Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Bienvenidos to our first
"Award Winning Latino Authors Week" July 20-24, 2009. Here we are highlighting just a five of our favorites. Their stories are pushing boundaries, accomplishments of long pursued dreams, and adding another chapter to their lives in which the pursuit of literature is broadened by their experiences of being Latino or Latina. They fulfill our pursuit of promoting
People, Progress Y Mas and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Jo Ann Hernandez, author of the young adult novels,
"The Throwaway Piece" and
"White Bread Competition" is driven to write constantly and with up 7500 words in one of her books and 6380 tweets on one of her Twitter accounts. We believe her. In her interview with the
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Raul Ramos y Sanchez is the author of the award-winning debut novel
"AMERICA LIBRE" (Grand Central Publishing) with the input of scholars from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. After five months as a self-published edition, America Libre, was acquired by Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books). A revised version of the novel…
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Team OCGente met up with award winning playwright, screenwriter and poet
Josefina López in East L.A.’s “Art Building 2102″, which is just up the street from Casa-101. Josefina’s readings make for great entertainment as the gracious host put the magic and emotion into the reading of her favorite excepts from her new book
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Reyna Grande is the author of the critically acclaimed novel
"Across A Hundred Mountains" (Atria 2006), for which she has received an American Book Award (2007) and El Premio Aztlan Literary Award (2006). She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing…
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (Children’s Day / Book Day) was introduced by author
Pat Mora in 1996 and is celebrated annually on April 30th. Mora was enthusiastically and creatively assisted by REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library…
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