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Las Musas PodcastBienvenida to Las Musas 2025 Season!We have a fun-filled year planned! Stay tuned for our January episode coming soon!
Meet our 2025 Podcast Team!
Aixa Pérez-Prado
Gloria Muñoz
Vanessa L. Torres
Sara Fajardo
Steena Hernandez
Denise Rosario Adusei
Jenny Alvarado
Ashley Granillo
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Facebook2025-01-1902 minLas Musas PodcastLas Musas Holiday Book GuideIn this special episode we are joined by some incredible members of the podcast team to navigate into the holiday season. We chat about traditions and the Latinx books that go with them.
Thank you to our wonderful host: Aixa Pérez-Prado!
If you enjoy our podcasts, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!
Purchase the picture book Mercedes Sosa: Voice of the People by Aixa Pérez-Prado!
Purchase Lupita's Brown Ballet Slippers a picture book by Steena Hernandez
Purchase Dreams of...2024-12-1922 min
Embark On Your Day With A Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook.Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley GranilloPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771473to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Cruzita and the Mariacheros
Author: Ashley Granillo
Narrator: Ej Lavery
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Release date: June 11, 2024
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the theme park this summer. Instead, she has to help out at her family's bakery, which has been struggling ever since Tío Chuy died. Cruzita's great-uncle poured his heart into the bakery—the family leg...2024-06-115h 47Access the Best Full Audiobooks in Kids, Non-fictionCruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley GranilloPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771473to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Cruzita and the Mariacheros
Author: Ashley Granillo
Narrator: Ej Lavery
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Release date: June 11, 2024
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the theme park this summer. Instead, she has to help out at her family's bakery, which has been struggling ever since Tío Chuy died. Cruzita's great-uncle poured his heart into the bakery—the family leg...2024-06-115h 47Las Musas PodcastMujeres Empoderadas: Celebrating Our Mothers and AbuelasIn this episode, we're celebrating our pachamamas—we're talking about our Mamás, Abuelas, and Tías, and how their strength and love influenced us as writers and illustrators. And that's a topic we can all wrap our arms around! Host: Aixa Pérez-Prado
If you enjoy our podcasts, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!
Purchase Aixa Pérez-Prado's debut picture book City Feet
Purchase Mariana Ríos Ramírez's picture book Abuelita's Gift by pre-order
Purchase Gabriella Aldeman's picture book Squawk of Spanish by pre-order
Pur...2024-05-1036 minLas Musas PodcastOn the Power of Music and Finding Your VoiceIn this episode, we’ll be talking about the amazing power of music, voice, and expression. And that’s a topic the Musas can definitely all chime in on! Hear powerful messages about what music does for our lives, our joy, and a sense of belonging—and how our books reflect that. Host: Aixa Pérez-Prado
If you enjoy our podcasts, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!
Purchase Aixa Pérez-Prado's debut picture book City Feet
Purchase Monica Mancillas' debut middle grade Sing It Like C...2024-03-3048 min
Inspiring Chaos with EuniceAshley Granillo- "Don't hide your magic " - Middle Grade AuthorHappy Miercoles!!!! I feel soo honored to have the most inspiring latina out there, Ashley Granillo! She is a middle grade author and her book Cruzita and the Mariacheros will be released in Spring 2024 by Lerner Publishing.
Thank you Ashley for giving me the privilege to interview you! Don't forget to follow hers and our socials linked below! Wishing you all an extraordinary week!
- Ashley's Instagram: @missashleyjeanwrites
- Our Instagram: @inspiringchaoswitheunice
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inspiringchaos...2023-06-2821 min
kpcradio.comBlooming Out the Concrete Jungle: Ep. 4Blooming Out the Concrete Jungle dives into the lives of dreamers and entrepreneurs who turned their passions into reality. Hosted by Taj Robles. On this episode, Taj talked to Ashley Granillo about finding the balance between her love in music and teaching.2023-06-1426 min
Malik's BookshelfFestival of Books LineupThe LA Time Festival of Books is next weekend (April 22-23) at USC! And Malik Books has been named a special seller for the Children’s Stage! Booksigning Schedule SATURDAY, APRIL 22 Booth 880 Gail Lerner - 11AM Tatyerra Mikell - 11AM Craig Smith, former Los Angeles Clipper - 1PM Ashley M. Coleman - 1PM Supanova Slom - 3PM Erika Kendrick - 3PM Booth 538 Craig Smith, former Los Angeles Clipper - 11AM Tatyerra Mikell - 1PM Billie King - 3PM SUNDAY, APRIL 23...2023-04-1726 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesSKYLIT: Where Monsters Lurk & Magic HidesJoin us for the final Skylight episode of 2022! In this MONSTER of a finale, Skylight's Nat Freeman talks to the editors and contributors to Where Monsters Lurk & Magic Hides, an anthology of Latine/x genre fiction from both new and established young adult authors. The stories in this anthology span the genre categories of romance, sci-fi & fantasy, and gothic horror. They take place in this world, other worlds, or maybe somewhere in between. Most importantly, the characters on these pages are not stereotypical Latine characters. Rather, they are fleshed-out characters, embarking on amazing adventures, who are unabashedly Latine.
Joining Nat in...2022-12-081h 16
Las Musas PodcastAsk a Musa, Ep 11: The Hermanas EpisodeIn this special edition of our Ask a Musa series we're talking to our Hermanas post-mentorship program to find out how the mentorship program works, how to make the most of your mentorship experience, and valuable lessons learned.
Resources Mentioned:
Francesca Lia Block Writing Workshops
Highlights Foundation
Highlights Foundation Latinx Symposium
SCBWI
Resilient Writers Writing Group
Rhonda Douglas
Save the Cat Writes a Novel
Story Genius
Wired for Story
Deadline City Podcast
Kidlit Latinx Facebook Group
Kidlit 411 Facebook Group
#MSWL Twitter Hashtag
The S*** No One Tells You About Writing
The Manuscript Academy
The Manuscript Academy P...2021-10-0449 min
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 63: Ashley Ray & Balancing TV/Going Out AgainWelp, the tides of going back out again and, subsequently, live comedy being performed in person and also, being seen in-person, are rising. Ashley Ray is riding high on that said tide as she has road dates now all across America and a special coming out this month on HBO Max after making it through quarantine with a popular newsletter and podcast, TV, I Say. Ray runs through her comedy journey through the pandemic with TCB's Jake Kroeger leading to quite an entrance back into the world. Also, we definitely talk about Jeff Singer resigning as the JFL New...2021-06-091h 31
Crimes of a Decade, A Texas True Crime PodcastAshley Benton year 2006Two teenagers get involved in a gang fight... tragically ending a life too soon.Join my patreon! https://www.patreon.com/crimesofadecadeAd: Timeless Creations by JulieContact me: Crimesofadecade@gmail.comInstagram: @crimesofadecadepodTwitter: @crimesofadecadeResources:https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/benton-ashley.htmhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gabriel_Granillohttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1275383.htmlhttps://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/girl-interrupted/https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crazy%20Crew%20X3https...2020-07-1529 min
Beyond Face ValueEpisode 2 | Ashley Jean Granillo - Part 2Continuing our conversation with Ashley, we discussed race in America, the killing of George Floyd, and the aftermath. Then we closed off what it was like to be in a Fall Out Boy music video and getting to be on stage with her favorite band.2020-06-0340 minBeyond Face ValueEpisode 2 | Ashley Jean Granillo - Part 1In this episode we talk to published writer and professor Ashley Jean Granillo about publishing a book in kindergarten, her Mexican roots and experiencing racism as a Latinx person in Southern California.2020-06-0343 min