Perez Avila, Lucas; Henry-Lester, Whitney (storyteller/facilitator). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-08T11:30:00
Interview Description
Lucas Perez (38) is interviewed by facilitator, Whitney Henry-Lester (26) about his work as a poet, writer and composer.
:59 nació en San Luis Potosí; describe sus padres
3:29 escuchaba música; escribir música; como empezaste a escribir versos?
10:46 como Lucas vino aca en Houston; vino para trabajo; fue dificíl para encontrar trabajo
18:00 la persona más importante en su vida es Dios; fé
20:17 todavía esta soltero; el fúturo: escribir un libro; título de su libro: Mi sueño
33:00 Lucas spent one year in the hospital after an accident at his Aunt's home; unable to speak, walk; the accident happened in 1984
Dates
- Creation: 2009-12-08T11:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in Spanish
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Birth
- Changes In Education
- Coming Of Age
- Dios
- Extended Family
- Favorite Songs
- Fe
- Grandparents
- Immigration Stories
- Instrument Playing
- Job Satisfaction
- Listening Habits
- Mexico
- Parents
- Poems
- Poet
- Poetry
- San Luis Potosí, México
- Schools
- Siblings
- Singing
- Students
- Teachers
- Traumatic Memories
- Workday Life
- Writing
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- composer
- family characters
- family doctor stories
- family heroes
- family naming and nicknames
- family trips and excursions
- favorite subjects
- first impression of America
- gas poisoning
- guitar
- guitarra
- hospitalization
- illness
- learning to walk
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- money
- near death experience
- personal experiences
- poesía
- ranch life
- regrets
- religious beliefs and practices
- song composing
- song lyrics
- verse
- versos
- watching and listening habits
- writer
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu