Tuesday, September 26, 2006

News at Eleven: Finally, Manuel M. Martin-Rodriguez found

the name he had crossed the Atlantic looking for: Gaspar de Villagrá, scrawled in loose cursive.

"After working so hard for so long, to find it was a feeling I had never felt before," said the Spanish-born literature professor who now teaches at UC Merced. "To hold previously unknown documents that old in your hands, with no glass covering them--it was incredibly rewarding."

from The Merced Sun-Star: Professor's discoveries shed light on Latino poet

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