Carolina Garcia-Aguilera LatinaLista (Author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera provides Latina Lista readers with a special overview of what her latest mystery, “Bloody Twist,” is all about — in her own words.) Bloody Twist is the seventh novel in the Lupe Solano series. Two years after having been shot (Bitter Sugar, 2001) Miami based, Cuban-American private investigator [...]
Latina Lista wants to help libraries in underserved communities get free books
LatinaLista — When it comes to city budget cuts, more and more of the nation’s libraries are considered expendable. Yet, in a nation that needs reading scores and comprehension levels to increase, cutting libraries out of the budget or cutting library budgets themselves seems short-sighted to say the least. Librarians are so alarmed at the [...]
Local professor and author, Norma Cantu, celebrates literary quinceanera
By Saul Hernandez La Prensa de San Antonio.- Norma Cantu, professor and ardent advocate of education, is also an author and grand contributor to literature. Her education was the key to her success and she demonstrates it proudly carrying with her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Texas A&I at Laredo and Kingsville, and her Ph.D. [...]
Latinos of different origins get along while striving for success, making an impact and sharing the Big Apple
LatinaLista — The evolution of the Latino community in New York City is a vibrant and colorful history that deserves to be known. The only trouble is that the Big Apple’s Hispanic community has a rainbow of sub-communities, each with their own histories and traditions. Trying to bring these stories together for easy reading is [...]
The Challenges and Opportunities for Latina Writers
By Silvia Vinas LatinaLista Before the success of her bestselling, mother of Latina Chick Lit — or Chica Lit — book, “The Dirty Girls Social Club,” Alisa Valdes says, “if you were a Latina you were expected to write using Magical Realism and it had to be down-trodden and depressing. It had to be an [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: A writing program that empowers the WriteGirl
LatinaLista — It’s one thing to put words to paper or computer screen but quite another to share those words through publication or public reading. When that “sharing” step is achieved, the words don’t just ring out with greater authority, the writers themselves are empowered and emboldened to no longer remain silent and finally understand [...]
