Episode Topic: A Conversation with Javier Zamora

Listen in to an oral history conversation with celebrated poet and child migrant survivor Javier Zamora, about his transformative journey. Interviewed by Francisco Robles, associate professor in the Department of English at Notre Dame, they discuss how Zamora’s keen observational eye, forged in a childhood immersed in nature, became a tool for survival, and how he channels trauma and identity into powerful art and uncompromising advocacy.

Featured Speakers:

• Francisco Robles, University of Notre Dame
• Javier Zamora, poet

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/0641a3.

This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Letras Latinas. 

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