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Podcast: The Lives of The Others
Episode: Using fiction and poetry to address the issues faced by Latinx community (Jasminne Mendez, an award winning author of several books for children and adults)
Description: In this episode my guest is Jasminne Mendez, a best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, translator, playwright and award winning author of several books for children and adults. She has had poetry and essays published in numerous journals and anthologies and she is the author of two multi-genre collections including Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press, 2013) which won an International Latino Book Award. Her debut poetry collection City Without Altar won the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters best book of poetry award and her debut middle grade novel in verse Aniana del Mar Jumps In (Dial) was released in March 2023 to rave reviews. Her...