A Mayan Creation Story – Ep 82 with Ilan Stavans

Read Learn Live Podcast by Jon Menaster : Lover of Literature

Nov 1, 202049:49Health

Popul Vuh: A Retelling is an inspired and urgent prose retelling of the Mayan myth of creation by acclaimed Latin American author and scholar Ilan Stavans, gorgeously illustrated by Salvadoran folk artist Gabriela Larios...

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