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November 18, 2008

In this Issue

A place of refuge

In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and take advantage of everything the library has to offer. But many others remain strangers to the library, perhaps because they are never made aware of helpful library services because of a lack of library outreach efforts or bilingual staff, or a darker reality for some Hispanics, because they fear being identified as illegal immigrants.

In this Issue

  • Premio Herralde Goes to Mexico’s Daniel Sada
    On Monday, November 3, Mexican writer Daniel Sada was unanimously declared winner of the XXVI Premio Herralde de Novela, one of the most prestigious literary prizes awarded by a Spanish publisher, for his novel Casi nunca (“Almost Never”). more » » » 
  • Premio Sor Juana Goes to Gioconda Belli
    Nicaraguan poet and author Gioconda Belli’s El infinito en la palma de la mano (“Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand”; Rayo, 2008) was declared winner of this year’s Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, organized by the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, or FIL. more » » » 
  • 2008 Mora Award Goes to Two Libraries
    This year’s Estela and Raúl Mora Award went to two library systems for promoting El día de los niños/El día de los libros (“Children’s Day/Books Day”) on April 30. The Riverside County Library System (RCLS), CA, and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, each will receive $1000 and a plaque commemorating their efforts. more » » » 
  • Constructing Duomo Ediciones. An Italian publisher lays its first stone in Spain
    With huge corporate publishing houses like Planeta, Random House Mondadori, and Santillana ruling over Spain’s recent market, there was room for a new, but different kind of house to join the scene. Duomo, according to its appointed editorial director, Valerie Miles, “is like an old traditional publishing house, where the authors come first. more » » » 
  • Bejarano to B&T; Océano Added to B&T Catalog
    Baker & Taylor (B&T) has hired Laura Bejarano, formerly of(with?) Brodart, as their Spanish-language Sales Specialist. In the newly created position, Bejarano will work closely with librarians to help build their Spanish-language collections. more » » » 

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