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- Boricua Writers Special: Poetry, Prose, and Mermaids #NPradioGuests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to writer Liliam Rivera and poet Miriam Damaris Delgado. Both are Boricua, bilingual, and booming. During the “Soap box” the crew touches on politics, art, culture, and all the folks losing their minds over the skin color of a mermaid. Public service announcement: Mermaids are imaginary creatures.Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of the young adult novels Dealing in Dreams and The Education of Margot Sanchez, both by Simon & Schuster and available in bookstores everywhere. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Tin House, and Los Angeles Times, to name a few. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles.We also provide you with great musical breaks which form the soundtrack of a revolution.Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSNP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Terrell QuillinTony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr 1 min
- Latinos World War II Oral Histories & The Latino Comedy Project & Great MusicGuests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodriguez founder of the Voces Oral History Project (formerly the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project), & Adrian Villegas is the star and playwright of the one-man comedies "Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez" and "Barrio Daze" and Artistic Director of Austin, Texas’ Emmy-nominated sketch troupe The Latino Comedy Project (LCP).Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSBios:Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez has more than 17 years of daily news experience, mostly as a reporter, for the Boston Globe, WFAA-TV in Dallas and the Dallas Morning News. Her first job was as a copy editor for UPI in Dallas. She served as the Morning New U.S.-Mexico border bureau chief, based in El Paso.Her research interests include the intersection of oral history and journalism, U.S. Latinos and the news media, both as producers of news and as consumers. Rivas-Rodriguez founded the Voces Oral History Project (formerly the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project) in 1999, which has videotaped interviews with over 960 men and women throughout the country. Stories based on those interviews are written mostly by UT journalism students, as part of their coursework. The project has several components designed to reach audiences ranging from school children, to academics, to the general public. Voces has organized conferences, produced books and mini-documentaries, co-produced a two-act play, (through Arizona State University Public Events and the University of Texas' Performing Arts Center), created educational materials. Voces has become an international resource for documentary film producers, scholars, journalists and the general public.Rivas-Rodriguez has been active since her college years in volunteer efforts to bring greater diversity to the news media. She was on the committee that organized and founded the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 1982.Adrian Villegas is the star and playwright of the one-man comedies "Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez" and "Barrio Daze" and Artistic Director of Austin, Texas’ Emmy-nominated sketch troupe The Latino Comedy Project (LCP).The LCP's critically-acclaimed 2017 sketch show “Gentrif*cked” enjoyed sold-out runs from Texas to California, receiving “Best Of Austin” recognition by Austin Chronicle critics.The LCP’s most recent production “Estar Guars: A May The Fourth/Cinco De Mayo Comedy Fiesta” enjoyed a sold-out run in spring of 2019 and will become an annual event returning in 2020.The San Francisco Chronicle hailed the LCP as “hilarious” and “murderously funny.” The LCP’s YouTube videos have received over fourteen million views worldwide. The LCP cast also co-created an MTV3 comedy ad campaign, which was nominated for an Emmy Award.ADRIAN VILLEGAS FB:www.facebook.com/adrian.villegasIG: www.instagram.com/adrian.d.villegasLCP FB: www.facebook.com/latinocomedyprojectLCP IG: www.instagram.com/latinocomedyprojectLCP YT: www.youtube.com/latinocomedyprojectNP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Terrell QuillinTony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr 1 min
- Bridge from Hou to Chi: Dr. Gabriel Cortez and Tony Diaz Talk Structural Change.Guests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Gabriel Cortez.Typically, we don't archive our pledge drive shows On Demand. However, this particular program provided topics that no one else is sharing on FM Radio while weaving in our pledge pitches. And we made our goal. So, it's also a great reminder that we count on listener support to stay on the air to continue to bring you writers, scholars, activists, other artists and mover and shakers who are making a difference for our community.I was also thrilled to give a shout out to the students, faculty, and staff at Jersey Village High School. I had the pleasure of visiting their ESL classes under the leadership of the brilliant Kim-Ling Sun. It was edifying to get to convene with such intelligent and motivated youth.To donate to support the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on KPFTClick here and list Nuestra Palabrahttps://afg.secureallegiance.com/kpft/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=WEB19&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=wEL8IuUj%2b0riQl%2byqVkEd4HJipnY8PNTOr text “Give” to 713.526.5738. Follow the prompts and list that your supporting Nuestra Palabra.Click her to donate directly to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSBios:Gabriel Alejandro Cortez is the director of the ENLACE Higher Education Leadership Master’s Program and an associate professor in the Department of Literacy, Educational Leadership & Development at Northeastern Illinois University. He earned his doctoral degree in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008.The focus of his research is on grassroots activism in public school policy and intercultural relations in Chicago. Born to Mexican immigrants and raised in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. Gabriel is an active supporter of educational initiatives that help to empower disenfranchised communities with equitable distribution of resources, innovative leadership that responds to the needs of a healthy community, and social justice-based democratic principles.With 10 years of experience in preparing future k-12 and higher education school leaders, he has become an expert on urban/suburban education and its relation to local communities. This includes understanding the phenomena of race, class, cultural identity, human rights, & globalization and their influence on accessibility to educational resourcesNP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Terrell QuillinTony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonTony Tuesdays at 2Tuesdays 2pm: New columns at"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTV.com1 hr 1 min
