July 8, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Since there’s a new book in town about the great metropolis of Mexico City, I though I’d list some more books with cameos in D.F. that I've liked, too.

 David Lida’s new book, First Stop in the New World (Riverhead, June 2008), has got blurb support from Latin American writing hot shots such as Dagoberto Gilb, Francisco Goldman and Jon Lee Anderson giving it thumbs up. Anderson: “If Burroughs were alive today and planning a return visit to Mexico today, he’d want to take this book with him." Lida , who has lived and worked as an writer and editor in Mexico City for over...Read More

July 3, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Back in 2002, I had lunch with Ingrid Betancourt. Then a few months later she was kidnapped. Whisked out of sight by the FARC guerrillas and into the jungle. Six years ago, nobody outside of Colombia knew who she was. I got my chance to meet Betancourt when she was in the States that year as a Colombian presidential candidate for her own independent party and promoting the English-language version of her book, Until Death Do Us Part: My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia (Harper Ecco, in Spanish: Rabia en el corazón, Random House Mondadori, Gr...Read More

July 2, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

All right, it’s finally July 4th weekend. That official time to get outdoors, entertain and socialize. Don't panic, if this sort of thing does not come easy to you. I've got a book to recommend that will make those times away from the computer easier. Need tips on how to live the good life, but cheaply? We all do. And when a book by a fun-loving and gorgeous Mexican-American from Texas is your guide, all the better.

On July 1st, Robyn Moreno, my good friend and editor for Border-line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting published the book Practically Posh: The Smar...Read More

June 28, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

On the cover of this month's issue of Writer's Digest is the stripper, memoirist and Juno's Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ready to share her most intimate writings tips. But if you flip through the pages you'll also find an an article about Latino literature, dubbed an "emerging genre." Hm. Nonetheless, here's a excerpt of the article that was featured on Marcela Landres' newsletter which I highly recommend subscribing to if you want to stay on top of the latest Latino/Hispanic literary events, contests and writing opportunities by reading this former Simon & Schuster editor’s site. I can't reprint the entire article  for you (nor can their website), but here's a sampling of how it sounds.

June 25, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

On the heels of this month’s sad closing of Tu Ciudad magazine, a Los Angeles bimonthly glossy magazine that dedicated content to a more assimilated Latino reader, I’m relieved to find out that another publication dedicated to Latino writing is debuting. (Good ying and yang in the world then). This new journal of writing by Latino authors is called the ACENTOS REVIEW and it just announced its inaugural issue online. Its site includes a photo exhibit gallery and links to other Latino poetry projects. If you’re a creative writer or a visual artist interested in submitting your work or if you&r...Read More