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Ingenioso, chispeante, provocador, incorrecto, Truman Capote transitó de una infancia áspera y solitaria a la espuma y la purpurina de la alta sociedad, donde se rodeó de “cisnes” (mujeres adineradas, hermosas y sofisticadas) y de celebridades del cine, el arte y la moda. En su interior, siempre pensó que sus poderosas amistades le consideraban un advenedizo y un bufón. Quizás por eso se vengó con Plegarias atendidas, novela póstuma que escarnecía a su círculo de relaciones sociales, aireando toda clase de chismes e indiscreciones.
Capote debutó en 1948 con Otras voces, otros ámbitos, una novela lírica que se inscribía en la tradición del gótico sureño, pero con la salvedad de que la escritura ya no fluida de la conciencia atormentada y barroca de una dama del Sur, sino de un joven homosexual que conocía en sus propias carnes la experiencia de la marginación y el menosprecio. En los años siguientes, Un árbol de noche y otras historias (1949) y El arpa de hie
Known as “Iron Mike” Marshall, his 90 appearances for the Twins in 1979 remain a franchise record, and his 106 games pitched with the Dodgers in 1974 is by far the most in MLB history.
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The year was 1969. It was a time of social protest over civil rights and representation issues. Those protests echoed at UCLA, where Mexican American students were demanding improved access to higher education, as well as greater resources devoted to the study of the Mexican experience in the U.S.
Enter the university’s Mexican American Cultural Center, which was established to support research in what was then the new field of Chicano studies. In the 52 years since, that center now known as the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) has grown from a small student- and faculty-led initiative to a full-blown academic center, supporting original research and publications, the maintenance of archival collections and a library.