Author: Gina María Balibrera in conversation with Ash Huang

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Author Gina María Balibrera discusses her novel The Volcano Daughters with Ash Huang. Inspired by the women erased from El Salvador’s official history, this sweeping story spans generations of women whose lives are shaped by dictatorship, revolution and resilience. Blending magical realism, folklore and historical fiction, the novel explores memory, identity and resistance, with insights into its creation and the histories that inspired it.