Mexican Migrants are under a "Fascist Offensive"
02/24/2017 - 05:37
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In an interview with El País, Mexican writer Yuri Herrera says there is "a fascist offensive" against Mexican immigrants in the United States.
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El viaje de Juana
02/22/2017 - 14:48
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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.
Nothing But a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful by Daniel Levin – review
02/22/2017 - 13:06
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Book Review: "Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful", by Daniel Levin
Políticos y poderosos: esos grandes tomadores de pelo
02/22/2017 - 12:32
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Crítica de libro: "Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful", de Daniel Levin
Latina Gymnast Laurie Hernández Tells in a Book How to be a Gold Medallist
02/15/2017 - 10:49
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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 Excavador de Personalidades
02/14/2017 - 13:30
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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.
"My Name Is Lucy Barton" by Elizabeth Strout review – learning to love
02/12/2017 - 10:13
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An exploration of the love between mother and daughter is both affecting and wise
Todos amamos de una manera imperfecta
02/12/2017 - 08:24
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Crítica de libro: "Me llamo Lucy Barton," de Elizabeth Strout (Premio Pulitzer de Ficción 2009)
Denice Frohman: activa y presente
02/07/2017 - 13:16
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Tras años de trabajo en poesía y educación, Denice Frohman, a sus 31 años, habla sobre inmigración, raza, etnicidad y lo que significa estar activa y presente en la nueva política de los Estados Unidos.
Denice Frohman is active and present
02/07/2017 - 13:05
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After years of working in poetry and education, 31-year-old Denice Frohman speaks about immigration, race, ethnicity and what it means to be active and present in America’s new politics.
Chopin Against Political Oppression
01/31/2017 - 14:18
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Wunderkind, written by Bulgarian author Nikolai Grozni, is a novel about the obsession with music and a cry for freedom against authoritarian regimes.
Chopin contra la opresión
01/31/2017 - 13:20
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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.
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.
I Love Dick: When Snobbish Art Academics Get Bored about Love
01/25/2017 - 10:29
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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.
I Love Dick: Cuando los esnobs del mundo del arte se aburren del amor
01/25/2017 - 09:57
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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.
The Arab of the Future: Telling the Truth with Drawings
01/17/2017 - 05:09
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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.
El Árabe del Futuro: Contar la Verdad con Dibujos
01/17/2017 - 05:05
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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.
Cuando Surfear se convierte en el Mejor Calmante.
01/10/2017 - 09:47
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Barbarian Days. A Surfing Life, del periodista norteamericano William Finnegan, fue premiado con el Premio Pulitzer de Autobiografía 2016.
Book Review: Barbarian Days. A Surfing Life
01/10/2017 - 09:25
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Barbarian Days. A Surfing Life, written by New Yorker reporter William Finnegan, won the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography 2016
2016: un año fatídico para las artes
12/27/2016 - 20:46
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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:
“All My Tales Happen In Colombia”
12/13/2016 - 03:41
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AL DIA speaks with Colombian author Luis Noriega, winner of the 2016 Gabriel García Márquez literary award. He currently lives in Barcelona, Spain.
“Todos mis libros siguen pasando en Colombia”
12/13/2016 - 02:33
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AL DIA conversa con el escritor colombiano Luis Noriega, ganador del Premio Hispanoamericano de Cuento Gabriel García Márquez.
Little Mystic
12/08/2016 - 04:37
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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.
Feeling the FIL
12/02/2016 - 06:37
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The Guadalajara Book Fair (Feria Internacional del Libro – FIL) has become the most important book fair in Latin America and the Spanish language market.
More than 800,000 people are expected to visit the fair, which this year celebrates his 30 anniversary, and will stay open until next Sunday.
So Long Solo
11/27/2016 - 16:33
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Fidel Castro outlasted 10 American presidents and managed to give the Caribbean island a leading role in world geopolitics. But how Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long? It was thanks to a combination of geography, charisma, and authoritarianism, says Peter Kornbluh, co-author of the recent book Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana, which chronicles the countries’ history of discord and long path to normalized relations.