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Latinos and the Pulitzer Prize
Update: Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play, Water by the Spoonful. I also included information on Sonia Nazario, which I forgot about when I first wrote this post...
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In the News: New books and short stories, and plenty of awards
Hello, summer! Here are some June book releases to keep you entertained: • Already in bookstores: Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa’s The Dream of the Celt depicts the life of Irish human rights...
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In the news: New books, awards and news from Vargas Llosa, Díaz, Cisneros
It’s July! The month offers plenty of intriguing books to keep you cool during the hot summer days: • Just released: Choke by Diana López, editor of the Huizache literary magazine, features middle...
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In the News: New releases, writer’s workshop and García Márquez
Hello August! Here are great selections to beat the heat: • Already released: Gustavo Arellano and Luis Alberto Urrea are among the writers who contributed to Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@...
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Book review: Las Comadres Para Las Americas’“Count on Me: Tales of...
Count On Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships (Atria) is the perfect gift to give to your best friend. The book of essays was put together by the non-profit association Las Comadres Para Las...
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In the news: New releases from González and Díaz, book festivals and more
September means new books and book festivals. Here’s a look at what’s going on: Already released: Rigoberto González’s Mariposa Gown – a sequel to The Mariposa Club –depicts the friendship between...
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In the news: Books from Bolaño, Saramago; new literary magazine
(I’m still taking a break, but check out my story I wrote about a Dallas theater company’s adaption of Sandra Cisneros’ Women Hollering Creek for the Theater Jones website.) The Hispanic Reader will be...
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She has the cure for what ails you: The curandera in Latino lit
Bless Me Ultima, which The Hispanic Reader reviewed earlier this week, features an enduring figure in the Latino culture – the curandera, or healer. That figure has played a role in some of the great...
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In the news: March roars with new books by Cepeda, Espinoza, Brown, Engle and...
March is coming in like a lion, with lots of new releases: Already out: Daniel Hernandez Jr. is known as the intern who helped save former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s life when she was shot at a...
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In the news: April showers books from Coelho, Anaya and Allende
April is the month notorious for rain. Fortunately, there are plenty of books to keep you entertained: • Already out: In Rita Moreno: A Memoir, the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning actress looks...
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The Hispanic Reader is two!
The Hispanic Reader is two years today! And with our last post, a review of Javier Mácias’ The Infatuations, this blog has marked another milestone – 75 book reviews. Let’s look at these books: Type of...
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Happy Independence Day, Mexico!
Mexico declared its independence from Spain on Sept. 16, 1810. The North American country is the largest Spanish-speaking nation and perhaps the most influential Latin American nation in the world. Its...
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