea, the protagonist, as she crosses paths with various women who endure complex, often violent lives, where they have little control over their choices and desires. Medea connects with these women, seeing herself reflected in them, reaching out to help, support, and show her readers that while luck and destiny may often be shaped by one’s environment, they can also be reclaimed among us.
