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Castle Talk: Ghosts, Legends, and Love in the New Spanish Translation of Summer of the Mariposas
A Lone Star List recipient, Summer of the Mariposas is a story of children led by La Llorona herself, the misunderstood, weeping ghost, on a journey of hardship and magic. Professors Guadalupe Garcia McCall and David Bowles discuss El Verano de las Mariposas, their new Spanish translation of McCall's book Summer of the Mariposas, a magical Mexican American retelling of The Odyssey about four sisters traveling from Texas through Mexico.
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The Team: Hosted by Jason Henderson, one of the writers for Bungie's Destiny 2 and creator of the HarperTeen novel series Alex Van Helsing; Featuring Drew Edwards, creator of Halloween Man; Tony Salvaggio, lead singer of the band Deserts of Mars, lead guitarist of the band Rise from Fire, and co-creator of Clockwerx from Humanoids; attorney Julia Guzman of Guzman Immigration of Denver; and Jamie Bahr, lead singer and upright bassist of the rock and roll band Danger*Cakes.