Segment #1 NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA (3:32) Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Liz Balmaseda of the Miami Herald was born in Cuba just after the 1959 Revolution. Her family moved to Miami when she was only 10 months old. Her Christmas memory is entitled 'Next Year in Havana.' // Segment #2 BIG CALZONES (5:34) Native New Mexican writer and activist Denise Chavez has written a number of books, beginning with her award-winning 1994 novel Face of an Angel. When asked for her favorite Christmas memory, Denise said only two words 'Big Calzones.' // Segment #3 NUESTRA NAVIDAD EN CHICAGO (6:15) Ray Suarez is familiar to many NPR listeners as the former host of the award-winning call-in show Talk of the Nation. His Christmas remembrance recalls the holiday traditions of Puerto Rico transplanted to the Midwest. 'Nuestra Navidad en Chicago' -' our Christmas in Chicago. // Segment #4 NAVIDAD EN KANSAS (5:30) Baldwin, Kansas perhaps is not the typical location for a Latino Christmas, but for Latino USA correspondent Mandalit del Barco, Baldwin, Kansas was home. (M/O 5:50).
Creator/Contributor:
Hinojosa, Maria, 1961- (host), Chávez, Denise (commentator), Balmaseda, Liz (commentator), del Barco, Mandalit (commentator), and Suarez, Ray, 1957- (commentator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
12/24/2000
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin