{"id":52032,"date":"2023-03-29T09:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/?p=52032"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:16:44","slug":"graciela-mochkofsky-on-the-prophet-of-the-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/graciela-mochkofsky-on-the-prophet-of-the-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"Graciela Mochkofsky on “The Prophet of the Andes”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing Latinos<\/em>, from\u00a0Public Books<\/em>, is a new podcast featuring interviews with Latino (a\/x\/e) authors discussing their books and how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of\u00a0latinidad<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This episode features our conversation with Graciela Mochkofsky, author of The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land<\/span><\/a><\/i>. Mochkofsky\u2019s book is about the extraordinary life of Segundo Villanueva, a Peruvian prophet who grew a following of hundreds, ultimately leading their pilgrimage to Israel and conversion to Judaism. The Prophet of the Andes<\/i> shatters every preconception about religion in the Americas, and what we mean when we talk about Latino religiosity.<\/p>\n

Mochkofsky is Dean of CUNY\u2019s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, contributing writer for the New Yorker<\/i>, an award-winning journalist, and author of several books published in Latin America and the United States.<\/p>\n

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