Annotations for Sounds: Transition--music--regional Mexican

[Ranchera music transition]

[Ranchera music transition] The Chicana writer, Ana Castillo, had an abuelita, a grandmother who signed her name with an X. Castillo's father dropped out of high school. Her mother only finished primary school. But all three had an indelible impact on Castillo as a writer. They told her stories, or cuentos, and in her latest novel, So Far From God, Ana Castillo brings these cuentos to life.

[Raiz Viva--Los Folkloristas]

[Raiz Viva--Los Folkloristas]

[La Muerte de Francisco Villa--Dueto Las Pajaras]

[Transition—Music—Regional Mexican]

[Transition--music--regional Mexican] [Ven]