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mayra-calvani's picture
Aug.15.2012
Hi all, It’s been a while since my last post… I’d like to announce the release of my parody/satire novel, SUNSTRUCK, just published by Twilight Times Books! I really like the cover. Just looking at it makes me want to run to the beach–almost impossible in the middle of Brussels. It is a light, fun...
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Dec.02.2009
For Lucha Corpi, art has always meant activism. As a woman, a Hispanic, an immigrant and a mother, she has always found herself breaking down barriers in both life and literature. Her initial writing forays led to the exploration of poetry in Spanish as an outlet for her creativity. In 1970, she...
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Nov.26.2009
America Libre By Raul Ramos y Sanchez Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 978-0446507752 Copyright August 2009 General Fiction Dramatic and thought-provoking, America Libre is an ambitious novel. The story is set in Los Angeles in the near future and begins with our protagonist, ex-army soldier...
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Nov.23.2009
There's a new Latino publisher on the web: Onda Books. Its goal? To support unpublished and new Latino authors and break the mold of the big publishing houses by offering an alternative press to those talented authors who work to move beyond traditional publishing. Here to tell us all about it is...
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Nov.18.2009
My memoir's subtitle is A Woman's Journey to Peace With Scoliosis, Her Mother and Her Polish Heritage. Inner peace is my personal daily practice.  Peace is that hummingly alive place where I don't fight. I don't do mental violence to myself for looking crooked in my clothes, I don't do emotional...
mayra-calvani's picture
Nov.14.2009
My guest today is author and television producer Anjanette Delgado, whose first novel, The Heartbreak Pill, was recently released by Atria Books. She was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to answer my questions. I hope you'll enjoy the interview! Bio: Anjanette Delgado began...
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Nov.13.2009
I don't want to talk about revolutions which have happened, but ones which should happen, and as this is a literary blog, I would like to do a shout of for the Latino writer or should we say: Donde estan? Or in my tongue of Portuguese: Onde sao? Or in my slag English: Where in the hell are they? Ok...
ugonna-wachuku's picture
Jul.10.2009
Prologue "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau "The desire to be as civil as possible is a deep motive for the contemplative life." ~M. Scott Peck In Geneva today, the human creative spirit is not in chains. One is invited to let one's...
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Nov.15.2008
A volatile presidential election – with the potential to deepen our differences – is history. Now comes the task of mending and strengthening ourselves as a union of 50 states, but the work is not about making everybody think, look and act alike. Freedom means diversity, and no event demonstrates...