- Houston Poet Laureate; Poetry Boom TX; Lupe Mendez Book Launch, Jose Griñan co-hosts.Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Jo Reyes-Boitel, Poet Lupe Mendez, Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Fox 26 Houston anchorman José Griñan.Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra. Donate today and we’ll list you among our summer muses on our website through Hispanic Heritage Month and we’ll give you a shout out on the air: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSBios:Poet Leslie Contreras Schwartz utters her first sentence after being officially announced as Houston's new poet laureate!Jo Reyes-Boitel is a poet, playwright, and essayist. A novice hand percussionist. Jo is also a rabid music listener and former music researcher. She is a Texas transplant by way of Minnesota, Florida, Mexico, Cuba.Lupe Mendez discusses his new book "Why I Am Like Tequila". Originally from Galveston, TX, Mendez (Writer//Educator//Activist) works with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Brazilian Arts Foundation and other organizations to promote poetry events, advocate for literacy/literature and organize creative writing workshops that are open to the public. He is the founder of Tintero Projects and works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Lupe co-hosts INKWELL, a collaborative podcast on regional, national and international Latinx writers and other writers of color. Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow, a Macondo Fellow and an Emerging Poet Incubator Fellow.Mendez has nearly 20 years of experience as a performance poet, having opened up for such notable writers as Dagoberto Gilb, Esmeralda Santiago and the late Raul Salinas. He has shared his poetry across the country in places such as the Holocaust Museum Houston, the Jung Center, MECA (Houston), the Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts (San Francisco), the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Albuquerque) and the Mexican American Cultural Center (Austin). A keynote speaker/poetry performer across Texas, Mendez hosts writing workshops across the country, most recently as a teaching artist for the Poetry Foundation’s Teacher Poetry Summits.NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.Board operator: Terrell Quillin. Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño.Co-hosts: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Lupe Mendez, and Fox 26 Houston anchorman José Griñan.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Tony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTV.com1 hr 1 min
- NP XXI Anniversary Preview: Dagoberto Gilb and Lupe MendezTony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew provide a sneak preview of the XXI Anniversary Showcase of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say featuring the Godfather of Chicano Literature Dagoberto Gilb and poet Lips Mendez. The show aired live Tuesday April 2, 2019, the night before the NPXXI showcase at the Museum of Fine Arts Brown Auditorium.Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSDagoberto Gilb is the author of nine books, including The Magic of Blood, The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts of Women, Gritos, The Flowers, and Before the End, After the Beginning. He is also the editor of two canonical anthologies, Hecho en Tejas: Texas Mexican Literature and Mexican American Literature, and the founding editor of Huizache, the country’s best Latino literary magazine. Among his own writing’s honors are the PEN/Hemingway Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Whiting Writers Award; his work has been a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle and PEN/Faulkner Awards and has been honored several times in Texas as a proud part of its literary tradition. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Best American Essays, O’Henry Prize Stories, and several hundred others, much of it widely reprinted in textbooks. Gilb spent sixteen years making a living, as a father of two children, in the construction trades, twelve of them as a journeyman high-rise carpenter with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. He has since taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, the University of Wyoming, Vassar, and Texas State University. He is currently the executive director of CentroVictoria, at the University of Houston-Victoria. Born and raised in Los Angeles to an American father and a Mexican mother, he has lived as long in both El Paso and now Austin.Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe (Writer//Educator//Activist) works with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Brazilian Arts Foundation and other organizations to promote poetry events, advocate for literacy/literature and organize creative writing workshops that are open to the public. He is the founder of Tintero Projects and works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub. In addition, Lupe co-hosts INKWELL - a collaborative podcast creation between Tintero Projects and Inprint, placing a monthly spotlight on Regional, National and International Latinx writers and other Writers of Color. Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow , a Macondo Fellow and an Emerging Poet Incubator Fellow and his newest collection of poetry - WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA is forthcoming from Willow Books.Dr, Jesse Esparza is a professor at Texas Southern University,NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Terrell QuillinTony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr 1 min
- Rage Becomes Her author Sorya Chemaly & Chicano Writer Christine GranadosRage Becomes Her author Sorya Chemaly & Chicano Writer Christine Granados by Tony Diaz Tells It Like It Is1 hr 1 min
