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AL DÍA Reads features new and notable books!

November 15th, 2024

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What to read in October!

October 11th, 2024

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Truman Capote. Milan, le 24/02/1966. L'ecrivain Truman Capote (1924 - 1984). ©Farabola/Leemage (Photo by Leemage via AFP)

100 years of Truman Capote

October 1st, 2024

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García Marquez, Isabel Allende and Cortazar are some of the great exponents of Latin literature. Photo: WikiCommons Collage.

Hispanic culture literature

September 19th, 2024

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Monthly Book Recommendations

September 18th, 2024

Juan Pablo Villalobos. Via Milenio.

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Are We Alone?

February 24th, 2020

Los cuentos clásicos tanto pueden cimentar ciertos roles y creencias como abrir una ventana al respeto por la diversidad y por uno mismo.

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Black Power Imagination

February 14th, 2020

With salsa stains and notes scribbled by their owners, these recipe books are bites of Mexico's cultural history. Via UTSA and Gourmet de Mexico.

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A Bite of Mexican History

February 13th, 2020

Mexican writer Enrique Serna. Via: La Mañana de Reynosa.

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Silence has a Price

February 12th, 2020

What's so funny? Via Vogue.

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Dear Oprah Winfrey...

January 31st, 2020

Alexandra Espinoza, Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriquez, Virginia Sanchez, and Ivan Vila (left to right) participate in an activity during their rehearsal at West Kensington Ministry for the show, "Palante," which will be featured at the First Person Arts Festival. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

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Theater in Norris Square

January 29th, 2020

What was the writer looking for in announcing publicly that he would eliminate the story they were both working on? Via La Voz de Galicia.

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A strange way to mourn

January 28th, 2020

Is there whitewashing in the book industry?

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Beyond American Dirt

January 27th, 2020

Guillermo Arriaga. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

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Alfaguara Prize 2020

January 24th, 2020

Portadas seleccionadas

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Best books of the decade

December 30th, 2019

The writer, journalist and political essayist Julia Navarro. Via Página 2.

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Migrants Today and Forever

December 26th, 2019

Rodrigo Fuentes. Cortesía del autor

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Trout, belly up

December 16th, 2019

Yucatan writer Sol Ceh Moo receives the award from the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). Vía VEME Digital.

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Reborn as Sol Ceh Moo

December 13th, 2019

"El gabinete del ocio," by Venezuelan author Fedosy Santaella, is a collection of essays that was recently published.

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Writing our pains

November 22nd, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a symbol for Latina women in the United States. Image: Getty Images.

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Is a AOC a "pop" icon?

November 22nd, 2019

This will be the new Drama Book Shop in New York, designed by the "Hamilton" set designer David Korins.

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When Hamilton saved books

November 15th, 2019

Ramon Jaurigue, aka "Tata Rambo", was a WWII veteran and an activist for the Pascua Yaqui's rights in Arizona.

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Tata Rambo, the Yaqui hero

October 28th, 2019

Siri Hustvedt ha been honored with the prestigious Princesa de Asturias Prize in Spain. Photo: Spencer Ostramder.

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"Trump is not a puritan"

October 22nd, 2019

"America I've given you all and now I'm nothing," Jack Kerouac. 'Mexico City Blues' (1959)

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50 years on the death road

October 22nd, 2019

What do Mexico and U.S. have in common besides a border? The Latinx identities and the migration experience are the core of the sixth Lit-Luz Festival of Chicago.http://m.facebook.com/events/2135563263414264/?ti=wa

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Mexico vs U.S. Yes, Art can.

October 10th, 2019

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Shea Serrano attends "Hip Hop: Songs that Shook America" Screening/Event at The Apollo Theater on October 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for AMC)

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A Q&A with Shea Serrano

October 8th, 2019

Feria del Libro Committee

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Literature in City Hall

October 4th, 2019

Foto: Cortesía de Edgar Ramírez

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Philly's LatAm Book Fair

September 25th, 2019

Mezzo-Soprano Daniela Mack

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Latina in the Opera

September 18th, 2019

MinorityLand explores gentrification from the community lens, it will be at the West Kensington Ministry from September 25 to October 5. Photo: Power Street Theatre Company.

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MinorityLand Returns

September 6th, 2019

Philadelphia's new Youth Poet Laureate, Mia Concepcion. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News

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New Youth Poet Laureate

September 4th, 2019

La portada de la novela de Luis Carlos Barragán, "Vagabunda Bogotá". Foto: De la página web de la casa editorial, Angosta Editores

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Vagabunda Bogotá

August 21st, 2019

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: Toni Morrison performs at the Jazz At Lincoln Centers Concert For Hurricane Relief at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 17, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

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Top 5: Toni Morrison

August 16th, 2019

Paco Ignacio Taibo II "No Habra Final Feliz"

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The Lonely Detective

August 2nd, 2019

John Leguizamo, performing "Latin History for Moronos." Photo: Matthew Murphy

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Illustrating Latin history

July 23rd, 2019

Literatura Oral Episode 9

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A witch or boss lady?

July 19th, 2019