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José Rivera — THE HOURS ARE FEMININE

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José Rivera joins the podcast to talk about excavating his childhood memories in The Hours Are Feminine, the possibilities of translation onstage, and the distance between this play and the magic realism for which he is best known. (He also shares a bit about his upcoming adaptation of A Hundred Years of Solitude for Netflix!) Don't miss this enchanting episode.

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