EPISODE · Jun 30, 2022 · 35 MIN
Chuy Renteria, author of 'We Heard It When We Were Young'
from Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library
Author Chuy Renteria joins the DMPL Podcast to talk about his memoir, We Heard It When We Were Young.' The book details Chuy's life growing up Mexican-American in West Liberty, Iowa, the first minority-majority town in Iowa. During the talk, Chuy and host Aaron Gernes talk about his experience dancing as a "b-boy," long summer nights in a small town, and how growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s was a different experience than what kids have today. SHOW NOTES We Heard It When We Were Young at the library Chuy Renteria in Little Village Magazine
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