Skip Navigation

A Playwright Remembers His Border Childhood

think.kera.org 18


Octavio Solis grew up in El Paso before becoming one of America’s most accomplished Latino playwrights. He joins host Krys Boyd to tell stories of his younger days along the Rio Grande – and how they influenced his life and work. He gathers these vignettes in his new memoir, “Retablos: Stories From a Live Lived Along the Border” (City Lights Publishers).