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November 6, 2009
Interview with mystery author Steven Torres
November 5, 2009
In a new book Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace Since 1945 (University of Florida Press), University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor of History Colin Davis, Ph.D., along with his co-editor, Robert Cassanello, present a collection of seven essays that examine the impact that migration and globalization are having on labor in the American South.
November 4, 2009
New Immigration Book on the Politics of Immigration Reform
Tom Wolfe’s upcoming book explores immigration in Miami
November 2, 2009
Interview with horror author J.F. Gonzalez
Translating finance, in dollars or dinero – Lynn Jimenez’s “¿Se Habla Dinero? The Everyday Guide to Financial Success”
October 29, 2009
Moving Beyond Borders from University of Illinois Press – examines the life and accomplishments of Julian Samora, the first Mexican American sociologist in the United States and the founding father of the discipline of Latino studies
October 28, 2009
Books for Día de los muertos
The Other Latina on CNN – half Puerto Rican Jane Velez-Mitchell and her book
Book Review: ‘Selenidad: Selena, Latinos and the Performance of Memory’
October 27, 2009
Just released: Tell Me Something True, by Leila Cobo
Featured poetry: Raw Silk Suture, by Lisa Alvarado
Review of Gringolandia, by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Review of Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz, by Belinda Acosta
New book gives author’s take on increasingly volatile relationship between United States and Mexico – In Wakeup Call From Mexico, first-time author Wilson Beck gives his analysis on how Mexico’s struggles with emigration, drugs, weapons and kidnapping are affecting the American economy and security
Mario Lopez Makes a Mean Mud Taco! – (yep he wrote a book, a children’s book)
October 26, 2009
Into the Beautiful North with Luis Alberto Urrea
Fidel Castro’s younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba.
Feet in 2 Worlds: Grand Central Publishing’s dedication to Latino storytelling, in English, celebrates universal experiences with a distinct Latino flair – Grand Central Publishing muestra una dedicación singular a través de su apoyo de autores latinos; cuyas obras en inglés y con los pies en dos mundos, celebran las riquezas de nuestras vidas
October 17, 2009
A book that aims to explain the business and culture of drug trafficking playing out in El Paso and Juárez was released today. – “Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez” is written by University of Texas at El Paso professor Howard Campbell.
October 14, 2009
Cheerios(R) Serves Up Six Million Children’s Books Inside Boxes this Fall; Que Bueno! All Five Books Are Specially Printed in English and Spanish
Afro-Latinos in Literature: Q&A with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa – While many Latinos have African roots, our literature doesn’t always reflect this
October 9, 2009
To read this Halloween: The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Latina Author: Alexandra Roman de Hernandez
October 7, 2009
Double the language, or saying half as much – commentary on Sen. Robert Menendez new book
Zorro Unmasked: a review of Zorro, by Isabel Allende
A conversation with Oscar Hijuelos and Esmeralda Santiago – Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at El Museo del Barrio – New York City
Efforts to film Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s latest novel are meeting resistance in Mexico, where an anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution. – “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”
ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, ELVIRA LINDO, ANNECY BAEZ AT THE NEW YORK TIMES – OCTOBER 13 (6 – 8 P.M.) – panel discussion “Women’s Voices in a Latino New York”
October 6, 2009
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho to receive the University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal
October 5, 2009
Book Review: “How To Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet (***1/2)
An Interview with Horacio Castellanos Moya – author of nine novels and five books of short stories that have made him an important literary figure in the Spanish-speaking world
Latino Life bookshelf: saints, sinners, Texas Rangers and chicle
Book review: “This is for the Mara Salvatrucha:” Teen in “America’s Most Violent Gang” finds there’s no exit – true story of Brenda Paz by Samuel Logan
Senator Robert Menendez releases book celebrating Latino heritage and calling for government reform – “Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive As Our Largest Minority Flourishes”
October 2, 2009
Edna Campos Gravenhorst to present her book at Texas A & M University
‘Kid’s Guide to Latino History’ can be a valuable resource – Book review
September 30, 2009
Daniel A. Olivas to moderate author’s panel for Latinos in Lotusland anthology
September 29, 2009
Review: Reyna Grande. Dancing With Butterflies.
Review of In a Town Called Mundomuerto, by Randall Silvis
Review: Cibolero, by Kermit Lopez
Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers.
Jo Ann Hernandez – Caroling for Christmas – looking for essays written by authors covering the different ways readers/book buyers can assist People of Color authors in spreading the word about their books
September 28, 2009
Latino author works to make literature dangerous again – “The Protesters Handbook” by Tony Diaz
Latino author discusses stereotyping, racism in US – Raul Ramos y Sanchez warns students about the dangers of extremism in the US immigration debate. – author of the novel “America Libre”
From the Bookshelves: Luis Alberto Urrea, Into the Beautiful North
More than Cuban: Miami author Jennine Capó Crucet gives second-generation American characters their own voice – “How to Leave Hialeah”
Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps by Lara Rios
September 24, 2009
Vargas Llosa gana premio literario por su ensayo sobre Onetti
September 22, 2009
Professor’s new book explores life in Honduras – Janet Gold, professor of Spanish at the University of New Hampshire – “Culture and Customs of Honduras” (Greenwood Press, 2009)
From the Book Shelves: Just Like Us The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America By Helen Thorpe
Author of Controversial Novel “America Libre” on Tour – Raul Ramos y Sanchez appears at community centers, colleges and bookstores to discuss issues of identity, racism and liberation
Review: La Ranfla & Other New Mexico Stories
September 17, 2009
Legendary Colombian photographer Nereo López Meza is finally coming into focus in the U.S. with the first stateside release of a book about his work. “Nereo: Images From Half a Century”
More than 60 authors will participate in the third annual Hispanic/Latino Book Fair of New York this weekend in Jackson Heights, Queens. The fair is dedicated to Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz.
