Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say

Activism, writing, and film: Tune in to learn about the Gemini Ink Literary Conference; actions to stop #babyjails from forming; and a new documentary created by 2 Latinas to explore how the illicit drug trade decimated a small town. Guests: From Gemini Ink Alexandra Vandekamp-Interim Director & Amanda Ireta-Goode; Poet and Activist Blanca Alanis Rodriguez; Mayra Garza and Melissa Santillan who cr...

Find out about Texas’s historic support for Mexican American Studies; and LAN-Latino Arts Now!, and the Latino Literary scene in NYC! If you can’t name one Latina PhD, Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with 3: Dr. Angela Valenzauela, Juan Tejeda, Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Dr. Gisel Acosta. Bios: • Angela Valenzuela is a professor in both the Cultural Studies in Education Program within the Departm...

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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Maximo Anguiano, Blanca Rodriguez Alanis,& Pamela Encinas Maximo Anguiano talks about #BeWokeSF: Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders" in San Francisco on May 17. Blanca Rodriguez Alanis talks about the 5th Annual march in memory of Joe Campos Torres brutally killed 41 years ago, bringing awareness to police accountability and transparency. She reads...

Nuestra Palabra founder Tony Diaz hosts this audio celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say the even before its live literary showcase Wed. April 25, 2018 7p at TBH 333 S. Jensen. The broadcast features NP alums and famillia from around the nation including Natalia Sylvester "Everyone Knows You Go Home", Icess Fernandez, Alvaro Saar Rios, Jasminne Men...

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Chicana photographer Delilah Montoya about her new exhibition and catalog published by Arte Publico Press "Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra 'Calidad'". Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses her new book All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. Currently Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina...

Topics no one else can handle: Is Ted Cruz Even Hispanic? Gun Control. Chicana, Chicano Literature. Professors Speak. Writer Daniel Peña reads from his new novel BANG and lends his insights into out intense topics. Writer and educator Nelda Billescas reads from her book THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAVEN and also sheds light on a teacher's perspective with co-hosts Tony Diaz-El Librotraficante, & Lupe Mende...

Gen. Kelly Called Dreamers "Lazy Asses". We break down the stereotype. NPLit Radio host Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante interviews political Stace Medellin of DosCentavos.net and Houston Hispanic Forum's Director Sineria Ordoñez who will provide an educational context. The HHF attracts over 10k students to their annual fair. We break down how "Lazy Ass" is a stereotype and the effect that can have o...

#NPLit 1/23/18 Writer Ted Anton, Director Carolina Reyes, & Artist Ricardo Osmondo Francis interviewed by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante. Enjoy great conversations about books, plays and art with working artists with great music. www. NuestraPalabra.org Ted Anton's new book's is titled: Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth’s Essential Organisms (University of Chicago Press, 2017)....

#NPLit kicks off the Literary Renaissance the first year AFTER the ban of Mexican American Studies is overturned. We interview Professor Lorenzo Cano the newly retired Assistant Director of the UH Center for Mexican American Studies and also Yvette Benavidez Garcia, daughter of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez who just published a Childrens book that tell his story titled "Tango Mike Mike". Tune i...

Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Lupe Mendez, Librotraficante Lips Mendez interview 2018 Mc Allen, TX Poet Laureate Edward Viduarre & writer Claudia Martinez, author of "Pig Park" and "The Smell of Old Lady Perfume". We rant about the Alabama Election-where voters stopped a #BadHombre, & we discuss the MFAH exhibit "Home-So Different So Appealing" featuring international Latino Artists.

Overview: We examine a new way to imagine Latinx intellectuals and artists ranging from local writers to international artists. Mari Carmen Ramirez, from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston tells us about "Home—So Different, So Appealing". This is a powerful display of Chicana, Chicano, Latino art from the U.S. and around the world, running through January 21, 2018. It will feature a reading by Housto...

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz talks about his experience as a consultant for the international block buster Coco by Pixar. And archivist Lisa Cruces about her op-ed which appeared in the Houston Chronicle: Preserve the spectrum of diversity in our archives: Libraries still don't include enough works by or about Hispanic women". Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante; Lupe Mendez aka Librotraficante Lips...