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New university press imprint focuses on elevating the “graphic” voices of Latinxs

Sep 14, 2017, 12:24 PM 0

LatinaLista — With current political rhetoric painting a broad characterization of who Latinos are these days, amplifying the Latinx voice and experience is as important as ever. A new imprint of Ohio State University (OSU) is creating such an…

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Book Review: Negras: Stories of Puerto Rican Slave Women

Aug 12, 2015, 11:01 AM 0

By Corina Martinez Chaudhry TheLatinoAuthor.com Negras: Stories of Puerto Rican Slave Women by Yolanda Arroyo Puzarro; Publisher: Independently Published The slave trade is nothing short of a holocaust. Many people’s lives were stolen, uprooted, and destroyed for the greed…

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Guest Voz: A book about Puerto Rico’s shady role in human trafficking rings more fact than fiction

Jul 20, 2015, 12:18 PM 0

By Norma Burgos Vázquez LatinaLista The Feast of San Sebastian hit the bookstands in 2013, but it was not until 2015 that Jonathan Marcantoni’s literary force would ride into my tropical sunset like a cavalry of one. You see,…