Latino books booming

* This is good news. VL By José Morales, Being Latino The international book market has long been dominated by American (i.e. Stephen King) or British (J.K. Rowling) authors. But according […]

PRESS RELEASE Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) proudly announces our selection as one of the nation’s top summer reading programs, according to Univision Educación. L4LL’s Latino Children Summer Reading Program, including the L4LL Do It […]

*This is wonderful. We could fill so many pages and so many stages with the stories we remember. VL By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times  In Jose Cruz Gonzalez’s mind, […]

*This is fantastic! VL By Harriet Staff, Poetry Foundation Furthering the tradition of the Hispanic Division’s Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT), the Hispanic Division and the Poetry and […]

*Ooops? See, that’s part of the problem. When media reports on big box business on matters of culture, it’s an ooops.  I normally wouldn’t care what Chipotle did, but this […]

*There are wonderful, brilliant Latino writers in the U.S. But editors, publishers, press decision makers, not so much – at least not in the big-box bookselling universe. All the more […]

*If you don’t know who Jack Agüeros was, take some time to find out. He was a fierce activist and wonderful poet. He fought for NYC barrios with his actions […]

*It’s hard to resist the headline, but the story makes a good case of viewing Garcia Marquez’s work and personal story in the light of global immigration, and immigration in […]

*I’m not partial to clickbait lists and such, but this is good as a conversation starter. I think Gallegos’ “Doña Bárbara” should be on the list. What do you think? […]

By NPR Each year The New York Times highlights top children’s books. But this year, not one book is by a Latino author. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with blogger Monica Olivera, […]