This year's published recordings include a unique selection of Caribbean, Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese and Latinx poets and writers, among them Venezuelan author and former president, Rómulo Gallegos; the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Meg Medina; as well as a recently captured interview with award-winning author and journalist Elena Poniatowska. In addition, the new batch includes six new recordings of Indigenous writers from the Nahua, Mixtec, Zapotec communities in Mexico, and from the Wayuu Indigenous group in northern Colombia. More treasures include a reading of Isabel Allende reading from The House of the Spirits, a session with Colombian writer Evelio Rosero, and historic recording with prominent Brazilian playwright Ariano Suassuna. We hope you enjoy the newly published recordings! (See below for complete list).
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