Héctor Tobar on “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’”

“One of the things that helps define Latino identity is this sense of having a history but also not knowing the history.”

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Graciela Mochkofsky on “The Prophet of the Andes”

In this latest episode of the Writing Latinos podcast, we discuss how a new book shatters preconceptions about religion in the Americas.

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Natalia Molina on “A Place at the Nayarit”

Writing Latinos is a new podcast featuring interviews with Latino authors discussing their books and how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of latinidad.

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What the New York Times gets wrong about the "American Dirt" controversy

Who gets to wield the power of representation might be important to columnist Pamela Paul, but it's a distraction