The newest novel by a self-described daughter of the borderlands, Norma Elia Cantú , isn’t a memoir or autobiography, even though it draws on her own personal experiences. “ Cabañuelas ” documents Cantú’s young adult life when she sets off to Spain in 1980 to study the country’s culture — specifically, its fiestas. Cantú reflects on Spanish traditions and compares it to South Texas communities that were conquered by Europeans centuries ago.

Fronteras: Norma Cantú Explores Spanish Traditions, Discovers Sense Of Self In 'Cabañuelas'

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San Antonio's Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) works to advance forgotten chapters of Mexican American civil rights in Texas and beyond. It will host a free symposium May 17 & 18 at the Central Library downtown.

Fronteras: ‘We need to know who we are’— MACRI enters 5th year in highlighting Mexican American civil rights

Holy Cross of San Antonio educator Eddie Vega was selected to serve as the city's seventh poet laureate. He began his three-year term in April and will hold the position until 2027.

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The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.

Fronteras: 'Our own government was working against them'  — Declassifying FBI files on the Latino civil rights movement

The United Farm Workers of America became a target of FBI surveillance during the communist scare of the 1960s and '70s. Arturo Rodriguez spent over 50 years with the UFW. He talks about working alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chávez and about government surveillance of their movement.

Fronteras: Norma Cantú Explores Spanish Traditions, Discovers Sense Of Self In 'Cabañuelas'

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