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Denise Chavez Author of Loving Pedro Infante and many more!

Denise Chavez Author of Loving Pedro Infante and many more!

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In this episode of The Brown Book Club Podcast, we sit down with award-winning author, playwright, and cultural icon Denise Chávez, whose work captures the heart, humor, and struggle of life in the Southwest borderlands. We talk about her celebrated novel Loving Pedro Infante—a story that blends passion, nostalgia, and Chicana identity through the eyes of Teresina Ávila, a woman caught between the fantasy of Mexican film idol Pedro Infante and the realities of love and life in a small New Mexico town. With warmth and wit, Chávez explores how art, memory, and desire shape who we are and who we long to be.

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