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Film, Video 2023 National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea

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Title

  • 2023 National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea

Summary

  • What makes someone family? Join Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea as they discuss their new novels, "Las Madres" (Santiago) and "Good Night, Irene External" (Urrea). Santiago's novel follows Marysol as she seeks to understand her mother's past; Urrea's novel transports us to World War II in a story highlighting women's heroism during the era. Moderated by The Washington Post's Maria Sacchetti.

Event Date

  • August 12, 2023

Running Time

  • 1 hours 12 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea. 2023. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10986/.

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(2023) National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10986/.

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National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea. 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10986/>.