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BNN Blog: Puerto Rican Weekend 2009, Tainos and Me!

The rain in New York has been relentless these last few weeks but nothing could put a damper on the building excitement...

BNN BLOG: Sonia Sotomayo reduced to Justice Ochita Suprema Caricature

Ochita Suprema...?!? This caricature is the latest online promotion on the Spirit Airlines (http://www.spiritair.com/) web site. The ad...

Mark of the beast: Microchip RFID wristband becomes a theme park essential

Katherine Albrecht, a personal privacy advocate and a leading critic of RFID technology, has called the microchips used in such...

Picking Sotomayor: Bridging the Black-Latino Divide

It is perhaps the most potent symbol yet of a 21st century rapprochement between the U.S.'s two largest minorities, Latino Americans...

Black & Latino: A New Face for Hate Violence

Editor’s Note: A federal racketeering investigation culminated Thursday in the arrest of 147 members and associates of a predominantly Latino gang charged...

Afro-Latina: Brazil fashion show agrees to black model quota

Latin America's top fashion event, the Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) to be held in Brazil next month, has agreed to...

TV documentary chronicles Cuban Freedom Flights

Castillo's question is one of many in My Suitcase Full of Hope: The Story of the Cuban Freedom Flights that...

Black women: Perceived racism linked to weight gain, Boston researchers say

A new study from Boston University links these smoldering signs of racism to weight gain in black women, suggesting a possible...

Afro-Latino descendants: The most discriminated

The poor, indigenous, homosexuals, Afro-descendants and migrants suffer the greatest discrimination in the region. The resulting scandal after ultra-right-wing Lima newspaper Correo...

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National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA ) The goals of REFORMA include: * Development of Spanish-language and Latino-oriented...

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Started by Admin in Resource Guides May. 6, 2008.

Dr. Camila Alire Wins ALA 2009 Presidency

Last Friday May 3rd, the American Library Association elected Dr. Camila Alire president. Her year at the helm will begin in 2009.Champion of multiethnic library services wins ALA presidency: ""

Started by Admin in Publishing News, Jobs, and Gossip May. 6, 2008.

CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS SEEKS LATINO WRITERS

Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, seeks authors to expand its Latino nonfiction list. Chicago Review Press is a dynamic midsize company with a list of national and internatio...

Started by Admin in Anthology and Literary Mag News May. 6, 2008.

AGENT SEEKING YA LATINO WRITERS

Literary agent Jennifer Lyons is looking for submissions by Latinos writing Young Adult books. She is representing the editor of series for an imprint with a major publisher and helping to gather m...

Started by Admin in Announcements May. 6, 2008.

Advice for Hispanic Writers

Marcela Landres- an Editorial consultant and former editor at Simon & Schuster. She has written an ebook "How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Rejected You", which has a preview on her site....

Started by Admin in Resource Guides May. 6, 2008.

Americano Literature

Older (but still viable) article on the exclusion of Hispanics from the American Literature scene.

Started by Admin in General Discussion May. 6, 2008.

Who Are Your Favorite Latino Writers?

Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love: A Novel by Oscar Hijuelos W...

Started by Admin in General Discussion May. 6, 2008.

The Taco Shop Poets

According to their website: " The Taco Shop Poets is a group of artists devoted to creating community empowerment through the arts. We are a group that realizes our community's intangible treasure...

Started by Admin in General Discussion May. 6, 2008.