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American Passages, A Literary Survey: Exploring Borderlands (27:38)
Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldúa tells us that the border is "una herida abierta [an open wound] where… the lifeblood of two worlds is merging to form a third country — a border culture." This program explores the literature of the Chicano borderlands and its beginnings in the literature of Spanish colonization.
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American Passages, A Literary Survey: Migrant Struggle (27:38)
Americans have often defined themselves through their relationship to the land. This program traces the social fiction of three key American voices: John Steinbeck, Carlos Bulosan, and Helena María Viramontes.
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Sandra Cisneros (04:12)
Listen to excerpts from "House on Mango Street." Cisneros notes that she was discovering feminism for her students and herself as she wrote.
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Sandra Cisneros: An Interview (07:18)
In this 2002 interview, award-winning poet and writer Sandra Cisneros talks about her novel "Caramelo,” the story of a Mexican family with members and memories on both sides of the U.S. border.