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Fri05Sep2008

Rican Writer Edgardo Vega Yunqué Passes

Sad news from the Rican literary/culture community this morning. Puerto Rican writer Edgardo Vega Yunqué passed away at age 72. The Cidra, Puerto Rico native, who lived in Brooklyn, wrote 17 novels founded the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center in... Read more »

Friday, September 05 2008 | 09:45 H

Mon11Aug2008

Lunes Libros : The Politics of Latino Faith

Latinos and organized religion have had a long, complicated history. Starting from our native religions and how they clashed and struggled to survive in the face of European conquest to the current growth of Latinos moving from Catholicism to Protestant... Read more »

Monday, August 11 2008 | 13:00 H

Thu17Jul2008

Jueves With Junot Diaz at Summerstage, NYC

Summerstage in Central Park is not just about music. Tonight they are featuring everyone's favorite Dominican Pulitzer Prize winner, Junot Diaz. The wondrous event kicks off at 7 pm (enter Central Park at 72nd and Fifth Ave) but get there... Read more »

Thursday, July 17 2008 | 07:43 H

Mon14Jul2008

Lunes Libros : Cubano-Nuyorican Writer Charlie Vazquez brings Business as Usual

A transgender Mexican gets involved in a complicated relationship with a young man caught between pandilla life and a gringo offering the American dream. A clown struggles between a life of entertaining children and a punk lifestyle. These are just... Read more »

Monday, July 14 2008 | 08:00 H

Fri30May2008

Latino Book Month : Weekend Release Pick Latinos in Lotusland

Latino Books Month is almost done, and this weekend if you're in the Los Angeles area, you should check out the new release, Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature. The stories and novel excerpts sandwiched in... Read more »

Friday, May 30 2008 | 11:08 H

Fri16May2008

Latino Books Month, Viernes May 16th Pick : Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo

Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo is one of the most worn books in my personal library. This fictional narrative of Chicana love, disability, and the struggle to fit in through those lenses is one of the... Read more »

Friday, May 16 2008 | 12:36 H

Thu15May2008

Latino Book Month, Jueves May 15 Pick : Sinasco

SINASCO stands for Sindicato de Astronautas Colombianos or the the Syndicate of Colombian Astronauts. Three Colombian poets in New York City gave themselves this name to describe their daring approach to Spanish language poetry but I also suspect that it... Read more »

Thursday, May 15 2008 | 09:17 H

Tue13May2008

Latino Book Month, Martes May 13 Pick : Me llamo Gabriela by Monica Brown. Illustrated by John Parra

I haven't included any children's books in my Latino book suggestions until today. Me Llamo Gabriela: My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown and illustrated by John Parra, is a beautiful book about the Chilean Nobel Prize winning poeta Gabriela... Read more »

Tuesday, May 13 2008 | 10:23 H

Fri09May2008

Latino Book Month, May 9th, Mother's Day Weekend Pick : Paula by Isabel Allende

I know, this is the second Isabel Allende book I picked this week, but as I was scanning my bookshelves this morning, I was searching for a book on motherhood and mother daughter relationships. Since my book isn't done yet,... Read more »

Friday, May 09 2008 | 11:35 H

Thu08May2008

I Never Buy the American Book Review : But I Will and You Should Too!

I never buy the American Book Review, but I'm going to make an exception for their latest issue and you should too! The current issue features Women of Color Publishing and contains the words of some blogger/writer hermanas! Just a... Read more »

Thursday, May 08 2008 | 13:30 H

Latino Book Month Thursday, May 8th Pick : Borderlands:la Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua

This book changed my life. Borderlands: La Frontera, The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua. The borderland referenced is this book is more than just one of geographical space, it is one of identity or language and struggling to survive while... Read more »

Thursday, May 08 2008 | 09:26 H

Wed07May2008

Latino Book Month Miercoles May 7th Pick :Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

I fell in love with Isabel Allende the summer before I went to Chile and I still lover her (although I enjoy her earlier works more than her later books). In Eva Luna, Allende weaved her story magic through the... Read more »

Wednesday, May 07 2008 | 11:44 H

Tue06May2008

Latino Book Month Martes May 6th Pick :Faces and Masks by Eduardo Galeano

My dear friend sent me Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano's Faces and Masks right after I gave birth, citing it as perfect nursing reading because of it's short chapters. The book is perfect reading in general because of it's scope. The... Read more »

Tuesday, May 06 2008 | 16:26 H

Mon05May2008

Latino Book Month Monday May 5th Pick : Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Paso por sus Labios

As promised, in honor of Latino Books Month, I am choosing books by Latinos from my own bookshelf that I think are must reads. Today's book has changed lives. Cherrie Moraga's book Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca... Read more »

Monday, May 05 2008 | 15:24 H

Fri02May2008

May is Latino Books Month

The Association of American Publishers has named May as Latino Books Month. According to an interview with Marcela Landres on Latinidad:Latino Books Month was created via the AAP's Publishing Latino Voices of America subcommittee in its efforts to heighten the... Read more »

Friday, May 02 2008 | 07:00 H

Mon14Apr2008

What Colombia's Like...Or Not

Next time you're about to take a trip, you might want to think twice before you pick up a Lonely Planet guidebook. Apparently at least one guidebook author thought it was OK to write about countries he'd never visited, among... Read more »

Monday, April 14 2008 | 14:29 H

Mala's Bookshelf : Mama Rock's You Out

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Monday, April 14 2008 | 12:00 H

Puerto Rican Poet/Writer Piri Thomas Suffers Stroke

Puerto Rican poet and writer, Piri Thomas, best known for his depiction of barrio survival in Down These Mean Streets, suffered a stroke. The 79 year old author is recovering in his now home of California. Capicu Poetry is compiling... Read more »

Monday, April 14 2008 | 10:01 H

Wed09Apr2008

Mala's Bookshelf : Freestyle by Linda Nieves- Powell

I am not a fan of chica lit, the Latinized version of a genre that tends to represent the realities of .5% of women but Linda Nieves- Powell's book Freestyle, published by Atria, is the exception to the rule. Centered... Read more »

Wednesday, April 09 2008 | 08:48 H

Tue08Apr2008

Can I Get Whoop Whoop : Junot Diaz's Wondrous Life Gets a Pulitzer

Having already won a National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Junot Diaz's wondrous book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is well deserved!!!! Felicidades Junot y que viva la literatura Latina!... Read more »

Tuesday, April 08 2008 | 13:00 H

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