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Vergara, Camilo US border fence seen from the toll road to Mexicali, 2018. Digital photographs--Color. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
A special subset of the PALABRA Archive, "Spotlight on Latino Writers"; is a collaborative series of recorded interviews cosponsored by the Library of Congress' Hispanic Reading Room and Letras Latinas, Externalthe literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. It features emerging and established American poets and prose writers of Hispanic descent who write predominantly in English. In each segment, the featured poet or writer participates in a moderated discussion with library curators as well as reads from his or her work.
Nicaraguan-American poet Francisco Aragón reading from his work
Salvadoran-American poet William Archila reading from his work
Puerto Rican-American author Fred Arroyo reading from his work
Cuban American poet Richard Blanco reading from his work
Mexican-American poet Brenda Cárdenas reading from her work
Mexican-American poet Eduardo Corral reading from his work
Puerto Rican-American poet Blas Falconer reading from his work
Arizonan poet Gina Franco reading from her work
Chicana poet Diana García reading from her work
Latina poet Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry
Dominican American poet Roberto Carlos García reading from his work
Chicana poet Laurie Ann Guerrero reading from her work
Chicano poet and critic Rigoberto González reading from his work
Latino author and poet Tim Z. Hernandez reading from his work
Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera reads from his work
Panamenian American poet Darrel Alejandro Holnes reading from his work
Chicana poet Maria Kelson reading from her poetry
Afro-boricua poet Raina León reading from her work
Dominican American poet Jasminne Mendez reading from her work
Afro-Latina poet Yesenia Montilla reading from her work
Chicano poet Manuel Paul López reading from his work
New Mexican poet Valerie Martínez reading from her work
Cuban-American poet Dan Vera reading from his work
Salvadoran American poet Javier Zamora reading from his work
