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Will New Mexico Sing Their Spanish in Heaven?
blog, SpiritNations, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 7/17/23 blog, SpiritNations, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 7/17/23

Will New Mexico Sing Their Spanish in Heaven?

Christian Silva on embodiment, prayer, and Spanish-nuevomexicano

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Intervenxions
AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23 AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23

Intervenxions

Selections from the online publication of The Latinx Project at NYU

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Penitential Pilgrimage
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22

Penitential Pilgrimage

Anthropologists Dr. Valentina Napolitano and Dr. Kristin Norget on Pope Francis, reconciliation, and the state

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The Tip of the Pyramid
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22

The Tip of the Pyramid

El Librotraficante Tony Diaz presents excerpts from his new book on Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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The Needle and the Thread
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/11/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/11/22

The Needle and the Thread

Victor Mancilla and Jim Nikas on their forthcoming film about the Jumano-Apache people and 17th-century Franciscan nun Sor María de Ágreda

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Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 2/21/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 2/21/22

Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera

Reyes Ramírez presents a story excerpt from his debut collection The Book of Wanderers

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Return to Padre
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22

Return to Padre

Journalist and anthropologist Cecilia Ballí tells a legal and personal history of South Texas

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Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21

Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada

Jim Nikas digs up how the 19th-century Mexican graphic artist popularized the skull imagery associated with Día de Los Muertos

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A Coyolxauhqui Imperative
blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21 blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21

A Coyolxauhqui Imperative

César “CJ” Baldelomar ruminates on writing, memory, and death

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Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21

Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election

Dr. Michael DeAnda decodes signs of the times

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Embroidery at the Hearth of Faith
blog, Books, SpiritNations, Poetry Open Plaza 4/12/21 blog, Books, SpiritNations, Poetry Open Plaza 4/12/21

Embroidery at the Hearth of Faith

Poet Natalia Treviño cross-stitches the sacred and the ordinary

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