Newsday Live Conversations: A chat with Luis A. Miranda, Jr.
January 27, 2021 @ 7:30 pm
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Join us and Long Island LitFest for a virtual in-depth discussion and extensive Q&A with political activist Luis A. Miranda, Jr. about his HBO documentary “Siempre, Luis,” and how his life’s work inspired his son, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2016 reading the poem for which he was named after.
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The name Lin-Manuel is derived from the poem Nana roja para mi hijo Lin Manuel written by Puerto Rican poet José Manuel Torres Santiago about the Vietnam war.
Miranda, who was born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, shared a photo of the poem with a handwritten dedication from the poet himself on Twitter in 2016, writing, The story of my name.
In 2016, Miranda traveled to Puerto Rico and read his namesake poem at a poetry festival.
Lin-Manuel Miranda s name was inspired by a poem written about the Vietnam War.
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