Kenneth Orona, professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, reads from The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet by Sandra Cisneros and Virgilio Elisondo. These readings, from the Words to Stir the Soul series hosted by the Center of the American West, are an occasional feature of Colorado Matters.
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