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The event kicks off with a screening of War and Peace, the third episode in PBS six-part series Latino Americans. There will be a panel discussion about the superstitions and symbolism that inspires authors works, including things like La Llorona, and there will be other talks around the Cuban and Mexican- American experience through fiction.
Catherine Lu from Houston Public Media’s Arts and Culture Unit talked with event organizers Marina Tristan of Arte Publico Press and Carmen Pena Abrego from the Houston Public Library and she asked Marina about the uniqueness of this festival.
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