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UP, A SMALL CITY IN MEXICO, AND NOBODY HAS REALLY HEARD OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S THREE HOURS AWAY, AND IT'S INLAND, AND DRIVING FROM MEXICO CITY, YOU HAVE...
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IT? >> Guest: SMALL GROWING
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| 00:00:24 |
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UP, BUT NOW OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE, BUT I GREW UP IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. TO ME, IT WAS MORE LIKE A SMALL TOWN. IT WAS VERY RURAL,...
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| 00:01:13 |
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COME TO THE U.S. AND WHY? >> Guest: I CAME TO THE
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U.S. WHEN I WAS NINE AND A HALF YEARS OLD. THIS WAS BACK IN 1985, AND THE REASON WHY I CAME WAS BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE ALREADY HERE. MY FATHER LEFT...
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| 00:01:47 |
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TO THE OTHER SIDE? >> Guest: I HAD TO RUN
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| 00:01:52 |
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A LOT. WE HAD TO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, THROUGH -- BACK THEN, THERE WAS NO WALL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID OUR CROSSING, AND THE FIRST TWO TIMES,...
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| 00:03:15 |
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INTO THE U.S., GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE DID YOU GET TO? WHERE DID YOU LIVE? HOW DID YOU GROW UP IN THE U.S.? >> Guest: WELL, MY
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| 00:03:23 |
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FATHER LIVED IN LOS ANGELES, AND HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A FEW YEARS. HE HAD GOTTEN A JOB AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER, AND WE CAME TO LIVE...
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| 00:04:26 |
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THE AREA CODE IF YOU WANT TO TALK WITH THE AUTHOR ABOUT HER MEMOIR, ACCIDENT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US," AND 585 IN THE CENTRAL IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONES....
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| 00:04:52 |
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KNOW WHAT MY FATHER WAS LIKE IN MEXICO BECAUSE HE LEFT WHEN I WAS TWO YEARS OLD, AND WHEN I SAW HIM NEXT, I WAS GOING ON TEN SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE,...
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| 00:07:01 |
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WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR MOTHER? WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP? >> WELL, MY MOTHER, SHE
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| 00:07:06 |
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WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD MOTHER UP UNTIL THE POINT WHEN SHE TOOK OFF TO COME HERE TO THE U.S.. WHEN SHE CAME HERE HERE, HER EXPERIENCED CHANGED HER A...
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| 00:08:59 |
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ILLEGAL, UNDOCUMENTED GROWING UP IN THE U.S. AFTER YOU WERE NINE YEARS OLD? >> Guest: WELL, I
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| 00:09:07 |
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THINK BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG ENOUGH, I WAS NAIVE IN TERMS OF THE SITUATION. I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT'S FULL COMPLEXITY, YOU KNOW? I CAME HERE AT...
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| 00:10:42 |
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COMPARED TO FRANK McCOURT'S ANGELA'S ASHES. WAS THIS IS TOUGH MEMOIR TO WRITE ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS STILL LIVING? >> Guest: YES, IT
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| 00:10:51 |
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WAS VERY TOUGH. WHAT MADE IT TOUGH, TOO, WAS THAT WHEN I WAS WRITING ABOUT MY FATHER, THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK ABOUT MY FATHER, HE WAS DIAGNOSED...
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| 00:12:20 |
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THE GUEST, "THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US" THE BOOK, AND TIM FROM CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE THE FIRST CALLER. HI, TIM? >> Caller: THIS IS TIM
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| 00:12:30 |
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JOHNSON IN PALM DESERT. REYNA WHEN WE SPEAK OF HISPANIC POLITICS OR HISPANIC CULTURE IN GENERAL, OF COURSE, THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM IS THE ...
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| 00:13:20 |
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THINK THAT WE'RE LIVING IN A POINT RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE WITH BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE LATINO PRESENCE, AND THE IMPORTANCE STEPS...
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| 00:14:27 |
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2012 VOTE AND LATINO VOTE, DID YOU VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA? ARE YOU A CITIZEN TODAY? >> Guest: I
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AM A CITIZEN TODAY, YES, AAM. >> Host: DID
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| 00:14:36 |
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YOU SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR RE-ELECT? >> Guest: I DID, I DID,
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| 00:14:40 |
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I VOTED FOR HIM. >> Host: CAN
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| 00:14:42 |
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YOU TELL US WHY? >> Guest: I VOTED FOR
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| 00:14:44 |
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HIM BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, DI NOT LIKE THE WAY ROMNEY SPOKE ABOUT LATINOS, ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL, ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WITH THE IMMIGRANT...
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| 00:15:24 |
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WAS YOU. >> Guest: YEAH, IT
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| 00:15:26 |
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WAS. DEFINITELY, IF I HAD COME A FEW YEARS LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN A DREAMER MYSELF. BUT I SAW IT A WONDERFUL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT DREAMERS...
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| 00:16:01 |
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YOUR PATH TO CITIZENSHIP? WHEN DID YOU COME OUT FROM THE SHADOWS? >> Guest: I CAME HERE
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| 00:16:09 |
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AT A VERY LUCKY TIME BECAUSE I CAME IN 1985, AND A YEAR LATER, THE REAGAN, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT REAGAN PASSED AMNESTY WHICH ALLOWED 3 MILLION PEOPLE...
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| 00:17:45 |
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PHYSICAL RELIEF, AND DID THE FEAR LEAVE YOU IN MANY WAYS? >> Guest: IT DID, IT DID,
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| 00:17:50 |
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AND IT REALLY HELPED OUR FAMILY, TOO, BECAUSE IT TOOK SO MUCH PRESSURE OFF MY DAD. YOU KNOW, WE NO LONGER GOT THE WARNING GOING TO SCHOOL. HE NO LONGER...
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| 00:18:47 |
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IN STILLWELL, OKLAHOMA, THANK YOU FOR HOLING. YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: THANK
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| 00:18:53 |
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YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, I'M CURIOUS. YOU SAID THAT HER PERSONALITY CHANGE, WHEN SHE WENT FROM ONE ENVIRONMENT TO ANOTHER, WHAT ENVIRONMENT...
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| 00:19:30 |
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KNOW, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT WHEN MY FATHER CAME HERE TO THE UNITED STATES, MY MOTHER WAS LEFT WITH US BACK IN MEXICO, AND SHE HAD TO SUFFER,...
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| 00:22:34 |
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YOU MENTIONED YOU GOT THE GREEN CARD AND RAN WITH IT. WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? WHERE DID YOU STUDY? >> HOW DID YOU
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| 00:22:42 |
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BECOME AN AWARD WINNING NOVELIST AND NOW IN NON-FICTION? >> Guest: WHEN
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| 00:22:46 |
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I GOT THE GREEN CARD, I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF I WAS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND BE SOMEBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND MY FATHER, EVEN BEFORE WE WERE UNDOCUMENTED,...
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| 00:24:53 |
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TO SAVE THEIR FAMILIES, SOMETIMES THEY END UP DESTROYING THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THAT SEPARATION IS VERY DEVASTATING IN A FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY...
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| 00:26:17 |
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GRANDE, "THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US: A MEMOIR." HERE IT IS, HER WEB SITE, REYNAGRANDE.COM. THIS IS BookTV ON C-SPAN2 AS WE CONTINUE OUR LIVE COVERAGE FOR...
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| 00:26:51 |
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SOME UPCOMING BOOK FAIRS AND FESTIVALS HAPPENING AROUND THE
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