- 2019 The Year of Community Art: Kick Off Show!Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate Edward Vidaurre and two young poets making their radio debut: Luna Cuevas reads her poem “Flor de Esperanza” and Bella Vidaurre reads her poem “Moving On”; and Social Media sensation Antonio Arellano talks about the grand opening of Jolt in Houston, Texas. The crew also previews upcoming highlights for 2019-the year of Community Art.Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSProducers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño.Bios:Edward Vidaurre is the 2018-2019 McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate and author of five collections of poetry: I Took My Barrio on A Road Trip (Slough Press 2013), Insomnia (El Zarape Press 2014), Beautiful Scars: Elegiac Beat Poems (El Zarape Press 2015), Chicano Blood Transfusion (FlowerSong Press 2016), and Ramona & Rumi: Love in the Time of Oligarchy & Unedited Necessary Poems (Hercules Publishing 2018). Vidaurre has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Vidaurre was the Director of Operations in 2018 for the Valley International Poetry Festival, moderator for Poets Responding, and founder of Pasta, Poetry & Vino - a reading series in the Rio Grande Valley. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and resides in McAllen. He writes from the front lines of the Mexican-American borderlands of El Valle in south Tejas.Antonio Arellano is nationally recognized as one of the most influential Latinos in the United States — currently the communications director for Jolt, an organization building a movement of Latinos in Texas. Originally from Mexico.Arellano uses his social media platforms to educate, inform, and engage his audience on variety of topics covering immigration, civic engagement, and civil rights issues.Arellano's social media platforms combined reach an estimated audience of over 100,000 followers, with a high concentration of millennials. His consistent innovation has garnered national attention, and he has been featured in national publications.NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.Listen to past NP Radio broadcasts on demand at www.NuestraPalabra.org.Nuestra Palabra's 21st AnniversaryLiterary ExtravaganzaWednesday, April 3, 20196:30 pm - 8:30 pmMuseum of Fine Arts HoustonBrown AuditoriumThe Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Tony DiazSundays, Mondays, & TuesdaysSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonTuesdays at 2"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr 1 min
- Poet Roberto Carlos Garcia. Luis Gavito discusses Day of the Dead. & The Latino VoteTony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Roberto Carlos Garcia about his new collection and his Latinx Lit activism, & Luis Gavito discusses the traditions of Day of the Dead, & we take a look at the 2018 midterm elections: #LatinoVoteClick her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSNP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Joe Anthony Treviño. Host: Tony DiazTony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com0 min
- Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II. & Ivelisse Rodríguez "Love War Stories"Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza and Michelle Tovar Garcia about the exhibit and lecture: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II at the Houston Holocaust Museum, & Ivelisse Rodríguez discusses her new book "Love War Stories."Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSBios:Ivelisse Rodriguez’s debut short story collection is Love War Stories (The Feminist Press, 2018). She has published fiction in the Boston Review, All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, Obsidian, Kweli, the Bilingual Review, Aster(ix), and other publications. She is the founder and editor of an interview series focused on contemporary Puerto Rican writers in order to highlight the current status and the continuity of a Puerto Rican literary tradition from the continental US that spans over a century. The series is published in Centro Voices, the e-magazine of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. She was a senior fiction editor at Kweli and is a Kimbilio fellow and a VONA/Voices alum. She is currently working on the novel The Last Salsa Singer about 70s era salsa musicians in Puerto Rico. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College and a Ph.D. in English-creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.ivelisserodriguez.com.Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza is an assistant professor of History at Texas Southern University, where he has taught since 2009. His area of expertise is on the history of Latinos in the United States, with an emphasis on civil rights activism. Dr. Esparza is currently working on a manuscript entitled Raza Schools: Latino Educational Autonomy and Activism in Texas, 1920- 1980 which offers a multiracial narrative of a Latino-owned school district in west Texas since the end of the First World War through the post-civil rights era.Michelle Tovar is the Associate Director of Education-Spanish Outreach and Latin American Initiatives at the Houston Holocaust Museum.NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Joe Anthony Treviño.Tony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr
- Richard Rodriguez Jr; Ashley Clemmer from Rothko Chapel, and Azul BarrientosTony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Richard Rodriguez Jr; Ashley Clemmer from Rothko Chapel, and Azul Barrientos.Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BSNP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.Livestream www.KPFT.org.More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operators: Alex Sorto & Joe Anthony Treviño.Tony DiazSundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays& The Other SideSun 7am"What's Your Point" Fox 26 HoustonMon Noon"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.netTues 6pmNP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org24/7The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com1 hr
About Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony Diaz
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a writer, activist, and professor who tells it like it is. He co-hosts the #NPRadio Show on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. He's also a political analyst on "What's Your…
Point?" on Fox 26 Houston. He's also an author of several books, his latest being "The Tip of The Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital".