Author Eduardo Galeano: Mortal but not alone
Author Eduardo Galeano: Mortal but not alone
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Prolific author Eduardo Galeano talks with Maria Hinojosa about his latest book,Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History, and about what it’s like […]
Dear Texas Book Festival—Where Have All the Latino Writers Gone?
By Gregg Barrios, Texas Observer Over the past few years I’ve been losing my faith in the Texas Book Festival as a vehicle for bringing Tejanos and Texans together for […]
Oscar Hijuelos, Who Won Pulitzer for Tale of Cuban-American Life, Dies at 62
By Bruce Webber, The New York Times Oscar Hijuelos, a Cuban-American novelist who wrote about the lives of immigrants adapting to a new culture and became the first Latino to […]
Junot Diaz Still Feels Like an Immigrant
By Sigal Ratner-Arias, Associated Press/ABC News “He has won a Pulitzer, teaches Americans how to write at MIT and his Spanish-sprinkled stories have been acclaimed in the United States. But […]
First-time Latino author reveals the rough side of growing up Latino on the Texas border
By Latina Lista LatinaLista — Domingo Martinez is Brownsville-born and bred but it’s not a place that he calls home anymore. For the last 20 years, he’s called the Pacific Northwest home, […]
Four great summer reads from Latin American and Latino authors
By Claudio Iván Remeseira , NBCLatino Looking for a really good book to take on vacation, or to while away a few lazy summer afternoons? Here are four great reads: “My […]
Latinos slowly making inroads into literary world
By Julio Morales, Imperial Valley Press The first time Esperanza Zendejas had some of her writing published was when she was in the eighth-grade. Her father knew a newspaper editor […]
Not a Lack of Latino Lit for Kids, But a Lack of Awareness
By Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal Librarians who serve children in predominantly Latino communities were shocked this past December to read a New York Times article claiming that there is a dearth of Latino […]
Want more Latino authors? Hit the bookstores
By Alexandra Aquino-Fike, Being Latino I want books. Good books by and about Latinos. Since Latinos comprise a large and growing part of the U.S. population, with increasingly significant purchasing […]
Tacos And Poetry:The Perfect Mix
By Yago Cura On Saturday, May 25th, as part of the La Palabra reading series sponsored by Ave 50 Studios (131 North Ave 50 Los Angeles, CA 90042), the Taco […]
