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New York’s Lectorum Bookstore at Risk
Just a few years shy of its 50th anniversary in the Spanish-language book business, Librería Lectorum may soon disappear from its 14th Street location in New York City. Founded in 1960, the store has been a landmark in downtown Manhattan since 1969. Beyond its origins as a small specialty bookstore, Lectorum has become the largest distributor of Spanish-language titles in the United States, and a publisher of select premier Spanish titles.
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Elena Poniatowska Receives Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Mexican author and journalist Elena Poniatowska was awarded the prestigious Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (Rómulo Gallegos International Literary Prize) for her novel El tren pasa primero ("The Train Passes First"; Alfaguara, 2006) August 2 in Caracas, Venezuela. Her work as a journalist in Mexico is the foundation of this tale of blue-collar rail worker Trinidad Pineda Chiñas, who becomes embroiled in the struggle for labor rights.
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Senel Paz's Return to Literature
Senel Paz established himself as one of the most promising screenwriters on the Caribbean island thanks to the success of his movie Fresa y chocolate ("Strawberry and Chocolate," 1993), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. In the decade that followed, he worked in a series of film projects that kept postponing his return to writing literature. Now, 17 years later, Paz has published his long-awaited second novel, En el cielo con diamantes, a coming-of-age story of two adolescents longing for friendship and sex in the first years of the Cuban revolution.
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José Andrés, chosen as chef of the year by both the James Beard Foundation and “Bon Appetit” magazine, is launching a new PBS cooking series featuring regional Spanish tapas. His recipes are available in a mouth-watering new cookbook, entitled Vamos a cocinar, (9788408070368, $27.95). For more information visit www.planetausa.com
The Innocent Man
By John Grisham
PB $ 20.95
Based on real events, John Grisham investigates the life of a man unjustly sent to death row: Ronald Keith Williamson. He is accused of murdering a woman. After twelve years in prison, and five days before his execution, his lawyers finally proved his innocence. Sometimes reality is stranger that fiction.
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Esmeralda Santiago's El amante turco (The Turkish Lover) The next chapter of the story begun in her memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman. Here, we become witness to a little Puerto Rican girl's transformation as she emigras to New York. Santiago finally breaks out of a monumental struggle with her powerful mother, only to come under the thrall of "the Turk" and discover that romantic passion, too, can become a prison. (9781598208849) $14.99 http://email.criticasmagazine.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/hA0LLIxL0A0DJ7Q0EK |
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Marjorie Agosín—Connecting Through Poetry |
Good poetry can slant the sunlight in such a way that you see the spider web between branches, spotlighting what was otherwise invisible. Marjorie Agosín does exactly this through her poetry, highlighting the interconnectedness of all people. A prolific writer perhaps unaware of the feat she has accomplished by publishing over 30 books by age 50, she says, "Writing and living are inseparable to me." Add to this the fact that she teaches Spanish language and literature at Wellesley College and is a renowned human rights activist, and her writing accomplishments are little less than a miracle.
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Top Picks for Hispanic Heritage Month—What Everyone Should Have
In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place every year from Sept 15–October 15, we have compiled our top choices for titles of the year that best represent and/or celebrate our heritage. This list consists of titles reviewed in Críticas since September 2006 that successfully explore themes relevant to Hispanics living in the United States. It is meant to help librarians, booksellers, and educators plan their festivities.
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- Cien años de soledad. Edición conmemorativa. García Márquez, Gabriel. (Spain/U.S.: Real Academia Española & Alfaguara: Santillana. 2007.)
- La bruja de Portobello. Coelho, Paulo. (U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2007.)
- El alquimista. Coelho, Paulo. (U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2002. )
- Cometas en el cielo. Hosseini, Khaled. (Spain: Juventud. 2007. )
- Memorias de mis putas tristes. García Márquez, Gabriel. (U.S.: Knopf: Random House. 2004.)
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