Hispanic Heritage Month

• Cuarderno de Ortographia, The first book published in New Mexico in 1834 (Library of Congress)
• Six Hispanic Literary Giants: Sonnet Masters of the Spanish Golden Age (National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers (Library of Congress)

From: https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/exhibits-and-collections/

        About La Biblioteca 

 An exploration of the collections of the Library of Congress that focus on the cultures of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Hispanic community in the United States. Music courtesy of Héctor Corrada-Bravo.

Title: Listening to Gabriel García Márquez
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González and Marie Arana; Gabriel García Márquez
Date: November 27, 2017
Running Time: 28:32 minutes
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Title: Listening to Pablo Neruda
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González, Mark Eisner and Marjorie Agosín; Pablo Neruda
Date: November 16, 2017
Running Time: 30:51 minutes
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Title: Listening to Octavio Paz
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González and Juan Felipe Herrera; Octavio Paz
Date: November 9, 2017
Running Time: 29:50 minutes
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Title: Listening to Raúl Zurita
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González and Anna Deeny; Raúl Zurita
Date: November 2, 2017
Running Time: 29:03 minutes
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Title: Listening to Álvaro Mutis
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González and Charlotte Rogers; Álvaro Mutis
Date: October 26, 2017
Running Time: 14:29 minutes
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Title: Listening to Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González, Vivaldo Andrade dos Santos; Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Date: October 19, 2017
Running Time: 28:57 minutes
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Title: Listening to Mario Vargas Llosa
Speakers: Catalina Gómez, Talía Guzmán-González, Charlotte Rogers; Mario Vargas Llosa
Date: October 12, 2017
Running Time: 14:29 minutes
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Title: The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape: An Introduction
Speakers: Georgette Dorn, Catalina Gómez, and Talía Guzmán-González
Date: September 28, 2017
Running Time: 21:40 minutes
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• 450 Years of Spanish Poetry in the United States (Library of Congress)
• The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
• Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada (Library of Congress)
• “Every Day We Get More Illegal” by Juan Felipe Herrera  (NEH YouTube Channel)
• Poetry Readings from Clayton Eshleman and Gonzalo Corzo (Library of Congress)
• Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States (Library of Congress)
• Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers (Library of Congress)
• Teatro de la Luna Poetry Marathon (2008) (Library of Congress)
• Teatro de la Luna Poetry Marathon (2011) (Library of Congress)

From: https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/audio-and-video/

Luis Rodriguez talks about how gang life wasn't his final destination. Out of trauma came transformation. Luis gives us his view on how poetry can be used as a source of medicine. Luis is Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. He also has 15 books, co-founded Tia Chucha's Center, ran for California governor in 2014, endorsed by the Green Party.