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			<title>Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Lila Downs</title>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Mexican singing sensation Lila Downs</itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary>Ilan Stavans talks to Mexican singing sensation Lila Downs who burst on to the music scene with her stunning performance of a song from the film &quot;Frida&quot; at the 75th annual Academy Awards in 2003. Produced by La Plaza for WGBH Educational Foundation
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			<title>Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Melinda Lopez</title>
			<itunes:author>Melinda Lopez</itunes:author>
			<description>Ilan Stavans talks to actress and playwright Melinda L+pez whose work explores the complexeties of the Cuban diaspora. Her latest play, &quot;Sonia Flew&quot; centers around a young girl who is put on a plane bound for the US soon after Fidel Castro rises to power.
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Ferrera caught the attention of critics and fans alike with her portrayal of Ana, the curvaceous young Mexican American girl in the 2002 film &quot;Real Women Have Curves.&quot; Ferrera talks with host Ilan Stavans about the pressures and demands of show business life.Produced by La Plaza for WGBH Educational Foundation</description>			<itunes:subtitle>Actor America Ferrera </itunes:subtitle>			<itunes:summary>Conversation with Honduran American actress America Ferrera. Ferrera caught the attention of critics and fans alike with her portrayal of Ana, the curvaceous young Mexican American girl in the 2002 film &quot;Real Women Have Curves.&quot; Ferrera talks with host Ilan Stavans about the pressures and demands of show business life.  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Produced by La Plaza for WGBH Educational Foundation			</description>			<itunes:subtitle>Journalist Maria Hinojosa</itunes:subtitle>			<itunes:summary>Ilan Stavans talks to Maria Hinojosa, senior correspondent for the PBS series NOW, anchor and managing editor of NPR&apos;s Latino USA.  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Produced by La Plaza for WGBH Educational Foundation			</description>			<itunes:subtitle>Literary translator Gregory Rabassa</itunes:subtitle>			<itunes:summary>Ilan Stavans talks to translator Gregory Rabassa who has translated more than three dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese into English, including works by Nobel laureates.Produced by La Plaza for WGBH Educational Foundation			</itunes:summary>			<enclosure type="audio/mpeg" url="http://wgbh.dtvpix.net/laplaza/podcasts/rabassa.mp3" length="1962318" />			<link>http://wgbh.dtvpix.net/laplaza/podcasts/rabassa.mp3</link>			<guid />			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:57:25 -0400</pubDate>			<category>Entertainment</category>			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>			<itunes:duration>00:04:01</itunes:duration>			<itunes:keywords>literary translation writer rabassa latino latinos hispanic la plaza ilan stavans</itunes:keywords>		</item>		<item>			<title>Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Rolando Hinojosa-Smith</title>			<itunes:author>Rolando Hinojosa-Smith</itunes:author>			<description>Ilan Stavans talks to author Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, perhaps best known for Klail City Death Trip series, a collection of short novels.			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