I know the author! It’s always fun to be able to say that. Even more thrilling when it is someone who has always been nothing but compassionate and supportive to all writers they come across. Rosalinda Vargas, my friend and author of this new bilingual book, Sometimes I Don’t Want to […]
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The Immigrant Advantage: An Inspirational Slice of American Culture -Book Review
A couple months ago I got the email. It was author Claudia Kolker and she wanted to get together to catch up and talk. We did, and what she had to tell me in that very fast and furious lunch was just as exciting as the book that would eventually […]
Jaycee Dugard’s Stolen Life: Powerful and Full of Hope
It had been way too long since I had actually sat down and read a good memoir. Partly because I hadn’t made the time, bueno esa es la mera razón, but also because most of the books I’d browsed at the bookstore recently had either 1) seemed so interesting that […]
Book Review: Robert Renteria’s Graphic Novel MI BARRIO
Please Note: The author will answer any questions you leave in the comment section on 6/30/11 only. Those who comment will automatically be entered to win a free copy of this book. There were definitely tough times in my upbringing, as most of you already know, mainly because of what […]