'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.
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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.