Listen LVM's edited version of poet Xanath Caraza reading her short story “China Poblana” from her collection of short stories, Lo que trae la marea/ What the Tide Brings (Mouthfeel Press, 2013). English version.

LVM Day of the Dead "China Poblana" Edit  Spanish

Listen LVM's edited version of poet Xanath Caraza reading her short story “China Poblana” from her collection of short stories, Lo que trae la marea/ What the Tide Brings (Mouthfeel Press, 2013). Spanish version.

LVM Day of the Dead "China Poblana" Edit - English

"Tejedora de Palabras/ Weaver of Words" by scholar and writer Xanath Caraza. Poem based on the historical Aztec figure Macuilxochitzin, poet and princess featured in the 2015 Latino Virtual Museum Day of the Dead celebration. 

"Tejedora de Palabras" por Xanath Caraza

"Tejedora de Palabras/ Weaver of Words" by scholar and writer Xanath Caraza. Poem based on the historical Aztec figure Macuilxochitzin, poet and princess featured in the 2015 Latino Virtual Museum Day of the Dead celebration.

"Weaver Of Words" by Xanath Caraza

"Catrina" by scholar and writer Xánath Caraza. Poem describing the historical figure of Mictecacíhuatl/La Catrina. Originally, La Catrina was a pre-Hispanic, indigenous representation of Mictecacíhuatl, or the woman from Mictlán. 

Full poem available here: https://tmblr.co/ZdiI-t2D2E5pu

Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.

Recorded by New Letters, A. Elam and J. Walsh.

"Catrina" by Xánath Caraza (English Version)

"Catrina" poema por la escritora Xánath Caraza, que habla de la figura historica de Mictecacíhuatl/La Catrina. Originalmente, La Catrina era una figura indígena prehispanica que representaba a Mictecacíhuatl, o a la mujer de Mictlán. 

Poema completo en Español: https://tmblr.co/ZdiI-t2Dpy9d2
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"Catrina" by scholar and writer Xánath Caraza. Poem describing the historical figure of Mictecacíhuatl/La Catrina. Originally, La Catrina was a pre-Hispanic, indigenous representation of Mictecacíhuatl, or the woman from Mictlán. 

Full poem available here: https://tmblr.co/ZdiI-t2D2E5pu

Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.

Recorded by New Letters, A. Elam and J. Walsh.

"Catrina" por Xánath Caraza (Versión en Español)

Smithsonian Latino Center, Day of the Dead Celebration 2016 featuring scholar and writer Xánath Caraza with her poem honoring Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 

Poem available for reading at: https://tmblr.co/ZdiI-t2E82XLf

Recorded by New Letters, A. Elam and J. Walsh.

SorJuana Inés de la Cruz by Xánath Caraza (English Version)

Smithsonian Latino Center, Day of the Dead Celebration 2016 featuring scholar and writer Xánath Caraza with her poem honoring Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 

Poem available for reading at: https://tmblr.co/ZdiI-t2E81xd7

Recorded by New Letters, A. Elam and J. Walsh.

SLC "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz" por Xánath Caraza (Versión en Español)

Participe del evento Latinos y Baseball: en los barrios y en las grandes ligas!
La Universidad Estatal de Framingham, en asociación con el Museo Nacional de Historia Americana, acogerá un evento de recolección de la para escanear/fotografiar artefactos personales relacionados con el béisbol como parte de la Iniciativa "Latinos y Béisbol: En los Barrios y las Grandes Ligas". Los asistentes tendrán la oportunidad de conocer a Luis Tiant, miembro del Salón de la Fama de los Boston Red Sox, ver maravillosos artefactos de Boston Red Sox y reunirse con representantes del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.

Latinos and Baseball en la Universidad De Framingham.

Smithsonian Latino Center Arts & Culture Podcast: Latinos in Baseball – Past, Present, and Future. 

How much is baseball part of our identity as Latinx in the United States? 

Patricia Sierra-Sampson, founder of Voice Latina interviews Margaret Salazar-Porzio, curator of The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History multiyear collecting initiative, Latinos and Baseball: In the Barrios and the Big Leagues and Adrian Burgos, Jr., professor of history at the University of Illinois, baseball historian, and author of Cuban Star: How One Negro League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball and Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line.

Generous sponsorship for this program provided by Target.

Arts & Culture Podcast: Latinos in Baseball – Past, Present, and Future.

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