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...

Tagged: library, associations

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.

Listen & Read Latin Fiction

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fernand4/

Started by Admin in What Readers Want May. 6, 2008.

Cuban Poetry Collection

A collection of writings and biographies of some favorite Cuban poets. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6

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