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See Me, Hear Me, Federico Garcia Lorca

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My 4 Che Guevaras


For all the bearded heartthrobs that
A Book about Cannabis Sativa for Kids?

Four Versions of Quince Fun

Weird Writerly Contest for Spain's Biggest Writer

PBS's Roberto Clemente Doc & The Ken Burns Controversy

Libro Love and Because Both Cervantes and Shakespeare Died

Orlando Rodríguez Gets the Big Prize for Little One

The
Magic Realism for Lonely Planet Colombia Guide

Mrs. High Energy: Isabel Allende

I recently interviewed Isabel Allende about her latest memoir for
And the Pulitzer Goes To: Junot!

2008 Pulitzer Prize for Letters:
Fiction: Junot Diaz,
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The news left me sort of dumbfounded. Like I’ve been on this earth long enough to meet a great writer when he was on the rise. Really? Junot? That skinny Dominican guy with the glasses I met in the mid 90’s because he dated a friend of mine and we were all into politics and writing (and the politics of writing) and supporting writers of color? Yes, it was him. That guy who managed to put Spanglish into The New Yorker, publish words in Spanish without italicizing them. They ...Read More
Your April Guide to Latino Books

Here's April....
The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende. (Memoir) HarperCollins.
The original Spanish-language version of this book was published by Editorial Sudamericana in and is already a best-seller abroad. Allende narrates to her daughter, Paula, events surrounding their family since her daughter's untimely death.
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