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Thu22May2008

El Museo del Barrio Has It's Quinceñero Tonight

El Museo del Barrio, located in Spanish Harlem, New York City, is actually older than 15 years old, but I'm able to stay quiet about an institution's age. Founded in 1969, by a group of artists and community activists, tonight... Read more »

Thursday, May 22 2008 | 08:00 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

Wed16Jan2008

How the Garcia Girls Got Banned in North Carolina

Sadly, banned books are not exclusive to third world countries run by alleged dictators. Banned books happen right here in the USA. One of the latest is a book by Dominican author Julia Alvarez : How the Garcia Girls Lost... Read more »

Wednesday, January 16 2008 | 12:19 H

Wed19Dec2007

Last Minute Navidad Gift Idea : The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Ever since his breakthrough short story collection Drown came out almost 10 years ago everyone wondered what the Dominican writer Junot Diaz would do next. At long last we have an answer via The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.... Read more »

Wednesday, December 19 2007 | 10:29 H

Tue18Dec2007

Garcia Marquez translated into police code

Mexico City cops are honoring Nobel Laureate colombiano Gabriel García Márquez in a singular way: they've translated his masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude into police radio code:"Muchos alfas posteriores, frente al grupo que hace 44, el coronel Aureliano Buendía... Read more »

Tuesday, December 18 2007 | 17:47 H

Sat01Dec2007

The Daring Book for Girls : Daring Enough for Lil Latinas?

Books are always a great holiday gift, especially for children who will certainly be overwhelmed with toys. One book that cold be prefect for a nena in your life is The Daring Book for Girls. The sparkly blue book was... Read more »

Saturday, December 01 2007 | 09:00 H

Fri30Nov2007

"Cholera" Getting Dissed Left and Right

We had high hopes for the film version of Garcia Marquez's classic novel Love in the Time of Cholera. I mean it stars Javi Bardem! And while I was all revved up to see it tonight, I am flaking at... Read more »

Friday, November 30 2007 | 18:52 H

Thu25Oct2007

Garcia Marquez to be honored in Italy

Colombian literary legend Gabriel Garcia Marquez must be one of the most frequently awarded Latin American figures alive today. And Gabo's habit of picking up honors just keeps on, as the writer will receive a special honor at the XXII... Read more »

Thursday, October 25 2007 | 17:44 H

Mon08Oct2007

Oprah "discovers" Garcia Marquez

When Oprah "love, love, LOOOOOOOOOVES" a book, so do millions of housewives around the U.S. So we are expecting there to be a newfound interest in Latin American literature among certain sectors of the population now that Ms. Winfrey has... Read more »

Monday, October 08 2007 | 11:50 H

Wed05Sep2007

Vargas Llosa gets a degree in Spain

I've never really understood what the whole bestowing honorary degrees on celebrities thing is all about. I mean, does Peruvian literary legend Mario Vargas Llosa really need an honorary doctorate from some university in Spain? Well, he showed up to... Read more »

Wednesday, September 05 2007 | 18:49 H

Tue10Jul2007

15 is a Magic Number

I never had a quinceañera or a sweet 16 for that matter but the book Fifteen Candles by Adriana Lopez contains fifteen stories that any Latina in her late 20's to late 30's can relate to. Subtitled 15 Tales of... Read more »

Tuesday, July 10 2007 | 08:42 H

Tue05Jun2007

Mexico City makes commuters read

There's nothing like the Mexico City metro: hundreds of miles of sweaty commute, neon green seats and beggars and entertainers of all sorts. Idle time is often spent fending off gropers and the occasional organ grinder, but Mexico City's local... Read more »

Tuesday, June 05 2007 | 12:28 H

Fri27Apr2007

MySpace goes Spanish for U.S. Latinos

It didn't take a genius to realize that MySpace -- one of the "new" internet's biggest (and most unlikely) success stories -- needed to address the issue of language sooner or later. To better serve the presumably millions of Spanish-speaking... Read more »

Friday, April 27 2007 | 17:59 H

Tue03Apr2007

Newt : Not Ghetto Fabulous

Sure his website pushing for him to be the next president of the United States may have a page in Spanish, but that doesn't mean Newt Gingrich has to like the language. In a speech to the National Federation of... Read more »

Tuesday, April 03 2007 | 15:04 H

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