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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

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A not so happy experience

May 9th, 2022

Mexican American author Sergio Troncoso. Courtesy of the author

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A gritty frontera twist

May 9th, 2022

source; Penguin Random House

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Taking a Breath

May 6th, 2022

Source: Penguin Random House

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A nation of immigrants?

May 6th, 2022

Cinco de Mayo in D.C. in 2014. Photo: S Pakhrin /Creative Commons

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Five Books for Cinco De Mayo

May 5th, 2022

One Quarter of a Nation. Courtesy Princeton University Press

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One Quarter of the Nation

May 4th, 2022

A young Cuban couple finds love while surviving desperate times of lack and longing.

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Love and Hunger in Cuba

May 3rd, 2022

The book explores the troubled intimacy between Cuba and the United States. Source. Amazon.com

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Cuba: An American History?

May 3rd, 2022

Bella Clara Ventura presents her new book "Almas de Papel". Photo: Courtesy of Alianza Francesa de Cartagena

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Poets in Cartagena

May 2nd, 2022

Based in New York, the journalist is the author of 'Caught in the Storm of War: Memoirs of a War Reporter.' Courtesy: Adriana Aristizábal / ivoice.agency

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'Caught in the Storm of War'

May 2nd, 2022

Libro de las preguntas (Book of Questions) Copyright @ 2022 by Paloma Valdivia; used with permission by Enchanted Lion Books

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Pablo Neruda's Big Questions

May 2nd, 2022

The Spanish edition of Granta launched its first list of the best young writers in the Spanish language in 2010 with a large international impact.

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Making a difference

April 28th, 2022

A selection of the best Colombian journalism books nowadays. Source: Amazon.com

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Best of Colombian journalism

April 28th, 2022

California radio host Argelia Atilano publishes a bilingual book for children highlighting the achievements of 12 enterprising U.S.-born Latinas.

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'Grandes Dreamers'

April 25th, 2022

Decades of unfettered construction had blighted La Manga del Mar Menor, in Spain. Source: Wikipedia.

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Spain is ugly

April 21st, 2022

new york and snow

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Salsa and 'Snow'

April 21st, 2022

Portrait of Reyna Grande (left) author of "A Ballad of Love and Glory." (via Amazon.com)

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'A Ballad of Love and Glory'

April 20th, 2022

NY-based Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa just published 'A Woman of Endurance,' a historical novel about slavery in Puerto Rico. Photo: Twitter

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'A Woman of Endurance'

April 20th, 2022

Author Oscar Mancinas is a doctoral student at Arizona State University. Photo:Samantha Chow/ AL DÍA News

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Stories from the border

April 18th, 2022

Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá será virtual este año. Foto: Getty Images

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Bogota, a city of readers

April 16th, 2022

La Rambla de Barcelona, Sant Jordi 2016 Wikipedia

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A Barcelona book celebration

April 16th, 2022

Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rossi in 1986. Photo: Wikpedia

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Erotic and exiled

April 16th, 2022

Victoria, the sole ship of Magellan's fleet to complete the circumnavigation. Detail from a map by Ortelius, 1590.

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Who knows?

April 16th, 2022

Mexican writer Brenda Navarro in 2019. Photo: Ángel Soto Saldivar

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Ash in the mouth

April 14th, 2022

Font Màgica in Barcelona. Source: Wikipedia

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The spirit of a city

April 14th, 2022

The superhero known as 'El Peso Hero.' Picture courtesy of Héctor Rodríguez.

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Latino Superhero in Ukraine

April 11th, 2022

Caitlin Moran in 2016. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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More than a woman

April 11th, 2022

“La Mistral”, a bookstore not to be missed if you visit Madrid. Photo: Sandra Ramírez Ortega - AL DÍA.

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Madrid reads

April 11th, 2022

New book explores Mexico and Colombia connections

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Connected by Culture

April 8th, 2022

Cristina Rivera Garza

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A Sister's Memoir

April 7th, 2022

Alice Kellen

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The queen of romance novels

April 7th, 2022