Episode 224: Ruben Degollado's Novel Explores Three Generations of Mexican American Family in South Texas
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Ruben Degollado, author of the novel THE FAMILY IZQUIERDO. In the interview, Degollado shared how he wrote several short stories about a family in the Rio Grande Valley over several years that became the foundation of the novel. He also discussed using multiple point of view characters in the novels, the misfortunes of the fictional family, and the supernatural elements in the novel. As written in the description of the book, "As the Izquierdos face a distressing present and an uncertain future, they are sustained by the blood that binds…
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