Illustrated by artist Krystal Quiles, "The ABCs of AOC" tells the story of the Democratic candidate for children, and it's not the only book that pays her tribute.
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Former President George W. Bush’s first book of oil paintings, “Portraits of Courage,” appears in bookstores today. Bush has weighd in on Trump's presidency, calling the media 'Indispensable To Democracy'
New photobook Palazzos of Power explores the neoclassical grandeur of these artifacts of the early electric age
In an interview with El País, Mexican writer Yuri Herrera says there is "a fascist offensive" against Mexican immigrants in the United States.
La ilustradora colombiana Juana Medina ganó el pasado enero el premio de literatura infantil Pura Belpré al mejor autor latino por Juana & Lucas, un cuento que realza los valores del bilingüismo y la multiculturalidad.
Book Review: "Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful", by Daniel Levin
Crítica de libro: "Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful", de Daniel Levin
Not many Latino women can say they won a gold medal in their first Olympic Games. But Laurie Hernández, a 16-year-old gymnast born in a Puerto Rican family from New Jersey, did it. Five months after the US team won the gold in Rio Olympic Games Laurie comes out with a book to explain her fans the secret of her success.
El escritor peruano Julio Villanueva Chang, fundador y director de la revista Etiqueta Negra, sigue apostando por el periodismo narrativo y rehúye de la inmediatez informativa.
An exploration of the love between mother and daughter is both affecting and wise
Crítica de libro: "Me llamo Lucy Barton," de Elizabeth Strout (Premio Pulitzer de Ficción 2009)
Wunderkind, written by Bulgarian author Nikolai Grozni, is a novel about the obsession with music and a cry for freedom against authoritarian regimes.
Wunderkind, del búlgaro Nikolai Grozni, es una novela sobre la obsesión por la música y un grito de libertad contra los regímenes autoritaritos y el pensamiento único.
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.
In "I Love Dick", Chris Kraus turned her failures as a filmmaker and in her romantic relationships into a boundary-breaking autobiographical novel. Truned into a feminist cult book, “I Love Dick" has been the inspiration for a new Amazon TV Series, created by Jill Solloway.
La novela, que pasó desapercibida cuando se publicó por primera vez, en 1997, se ha convertido en un referente de la literatura feminista y ha servido de inspiración para la serie de televisión con el mismo nombre. "I Love Dick", dirigida por Jill Soloway y producida por Amazon, tendrá a Kevin Bacon y Kathryn Hahn como actores principales.
Book Review. In "The Arab of the Future", French illustrator Riad Sattouf exposes his childhood and youth in the Siria under Hafez Al-Assad using irony and a sagacious sincerity.
Crítica de libro. En "El Árabe del Futuro", el ilustrador sirio-francés Riad Sattouf narra su infancia y juventud en la Siria de Hafez Al-Assad con sagaz irionía y con la verdad siempre por delante.
Barbarian Days. A Surfing Life, del periodista norteamericano William Finnegan, fue premiado con el Premio Pulitzer de Autobiografía 2016.
Barbarian Days. A Surfing Life, written by New Yorker reporter William Finnegan, won the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography 2016
Estos últimos doce meses se han llevado consigo a figuras importantes de la escena artística internacional, dejando desolados a miles de fans y dejando un vacío importante en la plantilla de artistas, que pareciera no tener generación de relevo.
Desde David Bowie hasta Carrie Fischer, estos son las personalidades que nos han dejado este año:
It took Jon Lee Anderson five years, two of them living in Cuba, to finish his book: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Grove Press, 2010). He was able to research in Fidel Castro’s archives and to interview Aleida March, the widow of Che Guevara.
