In “The Neapolitan Sisters,” author Margo Candela touches on themes of sisterhood, family, and the true cost of keeping secrets.
Interviews
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Patricia Engel discusses her latest book, The Faraway World, her writing and editing process, and advice for emerging writers.
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Film and television all begin on the page so I spoke to three Latina screenwriters who opened up about the struggles and rewards of creating.
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Dominican and Caribbean-American author Naima Coster is unafraid to tell extraordinary stories about ordinary families, especially the women that lead them. Her sophomore novel “What’s Mine and Yours” is now out in paperback.
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YA author Crystal Maldonado is making her mark on Latinx readers across the world. Crystal’s stories center fat, beautiful, brown girls chasing the love they’ve always deserved but haven’t received–until now.
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With her debut novel “The Five Wounds” out, author Kirstin Valdez Quade discusses with us the religious fraternity of penitentes in New Mexico, the inspiration behind the story, and the colonial violence that shapes our communities today.
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‘Of Women and Salt’ Author Gabriela Garcia on the Pressures of Being a Latina Author
by Gwen Avilesby Gwen AvilesIn ‘Of Women and Salt,’ Gabriela García explores the complicated nature of identity as the novel shifts location, periods, and perspectives.
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To overlook the African roots throughout Latin America is to tell a drastically incomplete story of our beautiful culture. I am a Haitian, Cuban, Italian Afro-Latina, but that is not…
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Patricia Engel is out with her fourth book this month, “Infinite Country” and we got on the phone with her to discuss her journey to become a writer, the barriers she faced, and how her latest book responds to the lies we’ve been told about immigration.
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Hollywood Diversity Report 2020: A Q&A with Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón
There’s lots of talk about diversity in Hollywood right now. We DMed Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón to find out if it’s working.