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The island of Puerto Rico has been in the news a lot for the past few years. However, many of us still don't know much about its people and their history, and the little we have learned rarely comes from Puerto Rican voices. With that in mind, this season on the Power of You in Fiction, we present "Rico en Sueños". We'll talk to Puerto Rican creators about their relationship with the island, how it influences their work, and what they hope to share about the island with the world.

And. We. Are. Back! For another good and (hopefully) long time.
 
Welcome to Rico en Sueños, the inaugural season of the Power of You in Fiction Podcast. For episode one, titled Soy Taino: El Sol y El Coquí, Wilson and Lu journey back into time to look at how the Taino people have influenced creators of Puerto Rican heritage, the island itself, and the world at large. They also talk to two Puerto Rican creators, Ronnie Garcia and Alexandra Román, who have taken inspiration from their Taino ancestry to create amazing works of fiction.
 
For more of Ronnie's work visit - www.coquiwi.net and follow @coquiwi.
 
Find Alexandra's work at: www.alexandraroman.com and follow @AlexandraRoman.
 
Many thanks to our supporters, you can join them by subscribing to our patreon.
 
Credits:
Vanessa Flores, Audio Engineer
Deviant Sounds, Composer
Vanessa Flores, Cover Art

Welcome back to Rico en Sueños all! Lu and Wilson hope episode one was equal parts entertaining and enlightening because they're here to bring you the second submission of the season; and what a submission is it! They've got three fabulous and phenomenal guests for this episode -- Esmeralda Santiago, Isabel Dieppa, and Venessa Vida-Kelley -- who reflect and share their thoughts about the prominent cultural influence the people of Africa brought to the island of Puerto Rico during their enslavement, and how the blending of African, Taino, and Spanish traditions helped to shape Puerto Rico in the country it is today.
 
You can find all of Esmeralda's works via her website and follow her on Twitter - @Esmo.
 
For all things Isabel check out her website and her Twitter - @IsabelSDieppa.
 
For more of Manu and Venessa's works visit here and here, and also follow her on Twitter - @VScrivanoKelley (she's a big Wayward Son fan!)
 
If you're interested in the "War Against All Puerto Ricans" recommendation, consider purchasing it from your local bookstore OR picking it up at your local library. You can locate a local bookstore via Indiebound.org and you can locate your neighborhood library via Worldcat.org.
 
Many thanks to our supporters, you can join them by subscribing to our patreon.
 
Credits:
Vanessa Flores, Audio Engineer
Deviant Sounds, Composer
Vanessa Flores, Cover Art

For episode three of Rico en Sueños Wilson and Lu continue their journey through identity focusing on the all important and impactful concept of language. You'll learn some history and discover how language has played a large role in the creative process of the fellas' primary guests for this episode -- Yasmin Flores Montanez and Sara Ramos Sepúlveda.
 
For Sara's Nightless webcomic check out the website and for a ton of her other works take a gander throughout her Twitter - @5toMARTES and IG.
 
Check out Yasmin's work on Twitter - @yasfmart and via her website.
 
Pick up the Ricanstruction anthology to read Yasmin and Sara's respective entries at your local comic book shop or online.
 
Many thanks to our supporters, you can join them by subscribing to our patreon.
 
Credits:
Vanessa Flores, Audio Engineer
Deviant Sounds, Composer
Vanessa Flores, Cover Art

Welcome back podcast fam! The PoYiF team is excited to get back into groove after their mid-season break and finish off their journey of exploring the reciprocal impact and influence art and identity have had on the island of Puerto Rico and its people. This episode will tackle the tension many members of the Puerto Rican diaspora experience with being a person of two identities or "bi-cultural" as guest host Navani Otero puts in. So join Wilson and Navani as they try to grapple with what it means to be "Puerto Rican Enough".
 
As mentioned by Lu in our ad, our composer Deviant Sounds sustained some major injuries via a car accident. If you are willing and able, any contribution to his gofundme (linked below) is truly appreciated.
 
Deviant Sounds gofundme.
 
As mentioned in our other ad, linked below are the websites you can visit that will help you with your donation efforts focused on Puerto Rican disaster relief.
 
https://www.charitywatch.org/charity-donating-articles/puerto-rico-earthquake-relief
 
https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-help-puerto-rico-after-a-64-magnitude-earthquake-struck-the-island-19773447
 
You can find more of Sabrina Cintron's work on her IG and Twitter.
 
Rosa Colon's work can be found on her website.
 
Be sure to connect with our returning voices on Twitter: Esmeralda Santiago, Ronnie Garcia, and Venessa Vida-Kelley.
 
Many thanks to our supporters, you can join them by subscribing to our patreon.
 
Credits:
Vanessa Flores, Audio Dialogue Editor
Deviant Sounds, Composer
Vanessa Flores, Cover Art

What's up podcast family! The fifth episode entry of the team's Rico en Sueños series focuses on the community, the perseverance, and willingness to give and share that's at the center of Puerto Rican culture. In the face of tragedy and traumatic events these qualities continually shine through. Tag along with the fellas as they learn themselves some dopeness.
 
Edgardo is consistently doing amazing things. You can stay up to date with him and his passions via his Twitter and IG.
 
The Kickstarter that features Rosa Colon can be found here and of course you can find her other works on her website and connect with her on Twitter and IG.
 
Big thanks again to Yasmin, Esmeralda, and Isabel. Their stories, in the Ricanstruction anthology and on mic, were just so powerful and revealing -- we're forever grateful.
 
Many thanks to our supporters, you can join them by subscribing to our patreon.
 
Credits:
Vanessa Flores, Audio Engineer
Deviant Sounds, Composer
Vanessa Flores, Cover Art