"The Spirit is Blood from a Stone" | Gina Franco - February 22, 2024 | Voca

franco-gina_02-22-2024_04.mp4

"The Spirit is Blood from a Stone"

Reader

Citation

Franco, Gina. The Accidental. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2019.

tag

mining

minerals

arizona

southwest

desert

long poem

family

family history

mexican american

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FRANCO-GINA_02-22-2024_04.vtt

"The Spirit is Blood from a Stone"

Reader

Citation

Franco, Gina. The Accidental. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2019.

Tags

mining, minerals, arizona, southwest, desert, long poem, family, family history, mexican american

Reading

Gina Franco - February 22, 2024

Gina Franco stands alongside a gray wall with cacti in the background. She wears a maroon cardigan and a black dress.

Gina Franco

February 22, 2024

Photographer

Paola Valenzuela

Edgar Garcia, Sheila Maldonado, and Gina Franco stand in a row in front of a grey background. Edgar Garcia wears a hat with a blue ribbon around the base, glasses with green frames, a navy blue blazer, a light blue button-down shirt, and a maroon scarf. Sheila Maldonado wears a dark green wrap dress and a necklace of purple crystals. Gina wears a black dress and maroon cardigan.

Gina Franco

February 22, 2024

Photographer

Paola Valenzuela

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