Américo Paredes's guest appearances

Américo Paredes

Texas Originals

Nation of Writers

Anthony Bourdain

Sam Houston

Barbara Jordan

Toni Morrison

Ray Bradbury

Shirley Jackson

William Cowper

Jack Johnson

Nora Ephron

Scott Joplin

Sylvia Plath

Alan Lomax

Rachel Carson

James Walker

Quanah Parker

OwlTail

This podcast is presented in conjunction with our new virtual exhibit, American Voices, which you can explore at NationOfWriters.org. In this episode, we’ll discuss the life and work of Américo Paredes. Paredes was an esteemed scholar and storyteller of the Mexico-U.S. border, a champion of its history, peoples, music, and mythologies. He grew up in [...]

This podcast is presented in conjunction with our new virtual exhibit, American Voices, which you can explore at <a href="http://NationOfWriters.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NationOfWriters.org</a>. In this episode, we’ll discuss the life and work of Américo Paredes. Paredes was an esteemed scholar and storyteller of the Mexico-U.S. border, a champion of its history, peoples, music, and mythologies. He grew up in [...]

Episode 10: Américo Paredes

The scholar and writer Américo Paredes was born in Brownsville in 1915. Even as a youth, he saw that a distinct culture had emerged in the Rio Grande Valley—not just Mexican or American, but a blend of the two. Paredes made the border the focus of his career. He studied and celebrated the distinctive stories and humor of the lower Rio Grande, at the same time fighting to correct prejudice against Mexicans and Mexican Americans.