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“Part of Selena’s legacy is for those who didn’t find themselves in official stories,” Paredez says, “or in those official venues. They continued to create their own memorial through their own relationship to her, and those are the places that are, for me, the most interesting to explore." - Dr. Paredez

http://www.racked.com/2017/4/18/15245...

I was interviewed about the poetry foundation I co-founded, CantoMundo, by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works Blog:

https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2017/s...

Abundant thanks to Sheila Maldonado for hosting
The Broadside Reading Series at the Center for Book Arts
where I'll be reading my poetry along with Janice Lowe this
Friday, 28 April at 6:30pm.

More Information Here:

http://centerforbookarts.org/event/br...

The Texas Standard discussed what Selena represents and embodies for the LGBTQ community. Dr. Paredez weighed in, listen to the full interview here:

http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/...

“One of the things I’ve appreciated most about moving back to New York City is the regular proximity to strangers and the attendant set of relations and responsibilities it requires of us especially during such desperate times. I had the good fortune of reading some of Ross Gay’s poetry while working on this poem, and I found his exquisitely unbounded syntax to be an inspiring model for capturing our connectedness and accountability to one another.
—Deborah Paredez

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/c...

This week marks the 20th Anniversary of the release of the biopic, Selena. NPR interviewed Dr. Paredez on why this film is an inspirational movie, and still holds sway within the Latina community. Listen to the entire interview here:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/21/5209869...