Benjamin Alire Sáenz Discovers the Secrets of His Universe

Latino USA

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4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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It’s 1987, in El Paso, Texas, and two Latino boys fall in love—that’s the plot of Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s popular young adult novel, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.” Benjamin joins Latino USA to discuss the book, the newly launched sequel, and his life journey to find serenity.

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1:04.1	Dear listener, this episode contains a mention of an incident of sexual violence.
1:10.5	What happened with Aristotle and Dante is that with the years, it sold more and more copies.
1:16.5	It was amazing.
1:18.7	This was no marketing team that sold this book.
1:21.8	And sold this book to each other.
1:27.7	From FuturoMedia, it's Latino USA, I'm Maria Inohosa, today a journey to the borderlands
1:33.2	with author, Benjamin Ali Designs.
1:42.5	Benjamin Ali Designs wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but in El Paso, Texas.
1:48.5	El Paso no me sacan ni a palos, I love this town.
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