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The American Neighborhood Biographical Via Book Rags, here is a hyperlinked entry on author Richard Rodriguez from the Dictionary of Literary Biography.http://www.bookrags.com/biography/richard-rodriguez-dlb/This transcript of an interview with Rodriguez, "A View from the Melting Pot" by Scott London, is adapted from the radio series Insight and Outlook. Click on "Related Audio Clip" to hear an excerpt from the broadcast. http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/rodriguez.htmlIn this interview, Nick Gillespie and Virginia Postrel of Reason Online talk to Rodriguez about culture and assimilation. http://www.reason.com/news/show/32217.htmlCultural This page sums up a conversation on Bill Moyers' Journal with writer Martha Nussbaum on religious tolerance in America. Are religious groups discriminated against when they are denied funding? http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2008/04/religious_tolerance_in_america.htmlRead this transcript from "The Blending of America," a Think Tank program featuring Rodriguez. http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript997.htmlThis St. Petersburg Times article examines the discrepancy between U.S. Census reports--which claim Tampa Bay's metro area as one of the least segregated areas of the country--and reports from many of the area's residents. http://www.sptimes.com/2002/12/22/TampaBay/Integrated_only_on_pa.shtmlBibliographical B&N.com offers this excerpt from Rodriguez's memoir The Hunger of Memory. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Hunger-of-Memory/Richard-Rodriguez/e/9780553272932/?itm=1#EXCIn this 2008 Newsweek editorial, Rodriguez argued that Obama was the first "brown" -- not "black" – presidential candidate. http://www.newsweek.com/id/138513Visit this Pacific News Service page for a brief bio and links to many articles, mostly on race and identity, by Rodriguez, and to an audio version of his essay "The Browning of America." http://www.pacificnews.org/contributors/rodriguez/This PBS page provides links to several dozen of Rodriguez's essays written between 1996 and 2005—most recently "Is it Art?" (2005). http://www.pbs.org/newshour/essays/richard_rodriguez.html |