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Rosmery Armenteros and Nicole Sánchez Castillo in conversation with Rafael Cantillo Castillo

These are my words

Cartagena 2026, 
Two Cartagena writers have chosen self-publishing as the way to reach a readership: the palenquera Rosmery Armenteros, author of La niña no es virgen pero sí hace milagros and Azabache: crónicas de Antonia; and the Cartagenan Nicole Sánchez Castillo, who has published Hija, Belo. Un héroe del campo and Solo quedaron las cáscaras. In conversation with Rafael Cantillo Castillo.
Rosmery Armenteros and Nicole Sánchez Castillo in conversation with Rafael Cantillo Castillo

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