Feb
27
A festival of micro-relatos
For the next month, Voices en Español will be podcasting a series of very short stories in Spanish. The readers are an international line-up of voices, (both native and non-native Spanish speakers), from Canada, Colombia, Holland, India, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Spain and the U.S.
I wanted to showcase the variety of accents that exist among Spanish speakers, although I’ll tell you upfront that what I will be podcasting is just a very small sample of the diversity that exists en el mundo hispanohablante. (By the way, if anyone out there with an Argentine, Cuban, Dominican or Puerto Rican accent reads this and would like to participate in a future podcast, please email me.)
There will be at least 12 different stories podcast during the next four weeks, so if you haven’t subscribed to the podcast via iTunes or via Google Reader, now is the time to do so. The complete texts of each cuento will also be posted on this web site. In some episodes, there will be music and you just need to check that epsiode’s “show notes” on this blog for the name and link to the singer or musical group.
First in the lineup is Cristina from Barcelona, Spain reading “Instrucciones para llorar” by Julio Cortázar. Enjoy!
February 27th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Thank you for including stories. I’ve enjoyed the ones you have already podcasted. Just a few minutes ago I listened to Cine Prado by Elena Poniatowska. What a great story! I have every single one of your podcasts on my ipod and along with a few other favorites, such as Ben and Marina, and Luis Rojas, I listen to them constantly and they have helped me to keep my passion for Spanish burning. You are doing a beautiful thing.
February 28th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
What a fun idea. I’m looking forward to it!
March 1st, 2010 at 1:41 am
Eddie,
Thank you very much for your kind email and for putting my podcasts in such good company! That made my day. Happy to hear that the audio from this blog is very useful to you and I hope it remains that way.
Tricia,
Thanks for dropping by. I’m thinking of doing a similar audio cuento series over at Cody’s Cuentos but perhaps in a slightly different format. Stay tuned…
March 1st, 2010 at 6:17 am
Hi, I’m a Spanish teacher from Argentina and I would be glad to collaborate with your podcasts, it is a very interesting project!
Contact me if I can be helpful.
Mucha suerte!
March 1st, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Thanks, Paola. I will contact you privately with the details. Un saludo.
March 11th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I haven’t dipped into this yet, but this looks like an interesting resource:
http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/voces_hispanicas/default.htm
Saludos, G.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Graham,
That’s a fantastic find! Thanks very much for sharing it with us!