Eugene Rodriguez, Founder of Los Cenzontles, Discusses Folklore-based Education with Maribel Alvarez of Border Lore

In “Beyond Fancy Charro Outfits,” Border Lore‘s Dr. Maribel Alvarez discussed the joys and challenges of folklore-based education and identity politics with Eugene Rodriguez, author of Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging, recently published by Heyday Books (2024).

Bird of Four Hundred Voices follows Rodriguez as he leads his young students from a California barrio to uncover their ancestral roots.