The PALABRA Archive at the Library of Congress dates back to 1943, and contains nearly 800 recordings of poets and prose writers participating in sessions at the Library’s Recording Laboratory and at other locations around Spain and Latin America. To date, writers from 32 countries are represented in this collection. Explore the full collection.
The PALABRA Archive
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Audio RecordingChilean author Daniel Cano reading from his work Mr. Cano read from his novels.- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Cano, Daniel
- Date: 2025
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Audio RecordingPeruvian author Grecia Cáceres reading from her work Prose and poems in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive Recorded virtually on January 23, 2025 (author was at her residence in Paris, France). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Cáceres, Grecia
- Date: 2025
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Audio RecordingDominican American poet Jasminne Mendez reading from her work Ms. Mendez read from her poetry selections.
- Contributor: Mendez, Jasminne - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2025
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Audio RecordingAmerican author Kali Fajardo-Anstine reading from her work Prose in English. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. February 27, 2024 Library of Congress Recording Laboratory (Washington, DC). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Fajardo-Anstine, Kali
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingMexican poet Homero Aridjis reading from his work and being interviewed Aridjis reads from his poetry and reflects on his career.
- Contributor: Aridjis, Homero - Driver, Alice - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingMexican author Mario Bellatin reading from his work and being interviewed Bellatin reads from his prose and talks about his career and current projects.
- Contributor: Driver, Alice - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Bellatin, Mario
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingMozambican author Paulina Chiziane reading from her work Prose in Portuguese. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. March 1, 2024 Library of Congress Recording Laboratory (Washington, DC). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Alhinho, Gloria - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Chiziane, Paulina
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingKamëntsá poet Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy reading from his work Mr. Jamioy, who is from the Kamëntsá Indigenous community in the Sibundoy Valley, Putumayo, Colombia, reflects about his work and reads from his poems.
- Contributor: Palabra Indigenous Voices Project - Jamioy, Hugo - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingWayuu poet Vito Apüshana reading from his work Poems and reflections in Wayunakí and Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. Recorded March 22, 2024, at the Caro y Cuervo Institute, Bogota, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Indigenous Voices Project - Apüshana, Vito - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingCuban poet Nancy Morejón reading from her work Poems in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. Recorded May 7, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Morejón, Nancy - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingDominican American poet Roberto Carlos García reading from his work García reads from his following books of poems: What Can I Tell You? (2022), Melancolía (2016), Black/Maybe (2018), and Elegies (2020).
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Spotlight on Latinx Writers - Garcia, Roberto Carlos
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingWayuu author Estercilia Simanca Pushaina reading from her work Prose and poems in Wayuunaiki and Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. This session was made possible thanks to our curatorial partner Adriana Maria Campos Umbarila (Caro y Cuervo Institute, Colombia). In collaboration with the Caro y Cuervo Institute (Bogota, Colombia). Recorded May 21, 2024 in Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia. Also available in digital form…
- Contributor: Palabra Indigenous Voices Project - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Simanca Pushaina, Estercilia
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingAfro-Latina poet Yesenia Montilla reading from her work Poems in English. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive In collaboration with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Recorded October 16, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Montilla, Yesenia - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingSpanish author Munir Hachemi reading from his work Prose in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. Recorded October 18, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Hachemi, Munir
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingPeruvian author Gustavo Rodríguez reading from his work Prose in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive Recorded October 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Rodríguez, Gustavo
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingEcuadorian author Gabriela Polit reading from her work Polit reads from her book of poems Agujas and from her novel Los libros de otros.
- Contributor: Polit, Gabriela - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingCosta Rican author Daniel Quirós reading from his work Prose in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. Recorded October 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Quirós, Daniel - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingColombian author and poet Fátima Vélez reading from her work Prose and poems in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded Date October 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Vélez, Fátima - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingPanamenian American poet Darrel Alejandro Holnes reading from his work Poems in English. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. In collaboration with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame. Recorded September 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Holnes, Darrel Alejandro
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingAfro-boricua poet Raina León reading from her work Poems in English. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. In collaboration with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame. Recorded September 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: León, Raina J. - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingWayuu author Vicenta María Siosi reading from her work Ms. Siosi reads from her stories.
- Contributor: Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Siosi, Vicenta María
- Date: 2024
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Book/Printed MaterialWayuu author Estercilia Simanca Pushaina reading from her work Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Prose and poems in Wayuunaiki and Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive. This session was made possible thanks to our curatorial partner Adriana Maria Campos Umbarila (Caro y Cuervo Institute, Colombia). In collaboration with the Caro y Cuervo Institute (Bogota, Colombia). Recorded May 21, 2024 in Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia. Also available in digital form…- Contributor: Palabra Indigenous Voices Project - Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress) - Palabra Archive - Simanca Pushaina, Estercilia
- Date: 2024
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Audio RecordingU.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reading "In Praise of Mystery: a Poem for Europa," with Puerto Rican poet and translator Roque Rivera Limón reads the poem that was commissioned by NASA for the Europa Clipper Mission, together with Puerto Rican poet Roque Rivera, who translated the piece into Spanish. Following the reading, Limón and Rivera participate in a discussion with PALABRA Archive Curator, Catalina Gómez.
- Contributor: Limón, Ada - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Salas Rivera, Roque Raquel
- Date: 2023
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Audio RecordingPuerto Rican author Mayra Santos-Febres reading from her work Poetry and prose in Spanish. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive Recorded virtually on June 22, 2023. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Santos-Febres, Mayra - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2023
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Audio RecordingMexican author Francisco Hinojosa reading from his work Prose in Spanish (edit as needed). Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded for the PALABRA Archive Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Recorded September 8, 2023 at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Hinojosa, Francisco - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2023