Podcast appearances and mentions of marjorie agosin

It was 1973 when the president of Chile was thrown out of office by a military coup. That's the backdrop for the novel I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin. Students from Sequoyah School in Pasadena, California discuss the book. Val Zavala, longtime public television journalist, is our celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.

Les invitamos a escuchar la conversación que tuvimos con Cynthia Imaña, ilustradora textil, arpillerista y miembro del colectivo de Arpilleras Urbanas Memorarte. Cynthia estuvo a cargo de realizar los textiles que ilustran el texto escrito por Marjorie Agosin para el libro "Las Arpilleras, una historia contada con hilo y aguja", publicada en septiembre 2021 por Ediciones Mis Raíces. En esta bella historia Delfina Nahuenhual le enseña a Celeste cosas que ella no conocía. Juntas forjan una amistad que las llevará a un viaje por los cerros de Valparaíso para conocer a un grupo de valientes mujeres que se reúnen en torno a restos de telas, agujas e hilos con los cuales cuentan sus historias sobre familiares desaparecidos en la dictadura militar, a través de sus arpilleras. Cynthia nos habló sobre el rol del textil y de la arpillera al momento de contar la historia al público infantil, con ternura, con detalles y valentía. Tal como se desarrolla en la narración con las protagonistas del libro, el oficio ha sido un gran compañero en los momentos más duros de nuestra historia. Pueden conocer el trabajo de Cynthia en su cuenta https://www.instagram.com/circe_arte_textil/ y acceder al libro en la página https://misraices.cl/ En nuestro próximo episodio conversaremos con la autora del texto Marjorie Agosín.

Marjorie Agosin is an accomplished writer from Chile and professor at Wellesley College. She is best known for her book, I Lived on A Butterfly Hill, and her recent poetry collection, Secrets in the the Sand: The Young Women of Juárez. Continue Reading →

Judaism, anti-semitism, and Argentina provide the main themes this week on Latin Pulse.  The program revisits the mysterious case of the death of Alberto Nisman, a special prosecutor looking at terrorism cases that may have links to Iran.  The program discusses how the Nisman case continues to provide a crisis atmosphere in Argentina.  Also, the program reflects on the history of Judaism in Latin America and the various waves of prejudice that the Jewish population of the region has weathered. The news segment of the program covers the latest round of diplomacy between Cuba and the United States regarding human rights.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations; andMarjorie Agosin of Wellesley College.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; andProduction Assistant: Gabriela Canchola.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaelectionspoliticsArgentinamilitary espionageCubaAlberto NismanUnited Statescultureeconomicsanti-semitismhuman rightsJuan PeronHector Timmermandebt crisisreligionMaximo KirchnerDaniel ScioliSergio MassaJudaismdiplomacyCristina Fernandez de KirchnerSalvador AllendeAugusto PinochetChilePeronismdefaultdebtfinancesterrorismIranBraziljusticeMexicocolonialismSpainNazisimmigrationUruguaycoupIsraelHezbollahPalestiniansPeruCarlos Menemcorruption

Marjorie Agosin introduces poets Anis Mojgani and Marilyn Nelson. Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam.   Anis has performed at numerous universities, festivals, and venues around the globe. He has performed for audiences as varied as the House of Blues and the United Nations, and his work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals asRattle, Used Furniture Review, Muzzle, and The Lumberyard. A founding member of the touring Poetry Revival, Anis is also the author of two poetry collections, both published by Write Bloody Publishing: Over the Anvil We Stretch (2008) and The Feather Room (2011).  Marilyn Nelson is a poet, translator and children's book author.  Her poetry collections include The Homeplace, which won the 1992 Anisfield-Wolf Award, and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award, and The Fields of Praise:  New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 Poets' Prize and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award.  Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.  In 2012, the Poetry Society of America awarded her the Frost Medal.  Nelson is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat.  She was poet laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001-2006.

Marjorie Agosin, an author, poet, professor of Latin American literature and Spanish at Wellesley College, and spokesperson for the plight and priorities of Latin American women, spoke at the University of Massachusetts Boston October 20, 2011 as part of IDEAS Boston 2011. To learn more about IDEAS Boston, visit www.ideasboston.com.