Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony Diaz

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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, and Chicana poet Ire’ne Lara Silva. We also address the havoc created by Trump's Deportation Force as experienced by activist and artist Karen, whose father was recently detained by Immigration Officials.

Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte created the role of Renata in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, premiered by Houston Grand Opera in 2010 and revived in 2013. She has toured with this production to Paris, France; Lyric Opera of Chicago; San Diego Opera; Arizona Opera; Fort Worth Opera; and most recently, New York City Opera. She has been active in the circle of contemporary music, giving life to new roles such as Gracie in A Way Home (HGOco world premiere, 2010), Jessie Lydell in A Coffin in Egypt (HGO world premiere, 2014), First responder/Harriet in After the Storm (HGOco world premiere, 2016), Alicia in Some Light Emerges (HGOco world premiere, 2017), as well as chamber pieces. She can be heard in the most recent CD recording of Daniel Catán songs, Encantamiento. An early music enthusiast, Duarte sings often with Ars Lyrica Houston, Merury Houston, the Bach Society Houston, the Festivalensemble in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Festival de Musica Barroca de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Other opera roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Sarelda in The Inspector, Tituba in The Crucible, Loma Williams in Cold Sassy Tree, and others. Duarte is also an active jazz singer.

Ire’ne Lara Silva is the author of furia (poetry, Mouthfeel Press, 2010) and Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, January 2016) which were both finalists for the International Latino Book Award, as well as flesh to bone (short stories, Aunt Lute Books, 2013) which won the 2013 Premio Aztlan. She and poet Dan Vera are also the co-editors of Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands, (Aunt Lute Books, 2017), a collection of poetry and essays.

Ire’ne lara silva is the recipient of a 2017 NALAC Arts Grant, the 2014 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award, and the 2008 recipient of the Gloria Anzaldua Milagro Award, as well as a Macondo Workshop member and CantoMundo Inaugural Fellow.

Board operators: Leti Lopez. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez.

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Tony Diaz

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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Maximo Anguiano, Blanca Rodriguez Alanis,& Pamela Encinas

Maximo Anguiano talks about #BeWokeSF: Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders" in San Francisco on May 17.

Blanca Rodriguez Alanis talks about the 5th Annual march in memory of Joe Campos Torres brutally killed 41 years ago, bringing awareness to police accountability and transparency. She reads a poem she wrote in his honor.

Pamela Encinas is a visual artist and one of the co-founders of Trazos, a group which will cultivate and promote Latino visual artists. Her work will also be on display.

Board operators: Leti Lopez. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.

Tony Diaz

Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays

& The Other Side

Sun 7am

"What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston

Mon Noon

"The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net

Tues 6pm

NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston

24/7

The Other Side TV

Nuestra Palabra founder Tony Diaz hosts this audio celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say the even before its live literary showcase Wed. April 25, 2018 7p at TBH 333 S. Jensen. The broadcast features NP alums and famillia from around the nation including Natalia Sylvester "Everyone Knows You Go Home", Icess Fernandez, Alvaro Saar Rios, Jasminne Mendez with prodcuers Leti Lopez and Marlen Trevino. The show broadcasts Tuesdays 6p-7p on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, with livestream at www.KPFT.org, selected podcast are available at www.NuestraPalabra.org. If you miss an episode, the radio show is now archived at the University of Houston Libraries and Special Collections. Houston celebrates the 20th anniversary of an iconic Latino movement https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-celebrates-the-20th-anniversary-of-an-12861802.php?utm_campaign=twitter-desktop&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=socia

Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez and Dr. Estevan Azcon tells us about the play "Misa Fronteriza" at hte Alley Theatre.

.talks with Chicana photographer Delilah Montoya about her new exhibition and catalog published by Arte Publico Press "Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra 'Calidad'". Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses her new book All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. Currently Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has lectured on five continents, including as a U.S. State Department literary ambassador to Venezuela. The show kicks off with an excerpt from the new TV show "The Other Side" hosted by our own Tony Diaz. Board operators: Leti Lopez and Jack Regan. Producer: Marlen Treviño. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Chicana photographer Delilah Montoya about her new exhibition and catalog published by Arte Publico Press "Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra 'Calidad'". Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses her new book All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. Currently Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has lectured on five continents, including as a U.S. State Department literary ambassador to Venezuela. The show kicks off with an excerpt from the new TV show "The Other Side" hosted by our own Tony Diaz. Board operators: Leti Lopez and Jack Regan. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Marlen Treviño interview Liliana Valenzuela who shares her poetry and talks about the works she translated by literary giants such as Sandra Cisneros and Dagoberto Gilb. They also speak with actors Luziris Pineda Turi and Magdalena Cuevas from the play Puntos de Fuga by Angeles Romero which receives a staged reading at MECA. NP Lit Radio airs Tuesdays live 6p-7p cst on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston with a livestream on www.KPFT.org and podcasts on www.NuestraPalabra.org.

Catch Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays

Sundays TV 7am - "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston.

Mondays Noon - New column on "The Cultural Accelerator" www.TonyDiaz.net

Tuesdays Radio 6p - NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT

Topics no one else can handle: Is Ted Cruz Even Hispanic? Gun Control. Chicana, Chicano Literature. Professors Speak. Writer Daniel Peña reads from his new novel BANG and lends his insights into out intense topics. Writer and educator Nelda Billescas reads from her book THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAVEN and also sheds light on a teacher's perspective with co-hosts Tony Diaz-El Librotraficante, & Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez, Jack Regan-Board Operator, Marlen Treviño, Producer.

Catch Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays

Sundays TV 7am - "What's Your Point" on Fox 26 Houston.

Mondays Prose Noon - New column on "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net

Tuesdays Radio 6p - NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston, Texas. Livestream at www.KPFT.org. Podcast at www.NuestraPalabra.org