The American Library Association (ALA) recently announced the 2016 ALSC Book & Media Award Winners. Among the winners is “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Peña. The book won the 2016 John Newbery Medal and was named as a 2016 Honor Book for the Caldecott Medal. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the ALA for the […]
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John Quiñones book signing on Saturday, November 7, 2015
WHAT: John Quiñones book signing WHEN: Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 11 am 11 am to noon: Books available for purchase 12 pm to 12:30 pm: Program/Q&A 12:30 to 1 :30 pm: Book signing WHERE: Houston Community College Learning Hub 6815 Rustic Houston, TX 77087 MORE INFO: http://www.tbhcenter.org/#!events/cwzt * * * We do our best to ensure all […]
Author Junot Díaz stripped of award for speaking out
Junot Díaz is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and a creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His most notable work is the book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” He is also a Dominican American who has used his public status to speak out against the persecution of Haitian refugees in the Dominican Republic …
Palabras Prohibidas: Banned Books by Latino Writers on Saturday, October 3, 2015
WHAT: Palabras Prohibidas: Banned Books by Latino Writers WHEN: Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7 pm WHERE: Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet Street Houston, Texas 77005 713.523.0701 MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/174004216267204/ Looking to taste forbidden literary fruit? Join us for readings of banned books by Latino writers such as Victor Villaseñor and Francisco Rosales! The readings are […]
Inprint presents author Sandra Cisneros on Monday, October 12, 2015
WHAT: Inprint presents Sandra Cisneros WHEN: Monday, October 12, 2015 at 7:30 pm WHERE: Stude Concert Hall Rice University, Entrance #18 6100 Main St. Houston, TX 77005 MORE INFO: http://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-sandra-cisneros-reading/ Presented in association with Rice University Multicultural Community Relations in the Office of Public Affairs. She comes to Houston to share her new memoir A […]
The Sandra Cisneros archives to live at Texas State University
The archive of Sandra Cisneros was recently acquired by The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, reports the Houston Chronicle. Cisneros is one of my favorite authors. She is the bestselling author of “The House on Mango Street” and “Woman Hollering Creek,” among others, and my pick for “influential Latinos” in a recent episode of The […]
