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About Me
- Raquel Z. Rivera
- Author, researcher, and singer-songwriter. Visiting Scholar at the University of New Mexico's Sociology Department. Research interests: popular and folk music, Latino and Caribbean studies, reproductive justice. Author of New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and co-editor of the anthology Reggaeton (Duke University Press, 2009). Research consultant and co-author working with the fierce reproductive justice organization Young Women United. Debut CD as director of the Caribbean neo-roots band Ojos de Sofia titled Las 7 Salves de La Magdalena / 7 Songs of Praise for The Magdalene. Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Lived for many years in NYC. Living in Planet New Mexico. Contact: raquelzrivera@gmail.com. Click here for CV.
3 comments:
solid commentary. many thanks. it was through hearing that show that I found out about the Tego Calderon article in the NY Post. I came here to read it on your site. Do keep up the good work.
Tienes a mucha gente aqui fuera que agradezca tanto la adicion de una voz bien pensativa al espectro.
Un abrazo.
eric henderson
fine art photographer
brooklyn,ny
http://wwww.flickr.com/photos/ericjhenderson
gwaan, raquel! vnice to have you in the blogosphere!!
thank you both! (And Wayne: I'm so thankful I've had good folks like you to light the way.)
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