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http://www.tpr.org/programs/placesleftunfinished.html

Book:* /*Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation * /by John
Phillip Santos
Last night I met John Phillip Santos at the University of Incarnate
Word.. I loved his presentation. I strong encourage to listen to him and
buy his book.
Walter Herbeck epherbeck@juno.com

Between August 7 and August 18, 2006, Texas Public Radio presented
on-air readings of the family memoir of San Antonio author John Phillip
Santos, */ Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation./* The story,
read by Santos himself, was broadcast on KSTX 89.1 FM. The chapters are
archived on this page to listen online or download as MP3 files.
We thank those of you who joined us in this ambitious project in
celebration of the “1 Book. 1 San Antonio.” program. The goal was a
community-wide reading project to encourage all residents to read the
same book at the same time. The goal was to bring the community together
through the common bond of reading. The broadcasts on KSTX were
sponsored by HEB, the San Antonio Express-News and the San Antonio
Public Library Foundation.

Sponsored by: Yvette Benavides (co-host of */ Texas Matters/*) moderated
a panel discussion on the book on August 24th and on the following day,
David Martin Davies was featured an interview with Santos on Texas Matters.

Santos is a Program Officer at the Ford Foundation in New York and the
first Mexican-American Rhodes scholar to study at Oxford. He is a
well-known journalist and author of several television documentaries.

The book is a powerful memoir of Mexican-American life. Born in San
Antonio in 1957, the author is a journalist and television documentary
producer for CBS and the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar. He grew
up in an extended family whose elder members remembered a Texas that had
not yet become anglicized. Through their eyes, Santos revisits that
time, looking deeply into the Mexican past as a way of informing the
present.

An online discussion of the book was at tpr.gather.com
A podcast subscription page allowed participants to receive daily
chapters automatically.

Chapters:
* Section One: Testimonio
*Chap 1:Tierra de las Viejitas / Land of the Little Old Ladies Windows
Media MP3 Download
Chap 2 - Codices de los Abuelos / Grandfather Codices Windows Media MP3
Download
Chap 3 - Valle de Silencio / Valley of Silence Windows Media MP3 Download

* Section Two - Mexico Viejo
*Chap 4 - Cuento Mestizo / Mestizo Tale Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 5 - El Sendero Florido / The Flowered Path Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 6 - De Huisache a Cedro / From Huisache to Cedar Windows Media MP3
Download

* Section Three - Peregrinaje
*Chap 7 - Zona De Niebla / Fog Zone Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 8 - Teatro Aztec / Aztec Theatre Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 9 - Lluvia de Piedras / Rain of Stones Windows Media MP3 Download

* Section Four - Volador
*Chap 10 - Exilio / Exile Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 11 - La Ruta / The Route Windows Media MP3 Download
Chap 12 - Una Canción / A Song Windows Media MP3 Download
Epilogue Windows Media MP3 Download

Tent of Grief: An Afterword Windows Media MP3 Download

The "1 City 1 Book" concept was initiated in 1998 by librarian Nancy
Pearl of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public
Library. Since then, the program has gained enormous popularity from one
side of the country to the other, and even in other parts of the world.
Originally meant to encourage reading and discussion, the program can
focus on a single community or span whole cities or states. Many explore
local literature or themes, while others choose wide-ranging selections
that examine different historical periods and genres.