Four books by Honduran authors you should have on your radar
04/19/2021 - 05:10
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From the coup d'état in Honduras in 2009 to the Pulse shooting, Honduran literature is as wide and rich as the universe of its authors.
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From the coup d'état in Honduras in 2009 to the Pulse shooting, Honduran literature is as wide and rich as the universe of its authors.
4 libros de autores hondureños que debes tener en tu radar
04/19/2021 - 05:04
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Del Golpe de Estado en Honduras en 2009 hasta el tiroteo en el club Pulse, la literatura hondureña es tan amplia y rica como el universo de sus autores.
'Of Women and Salt', a genealogy of sisterhood
03/25/2021 - 05:21
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Five generations of strong women and three countries are the protagonists of Gabriela García's debut, a novel that aims to be an antidote to the "myths" of migration and Latinidad.
'Of Women and Salt', una genealogía de la sororidad
03/25/2021 - 05:08
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Cinco generaciones de mujeres fuertes son las protagonistas del debut literario de Gabriela García, una novela que pretende ser antídoto a los “mitos” de la migración y la latinidad.
San Antonio Book Festival to be held virtually in April
03/10/2021 - 01:55
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Up to 200 authors, including Sandra Cisneros, will be present April 9-11 at the SABF after reviving the festival.
El Festival del Libro de San Antonio se celebrará en abril de forma virtual
03/10/2021 - 01:49
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Hasta 200 autores, entre ellos la mexicoamericana Sandra Cisneros, se darán cita del 9 al 11 de abril en el SABF tras retractarse de su anuncio de cancelación.
'Infinite Country': Family is a Migrant's Homeland
03/09/2021 - 07:05
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Colombian writer Patricia Engel's new novel follows the life of a family between two continents at the mercy of changing immigration policy.
Infinite Country: La familia es la patria de un migrante
03/09/2021 - 07:02
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La escritora colombiana Patricia Engel nos introduce en su nueva novela en la vida de una familia entre dos continentes y a merced de la cambiante política migratoria.
An Argentinean "road movie" wins the first edition of the SED Prize for novels in the U.S.
02/22/2021 - 05:40
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Organised by the publishing house Suburbano Ediciones, SED aims to be a bridge to the "Spanish-speaking world."
Una “road movie” argentina ganadora de la primera edición del Premio SED de novela en EE.UU
02/22/2021 - 05:33
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Organizado por la editorial Suburbano Ediciones, SED pretende ser un puente con el “mundo hispanoparlante”.
Caribbean Fiction: Three great Latinx young adult and children's book authors who are more than an island
02/10/2021 - 06:42
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From Julia Alvarez to Tere Marichal-Lugo and Kacen Callender, these Caribbean-born writers should be on every reading list for kids and young adults.
Ficción caribeña: 3 grandes autoras de libros infantiles y YA que son más que una isla
02/10/2021 - 06:35
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De Julia Álvarez a Tere Marichal-Lugo pasando por Kacen Callender, estas escritoras nacidas en el Caribe no deberían faltar en la lista de lecturas de los jóvenes y los más pequeños.
'The Twilight Zone': When life coexists with horror
01/28/2021 - 07:20
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Prisons in residential areas, executioners who confess and children who witness massacres. Nona Fernández again immerses readers within a Chilean dictatorship, and turns it into a liminal zone.
Publishing at the border: A publisher with a "soul" for small Latinx readers
12/23/2020 - 05:00
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Being bilingual and aiming to empower U.S. Latino and Hispanic children is the higher purpose of Del Alma Publications.
The top five Latino projects keeping pulp literature alive
12/07/2020 - 08:10
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Frequently-overlooked pulp literature in Spanish is still alive in the flame of small projects all over South America.
'Category Five': A hurricane terror to address the Puerto Rican drama
11/06/2020 - 03:02
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The author, 'Gringa-Rican' Ann Davila Cardinal, puts us in a post-Maria Puerto Rico and tears our hearts out. But they still beat.
'Sanctuary': When a hero is made jumping over trenches and ditches
10/14/2020 - 07:30
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It could be 2032 or the year after this election. Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher's migrant dystopia is a brilliant call to action that is both heartbreaking and current.
International Latino Book Awards: And you expect us to read?
09/14/2020 - 08:18
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A soporific and politically skimpy gala doesn't put Latino writers on the map, it invites its readers to turn on the TV.
International Latino Book Awards: ¿Y ustedes esperan que leamos?
09/14/2020 - 07:58
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Una gala soporífera y políticamente desnatada no pone a los escritores latinos en el mapa, invita a sus lectores a encender el televisor.
Literatura Oral Episode 4: Gabriel García Márquez
05/14/2019 - 12:42
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A short story where love can only be found in dreams and the desire for a different life seems unreachable.
Gabriela Guerra Rey: a sea of Cuban nostalgia
06/28/2018 - 02:50
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Gabriela Guerra Rey, a Cuban writer who emigrated to Mexico, is the author of “Bahía de Sal,” a fiction novel in which she describes the dramas experienced in a little village on the outskirts of Havana during the Special Period.
“No cumplo con ninguno de los estereotipos latinos”
04/05/2018 - 03:59
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Diana Rodríguez Wallace creció en las afueras de Filadelfia, en un hogar en el que no se hablaba español. A través de sus novelas juveniles, ha querido reconectar con su identidad puertorriqueña.
“I don’t comply with any of the Latino stereotypes”
04/05/2018 - 03:43
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Diana Rodriguez Wallach grew up on the outskirts of Philadelphia in a home where Spanish was not spoken. She tries to reconnect with her Puerto Rican identity through her young adult novels.
10 Latina Warriors you should know
02/28/2017 - 17:45
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Suffragettes, protesters, speakers and leaders - from Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey and Luisa Capetillo in the late 1800s to Mariposa Fernández and Monica Carrillo in our current times - since the beginning of the 20th century, women have had to fight for their place in society as equal individuals, in front of a oppressive masculine society and a convenient feminine one.
The Kings of Latino Children's Literature
01/30/2017 - 05:07
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2017 Pura Belpré Awards from the American Library Association Honor Latino Authors for Cultural Literature. The awarded authors highlight the importance of cultural diversity and integration.