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HOBBIES AND TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT:
Baseball cards from 1951 to 1960, Mantle, Musial and the rest.
 The Mayas: classical sites and the Ruta Maya today in Mexico, Guatemala and
Honduras
Snorkeling in the Yucatan and Central America
Classical Guitar
U.S. Country Classics
Folk Classics from the 1960s
Trout Fishing in America
Moutain hikes, flowers and ghost towns in Colorado
Abilene, Kansas, and the family farm
Classics of Spanish Literature: El Cid, Coplas por la muerte de su padre, Garcilaso, Don Quixote, los
románticos, siglo XX
Brazilian Culture and Travel (Luso-Brazilan Civilization)
Brazil's Northeast
Gregório de Matos, Castro Alves, Gonçalves Dias, Machado de Assis, Manuel Bandeira, Mário de Andrade, Jorge
Amado, José Lins do Rego, Graciliano Ramos, Raquel de Queiróz, Ariano
Suassuna, João Guimarães Rosa, Luís Fernandio Veríssimo, entre outros
Mexico's Cultural Revolution: the Muralistas, the Novel of the Revolution, José Guadalupe
Posada, "corridos," Frida Kahlo, Juan Rulfo and Carlos Fuentes' epigraph of the Revolution
Curran's Bahian Trilogy: Jorge Amado, Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante and Cuica de Santo Amaro
Música "tradicional" popular: Mexico, Guatemala, Brasil
Chico Buarque de Holanda: compositor, músico e poeta
Topics of Latin American Civilization
Meso-American Culture of the Southwest: the Anazazi of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona/ Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo cultures
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