September 15, 2009
Oscar Castillo Photography Show. Latino Book Fest. – Los Angeles
New Book: Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization and Mexican Migration
Book reviews: PORTRAIT OF A LADY LEAVING CAMELOT by Virginia Alanis y Becky and Her Friends by Rolando Hinojosa
September 9, 2009
Lo Que No Digo Cantando (Beyond The Music), the Long-Awaited Book by Ricardo Montaner to be Launched Next Tuesday
Meet ‘Confetti Girl’ author Diana Lopez Sept. 15 at the Twig – San Antonio
Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Ricardo Montaner is celebrating his 52nd birthday with the release of his book, Lo Que No Digo Cantando (Beyond the Music)
“The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today” – interview with Kevin Bales
September 8, 2009
Miami Herald columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Andrés Oppenheimer won the VII ALGABA prize in biography, autobiography, memoirs, and historical research for a collection of columns that ran in the newspaper and will be published in the book, The Non-United States of the Americas.
Book Review: Mayra Santos-Febres and Our Lady of the Night
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tends to reflect the realities of his country in his books, but never to the extent that he does in his latest novel, “Adan en Eden” (Adam in Eden), a journalistic report on drug trafficking and political corruption in Mexico to be published in November.
Book review: How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet
September 4, 2009
Book Review: Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation by Frank Carbajal and Humberto Medina
September 3, 2009
Latino: the New Guru of Success and Personal Achievement in the United States – Dr. Camilo Cruz
Good Writing with a Latina Flavor – White Bread Competition, a young adult novel by Jo Ann Hernandez
Now in bookstores: The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis
Angie Cruz, author of Let It Rain Coffee – Interview
September 2, 2009
Author Gloria Zamora’s memoir, titled “Sweet Nata: Growing Up in Rural New Mexico,” recounts her early days as a member of a large Hispanic family in that southwestern state.
September 1, 2009
‘Amigoland’ author makes switch from short stories – by University of Texas professor Oscar Casares
Geraldo Rivera new book “The Great Progression: How Hispanics Will Lead America to a New Era of Prosperity”
Book Review: Gringolandia
Latino Book Club: Faith by Bonnie S. Mata
Author Tells Of A 90s Cuba – Achy Obejas
August 27, 2009
Interview with Author Julia Amante – Evenings at the Argentine Club will be released in September 2009.
Reviewed: Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in Radical Social Democracy, Edited by Geraldine Lievesley and Steve Ludlam.
August 24, 2009
Interview with Oscar Casares, author of Amigoland
BronzeWord Latino Authors nominated for two awards – Jo Ann Hernandez
August 21, 2009
Book Review: THE DOG WHO LOVED TORTILLAS by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Nuevo Libro – Univision: Un Hogar lejos del Hogar– New Book on Univision
August 18, 2009
Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore
August 16, 2009
School books in Texas may get browner – Dolores Huerta, Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Sandra Cisneros, Henry B. Gonzalez and Irma Rangel to the list of important Hispanic figures Texas schoolchildren might be discussing in the future – 49% of K-8 already Hispanic
Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende said in an interview published Friday in the online edition of Colombian daily El Tiempo that her new novel, which features a female slave as protagonist, articulates her “obsession” with freedom.
August 14, 2009
U.S. officials announced Monday at the 65th birthday of Smokey Bear in Washington that the anti-forest fire icon is going bilingual with a new book.
August 12, 2009
Interview with Anjanette Delgado, author of The Heartbreak Pill
Interview with Raul Ramos y Sanchez, author of America Libre
August 11, 2009
A Kid’s Guide to Latino History by Valerie Petrillo
Review: The Husband Habit. For Every Farewell, a Welcome. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Nicaraguan Writer Sergio Ramirez Has New Anthology Coming Out – “Perdon y Olvido”
August 10, 2009
Acclaimed Spanish author Ana Maria Matute: Political Correctness “Ruining” Children’s Lit
August 6, 2009
New Book – Hispanic Families at Risk: The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State (Hardcover)
Paul Martínez Pompa: His Aim Is True
August 5, 2009
“Dictionary of Thoughts” by Fidel Castro will be presented on the eve of the former Cuban president’s 83rd birthday, a spokesman at state publishing house Editora Politica said Tuesday.
August 4, 2009
New Postville Book Blames Feds, Globalization for Town’s Collapse – “Postville, U.S.A.: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America”
Adriana Domínguez, Former HarperCollins Executive Editor, Joins Full Circle Literary
July 20, 2009
The 10 Hottest Summer Reads from Latina Magazine
