Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate Edward Vidaurre and two young poets making their radio debut: Luna Cuevas reads her poem “Flor de Esperanza” and Bella Vidaurre reads her poem “Moving On”; and Social Media sensation Antonio Arellano talks about the grand opening of Jolt in Houston, Texas. The crew also previews upcoming highlights for 2019-the year of Community Art.
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Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño.
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Edward Vidaurre is the 2018-2019 McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate and author of five collections of poetry: I Took My Barrio on A Road Trip (Slough Press 2013), Insomnia (El Zarape Press 2014), Beautiful Scars: Elegiac Beat Poems (El Zarape Press 2015), Chicano Blood Transfusion (FlowerSong Press 2016), and Ramona & Rumi: Love in the Time of Oligarchy & Unedited Necessary Poems (Hercules Publishing 2018). Vidaurre has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Vidaurre was the Director of Operations in 2018 for the Valley International Poetry Festival, moderator for Poets Responding, and founder of Pasta, Poetry & Vino - a reading series in the Rio Grande Valley. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and resides in McAllen. He writes from the front lines of the Mexican-American borderlands of El Valle in south Tejas.
Antonio Arellano is nationally recognized as one of the most influential Latinos in the United States — currently the communications director for Jolt, an organization building a movement of Latinos in Texas. Originally from Mexico.
Arellano uses his social media platforms to educate, inform, and engage his audience on variety of topics covering immigration, civic engagement, and civil rights issues.
Arellano's social media platforms combined reach an estimated audience of over 100,000 followers, with a high concentration of millennials. His consistent innovation has garnered national attention, and he has been featured in national publications.
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