Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Tarahata Hagedornis an American playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist...
NationalityFilipino
ProfessionWriter
close definitely humor influenced latin means terms type wonderful writers
I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore.
children growing-up men
Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child. It's now gotten very limited. They only make action movies and hard-core exploitation movies. Women get raped; men get shot.
mother stronger becoming
Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.
writing contemporary-fiction voice
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up.
new-york cities airports
I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.
nyu transformation insidious
It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started on the insidious transformation of Bleecker Street!
grandmother imagination identity
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.
matter time-is-precious
Everything matters. Time is precious.
kids night scary
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.
appreciate hybridity world
Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.
latin blood persons
I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.
underdog polite valuable
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.
blood church dialect
[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.
crazy cities fearless
All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have a deep connection and abiding love for this crazy-making, intoxicating city. There’s nothing like it in the world, and they know it,