Conversations with Ilan Stavans Achy Obejas

""Noted author and cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the idea of 'Becoming American' with acclaimed Puerto Rican memoirist Irene Vilar, the granddaughter of Puerto Rican activist Lolita Lebron. Vilar shares details about growing up as the granddaughter of a revolutionary icon, and the tragedy of losing her mother to suicide. Vilar's book, the Ladies gallery: a memoir of family secrets, is the story of three generations of Puerto Rican women, Vilar, her mother, and grandmother."--Http://www.wgbh.org/laplaza."@en
""Noted author and cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the idea of 'Becoming American' with acclaimed Latino writer, Achy Obejas. Chicago Tribune columnist Obejas discusses her flight from Cuba as well as her book about Cuban immigrants in Chicago, Memory Mambo.--http://www.wgbh.org/laplaza."@en
"A collection of three interviews with Latino authors. Author and critic Ilan Stavans talks with Irene Vilar, Luis Rodriguez, and Achy Obejas."
"Ilan Stavans interviews award-winning poet Luis J. Rodriguez about his autobiography Always running: la vida loca: gang days in L.A."@en
""Author and critic Ilan Stavans explores the idea of 'Becoming an American' with writer/poet Luis Rodriquez, who also speaks candidly about gang life in Los Angeles."--Http://www. wgbh. org/laplaza."@en