Esmeralda Santiago

Novelist, memoirist

Esmeralda Santiago appears in the following:

La Brega Presents: Esmeralda Santiago on Language and History

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

WNYC Studios
La Brega presents an interview from The New Yorker Radio Hour with one of the most celebrated writers of the Puerto Rican diaspora.

After the Storm: Marking 120 Years Since the U.S. Invasion of Puerto Rico

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Today, on the 120th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico, author Esmeralda Santiago joins The Takeaway to discuss the invasion and its ongoing legacy.

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The Brian Lehrer Show Live: Lizz Winstead, Barry Jenkins, Jennifer Egan, Esmeralda Santiago and More

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

"Daily Show" creator Lizz Winstead, "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins, and authors nominated for the "One Book, One New York" program join Brian for a live show from the Greene Space.

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The City’s Book Club Is Back

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Which book will New Yorkers read this year?

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Art, Passion, and Pain for The Puerto Rican Diaspora

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Puerto Rico's cultural ambassadors are fighting for their island from a distance. Author Esmeralda Santiago reflects on the heartache of the Puerto Rican diaspora after Hurricane Maria.

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Esmeralda Santiago's Conquistadora

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Esmeralda Santiago talks about her epic novel, Conquistadora, about a Spanish woman, Ana Larragoity Cubillas, who moves to Puerto Rico with her new husband in 1844 to run a remote sugar plantation on the island. There she faces unrelenting heat, disease and isolation, and the dangers of the untamed countryside.

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