Interviews
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interview with Sandra Cisneros 
Sandra Cisneros is an activist poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist and artist. Writing for over 50 years, her work explores the lives of the working-class. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and prose, the Texas Medal of the Arts, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Continue reading...  10/1/18
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​Interview with Norma Elia Cantú
​Norma Elia Cantú has published poetry, fiction and scholarly essays. She has received two Fulbright-Hays fellowships to do research in Spain. Her novel, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, received the Aztlán Prize in 1996. Other projects include co-edited and edited Continue reading... 7/5/18
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Interview with Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna
​​Named the 2018-2020 Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna was born in El Salvador and is the first immigrant and person of color to assume the role. She recently ended her tenure as the first Seattle Civic Poet (2015-2017) Continue reading... 2/28/18
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Interview with Writer, Activist and Professor Tony Diaz
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say in 1998. He is the leader of the Librotraficantes-champions of Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, and Performance Protest. He also hosts the Nuestra Palabra Radio Program on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston Continue reading... 7/3/2017
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Interview with Singer and Song Writer Renee Goust
Renee Goust is a Brooklyn based, bicultural singer and composer who has recently tackled social issues through her songs such as violence towards women as well as other social issues in the U.S. and Mexico. Her current single La Cumbia Feminazi has recently become a big hit Continue reading... 5/28/2017

Interview with ​Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, Raquel Salas Rivera
​Raquel Salas Rivera is the 2018-2019 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. Her work has appeared in journals such as Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Apogee, BOAAT, Circulo de Poesía, Cosmonauts Ave, Waxing, Dreginald, and the Continue reading... 3/22/18

Interview with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Luis Alberto Urrea
​Luis Alberto Urrea (Tijuana, Mexico) is a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for his landmark work of nonfiction The Devil's Highway. He is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collections The Water Museum Continue reading... 2/25/2018
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Interview with Angela Cervantes, Author of Disney's Coco: The Junior Novelization
Angela Cervantes is an award-winning author whose debut book, Gaby, Lost and Found (Scholastic 2013), was named Best Youth Chapter book by the International Latino Book Awards and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Books of 2014.  Continue reading... 12/31/2017
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Interview with the United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
The following is a Communal Interview organized by Olga García: Questions from different folks for our Estimado Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
You must feel the words — while having some kind of inner melody going, not like a piano Continue reading... 7/7/2017
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