Esmeralda Santiago, a prolific Puerto Rican author of a series of memoirs, along with nonfiction works, and works for young people joins Suzanne Lang to talk about her life, Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and her latest novel Las Madres. Corky Parker, with roots in Public Radio and a successful career with her own media company, buys a small inn on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, and nearly twenty-five years later tells us about her experiences in la Finca -Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island. It is A Novel Idea, Sunday October 29 th , at 10am PT on KRCB 104.9 in Sonoma County, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .