Wenceslao Bruciaga

Wenceslao Bruciaga
Wenceslao Bruciaga seated, speaking into a microphone. A copy of his book Bareback Jukebox is on a table in front of him.
Wenceslao Bruciaga in 2017
Born1977
Torreón, Mexico
CitizenshipMexico
Occupation(s)Writer and journalist
Notable workBareback Jukebox

Wenceslao Bruciaga (born 1977)[1] is a Mexican writer and journalist.[2][3] His literary work centers on exploring underground gay culture in U.S. cities like San Francisco and New York,[4] as well as in Mexico City.[5]

As a columnist, he has collaborated with media outlets like Milenio and publications like Vice, Time Out,[2] and Día Siete. He has interviewed artists like Henry Rollins, John Lydon, and Courtney Love.[4]

Literary career

Bruciaga debuted with the short story collection Tu lagunero no vuelve más (English: Your Lagoon is Not Coming Back),[4] published by Moho in 2000.[3] Bruciaga followed this with the novel Funerales de hombres raros (2012; Funerals for Strange Men), which won the Torreón City Council's literary competition.[4] The work explores the life of a group of homosexual friends and the effect that one of their member's suicides has on them,[5] such as the protagonist traveling to his grandmother's funeral.[4]

In 2016, he published a book of columns and opinion pieces called Un amigo para la orgía del fin del mundo (A Friend for the Orgy at the End of the World),[2] in which he criticizes some aspects of queer activism including what he considers to be the "commercialization" of pride, and the fight for marriage equality, which Bruciaga describes as a conservative instruction that replicates the heterosexual family model.[1]

in the foreground, a table stacked with copies of Bareback Jukebox. In the background, Bruciaga seated between two people and speaking into a microphone
Wenceslao Bruciaga in 2017 during an event for his novel Bareback Jukebox

His next work was Bareback Jukebox (2017),[6] which follows a promiscuous, young gay man known as Hip through his sexual encounters and efforts to contract HIV.[7][8]

In 2022, he published the novel Pornografía para piromaníacos (Pornography for Pyromaniacs) through the publishing house Sexto Piso. It tells the story of three gay porn actors in San Francisco whose lives are disrupted by an epidemic of suicides among the industry's actors.[3][9][10]

Personal life

Bruciaga is openly homosexual.[11] Since 2006, he has written a column in the newspaper Milenio in which he explores the Mexican gay community, his experiences as a person living with HIV, and his musical tastes. His partner is originally from San Francisco.

Works

  • Tu lagunero no vuelve más (2000), stories
  • Funerales de hombres raros (2012), novel
  • Un amigo para la orgía del fin del mundo (2016), non-fiction
  • Bareback Jukebox (2017), novel
  • Pornografía para piromaniácos (2022), novel

References

  1. ^ a b González, Héctor (2019-10-02). "'En México, el movimiento gay no es rebelde': Wenceslao Bruciaga" ["In Mexico, the gay movement is not rebellious," Wenceslao Bruciaga] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Wenceslao Bruciaga presenta Un amigo para la orgía del fin del mundo" [Wenceslao Bruciaga introduces A Friend for the Orgy at the End of the World]. Time Out Mexico (in Spanish). 2016-08-10. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  3. ^ a b c "Nuestro recomendado para leer" [Our reading recommendation]. www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx (in Spanish). 2023-01-04. Archived from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Regresa con nueva novela a su tierra" [Returning home with a new novel]. www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx (in Spanish). 2012-09-13. Archived from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  5. ^ a b Segura, chilango-Edgar (2022-06-24). "El mundo gay de CDMX retratado en 10 novelas" [Mexico City's gay world as told through 10 novels]. chilango (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  6. ^ Ortuño, Antonio (2017-12-15). "Prepararse con tiempo" [Prepare in advance]. El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  7. ^ Alcocer, Alejo (2018-08-21). "Un jab al hígado del mundo gay mexicano" [A punch in the stomach for Mexico's gay world]. La Zona Sucia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  8. ^ "Reseña: Bareback Jukebox, una playlist sexual | NeoStuff" [Review: Bareback Jukebox, a sexual playlist]. NeoStuff (in Spanish). 2017-12-22. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  9. ^ García Jáquez, Anahí (2023-02-20). ""La intimidad en el porno es un valor millonario": charla con Wenceslao Bruciaga" ["Intimacy in porn is worth millions:" Chat with Wenceslao Bruciaga]. Revista Soma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  10. ^ "Novelan el funcionamiento de la industria del porno en San Francisco" [Fictionalizing San Francisco's porn industry]. La Crónica de Hoy México (in Spanish). 2023-02-14. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  11. ^ "Wenceslao Bruciaga y los libros incendiarios sobre el mundo gay" [Wenceslao Bruciaga and the incendiary books about the gay world]. Librotea (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-04-21. Archived from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.