Letras Latinas, Part 16: The Evolution of a Poet

Episode Topic: The Evolution of a Poet

Explore the intersections of art, identity, and resistance with award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas in her second oral history interview with Letras Latinas, recorded nearly nineteen years after her first. Join Brenda and Notre Dame English Ph.D. student Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza for a chat about the dialogue between poetry and visual art (ekphrasis), the power of cultural identity, and the essential role of the artist as an activist.

Featured Speakers:

• Brenda Cárdenas, Wisconsin Poet Laureate
• Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza, University of Notre Dame

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/d1c0e4.

This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Letras Latinas.

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