As the New York governor pleads for more healthcare workers and city mayors and county commissioners are asking for more help to enforce stay-at-home orders, we find out that a little old virus isn’t keeping Trump from fulfilling his…
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Arts Seen As Crucial to Healing Youth, Changing the Juvenile Justice System
Nov 2, 2017, 10:10 AM 0
By Rachel Symons Juvenile Justice Information Exchange LOS ANGELES — For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he could go after school were the youth…
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Crowdfunder: On a mission to show kids and adults how to read, understand & enjoy poetry
May 2, 2016, 2:28 PM 0
LatinaLista — Poetry is one of the most beautiful genres of literature but it can also be among the hardest to understand. It takes appreciation to understand a poet’s ‘layer’ of words and that comes with practice and guidance….
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Lost Poems of Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda is celebrated as “the greatest poet of the 20th century—in any language.” Throughout his colorful career as a writer and political figure, he produced love poems to…
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Dominican-American high school teacher wins university poetry prize
Oct 27, 2014, 9:45 AM 0
Rumbo The Central University of the East, as part of its 44th Anniversary proclaims the winner of its UCE Literature Prize of 2014, in the genre of Poetry is the writer César Sánchez Beras, with his work “Recorded on…
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San Diego college hosts literary festival featuring bilingual works of writers and poets of the region
Apr 9, 2014, 9:30 AM 0
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Growing up between San Diego and Tijuana, Francisco Bustos soon discovered that the border became an inspiration for him to become a writer. “I started writing poetry in Spanglish, Ingleñol, English,…
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Video: Young New Jersey Latina ‘slams’ ecology and captures state Poetry Out Loud championship
Apr 3, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — On March 14, New Jersey high schooler Natasha Vargas “slammed” the audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center — and they loved her! Vargas was competing in the national Poetry Out Loud state competition and captured…
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Video: Author, poet and activist Demetria Martinez shares how life experiences impact the creative process
Aug 8, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Demetria Martinez bills herself as an author, poet, activist, journalist and creativity coach — areas in which this Princeton-educated, former religion freelancer excels. From her latest title in 2013, her first novella, The Block Captain’s Daughter to…
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Video: Poet Martin Espada explains how poetry is the platform to share his life experiences and political convictions
May 30, 2013, 3:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — Hailed as “the Latino poet of his generation,” Martin Espada may shrug off the many accolades his poetic talent has garnered him over the years but this University of Massachusetts Amherst poetry professor would be the first…
Condor Musings By now, many of us have heard that the body that carried our People’s Poet, Pablo Neruda, was exhumed on April 8, 2013 from his home grave at Isla Negra. This is an occurrence that has left…
LatinaLista — A chap book is a booklet that easily fits into a pocket — a deep pocket. And ‘deep’ is the operative word when discussing the 2010 chap book of Mexican American poet Manuel Paul López titled “1984.” If…
