Yesika Salgado On Love, Lust, And Being A Hopeless Romantic

Yesika Salgado On Love, Lust, And Being A Hopeless Romantic

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This Valentine’s Day, Maria Hinojosa and Yesika Salgado talk about love, lust, and being a hopeless romantic. Yesika grew up in Los Angeles in a Salvadoran family, and she calls herself a fat, fly poet—her most recent book of poems “Hermosa” came out last fall. Yesika and Maria start this episode with a trip to the world’s largest wholesale produce market, where they go on a quest to find the sexiest fruit. Then, they sit down to talk about how love has changed Yesika’s relationship with her body and how her literary success has shaped what she wants out of love.