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Film, Video 2023 National Book Festival: Decoding 'Latino' in America: José Olivarez & Héctor Tobar

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Title

  • 2023 National Book Festival: Decoding 'Latino' in America: José Olivarez & Héctor Tobar

Summary

  • What does it mean to be Latino in the U.S.? Join José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar as they discuss how their books explore this question. Tobar's "Our Migrant Souls" examines the 21st century Latino experience and the meaning of identity. Olivarez's poetry collection "Promises of Gold" grapples with the contradictions of the American dream. Moderated by The New York Times' Jazmine Ulloa.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-08-12.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2023 National Book Festival: Insight Stage. 4
  • -  José Olivarez, Jazmine Ulloa, Héctor Tobar.
  • -  Recorded on 2023-08-12.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025661380

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  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Decoding 'Latino' in America: José Olivarez & Héctor Tobar. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12, 2023. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661380/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2023) National Book Festival: Decoding 'Latino' in America: José Olivarez & Héctor Tobar. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661380/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Decoding 'Latino' in America: José Olivarez & Héctor Tobar. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12, 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2025661380/>.