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Dec 2018
5m 14s

Norma Elia Cantú

Wnyc Studios
About this episode

Early one morning, an army green Volkswagen pulls up to the house.

Norma Elia Cantú is a folklorist, writer, and professor at Trinity University in San Antonio. Her latest novel, Cabañuelas, will be out in February.

Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org

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