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Latino Book Review Presents Carmen Tafolla
Latino Book Review Presents Carmen Tafolla
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Carmen Tafolla is an educator, storyteller, artist, and scholar with a Ph.D. in bilingual education. She has written over 40 books and has presented her work in several continents. She was the first poet laureate of the city of San Antonio, the first Latina to be named president of the Texas Institute of Letters and she has been recognized with multiple awards. In this episode with Héctor Rendón, Carmen shares her experience of being bilingual and bicultural in the United States at a time when her language, culture, and history were forbidden by Texas law. She talks about growing up in the barrio, the inequities in education, her latest book, unjust laws, and much more.
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Released:
Mar 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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