Category: Literature
New Latino magazine strives to break ethnic, gender and social stereotypes showcasing writers historically ignored in literary field
LatinaLista — How many Latino writers are there in the United States? It’s a question that many of us would answer with two hands since it seems that it’s only a handful whom mainstream publishers continually recognize as having any talent. Yet, there are so many more talented Latino and Latina writers who, try as [...]
Author Demetria Martínez to receive UCSB’s Luis Leal Literature Award
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Poet, novelist, and journalist Demetria Martínez is the recipient of UC Santa Barbara’s 2011 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature, the university reported in a media release. The award will be presented during a ceremony at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, in the campus’s Corwin Pavilion. The event [...]
Commentary: Why read multicultural literature?
By Mona Alvarado Frazier Amigos805.com Last month a survey found that nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults believe multicultural books are important for children, but one-third say they are hard to find. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the love of reading and learning in all children, commissioned the study. [...]
USA: Remembering Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos
By Vanessa Pérez Rosario, Ph.D. Latina Lista USA — On July 5, 1953, in the early morning hours, two New York City police officers spotted a woman lying in the street near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 106 Street in East Harlem. She died shortly after in Harlem Hospital of pneumonia. Because she had [...]
Bilingual book giveaway to award $500 worth of books to lucky elementary school
LatinaLista — To be — bilingual or not to be! It’s a question that shouldn’t even be asked in this day and age. Thankfully, more and more parents and schools understand how important it is for children to speak both English, and in this case, Spanish. Knowing Spanish isn’t just a good idea because Latinos [...]
Spanish book fair showcases literature and Mexican culture to U.S. Latinos
LatinaLista — It used to be that public libraries had maybe one program and devoted a few shelves to books in the Spanish language. Not so anymore. According to a study by the American Library Association (ALA), Spanish is the most supported non-English language in public libraries. Seventy-eight percent of libraries reported Spanish as the [...]
Freeing the voice of incarcerated women and troubled youth
By Angela Villanueva LatinaLista College instructor Emmy Pérez taps into her lifelong passion of helping others to share her love of creative writing with troubled youth and incarcerated women. Emmy Pérez is a writer. She’s also a college instructor, a life motivator and an inspiration to all her pupils — from inside the classroom to [...]
A teen’s growing pains takes her on a journey of a lifetime
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista Apolonia Flores doesn’t much like her name. However, her father takes pride in telling people where her name came from: “It’s the girl form of Apollo. He was the god of the sun. Get it? It’s my way of calling you a sunflower.” Parents! What can a teen do with [...]
One father’s reconnection with his family proves to be a tortuous exercise
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — You know all those stories that end with “They lived happily ever after?” Gringolandia begins after the “ever after.” Lyn Miller-Lachmann researched and wrote a heartfelt story about a man named Marcelo, who as a political prisoner in Chile endured a life of torture for many years. The impact [...]
A poem about “The Illegal Extraterrestrial”
LatinaLista — This past May 1, the day when this year’s May marches were supposed to surpass the ones held in May 2006, was a big disappointment for some who organized the marches in their communities. LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 01: Joaquin Ventura is reflected in the glasses of Jose Cruz, who makes a [...]
