THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES AND CREATING THE CHARACTER OF LUZ, RICARDO ROMO ON THE ART OF CARLOS ROSALES-SILVA AND REMEMBERING DON JOSÉ MONTOYA WITH EL LOUIE AND PACHUCO PORTFOLIO.
Welcome to another semana with your Tia Tenopia. This week we showcase two video interviewss with acclaimed Puerto Rican novelist Esmeralda Santiago. She is the author of a celebrated trilogy that includes When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover. She spoke to Latinopia about her most recent novel, Las Madres and also about how a principal character of the novel, Luz, was patterned after her own experiences when she suffered a stroke. Check out these two cool videos of this mighty firme escritora!
Also this week, Ricardo Romo returns with his Tejano Report. This week he looks at the art of artist Carlos Rosales-Silva, a San Antonio homeboy presently residing in the big apple. To say the works in the current exhibit at the San Antonio Museum of Art are large is to understate the enormity of his vision and art. These pieces are huge! Check it all out!
And lastly, we take this opportunity to celebrate the vision and voice of California poet, muralist and activist José Montoya who passed away ten years ago this week on September 25th of 2013. We repost here José reading from two of his most famous poems, El Louie and Pachuco Portfolio. Not to be missed!
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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