{"id":36215,"date":"2024-10-03T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/?p=36215"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:00:39","slug":"author-esmeralda-santiago-speaks-at-springfield-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/author-esmeralda-santiago-speaks-at-springfield-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Esmeralda Santiago speaks at Springfield Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwlp.com\/hidden-history\/hispanic-heritage-month\/author-esmeralda-santiago-speaks-at-springfield-library\/\">WWLP.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Author Esmeralda Santiago speaks at Springfield Library\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfdhoGtJyz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) \u2013 The Springfield City Library invited an acclaimed author for a special Hispanic Heritage Month discussion Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago spoke about her published works that delve into the experience of Puerto Rican women in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was an opportunity for the community to explore her stories\u2019 themes of memory, family, and resilience and continue the conversations sparked by her writing. \u201cEsmerelda writes for women, she\u2019s a feminist and it empowers our community,\u201d says Library Partner Haydee Lamberty Rodriguez. \u201cWe are excited to have that conversation with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The library will be holding book club meetings starting October 24th to discuss all of Santiago\u2019s works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Springfield City Library invited an acclaimed author for a special Hispanic Heritage Month discussion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,102,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-adults","category-news-brightwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36216,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36215\/revisions\/36216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}