Saludos todos! As many of you know, once a month we like to take the time to give special attention to our featured authors and their writing.This week we are featuring Edwidge Danticat, the prolific, inspiring author of many children’s, young adult, and adult books, whom many of you may also recognize from several of […]
¡Buenos días! I hope everyone is having a great Thursday! In celebration of this month’s featured book, Claire of the Sea Light, I’ve brought you a visual quote by Edwidge Danticat. I hope you enjoy it! ¡Saludos! Kalyn
Saludos todos! As many of you know, once a month we like to take the time to give special attention to our featured authors and their writing. This week we are featuring Edwidge Danticat, the prolific, inspiring author of many children’s, young adult, and adult books, whom many of you may also recognize from several […]
According to our blog’s statistics, our most popular posts and resources are specific to authors or novels that we’ve featured in our book group. Edwidge Danticat is at the top of that list of most searched for authors. So for the world wide web post today, I thought I’d highlight some interesting online resources on Danticat. […]
Hello everyone!! I hope your year is off to a wonderful start! I’ve missed you all at Vamos a Leer and I’m so excited to be back! I finally finished my PhD over the summer and I’m back in the classroom teaching. After six years away, it’s taken me awhile to get my teaching legs […]
¡Hola a todos! I am happy to be back and to share with you all of these amazing resources. – The folks over at the Américas Book Award Facebook page have been on fire with recommendations for diversifying Women’s History Month. Here are a few highlights from their posts: 7 Excellent Coming of Age Books […]
Hello all! In case you missed Keira’s Sobre Enero post, this month’s theme honors the many individuals, real or imagined, who populate the rich landscape of Latin@ literature for children and young adults. This month’s Reading Roundup brings together a few of these heroes, both sung and unsung, whose actions inspired positive change. While it […]
Join us December 12 at Tractor Brewing from 5:00-7:00 pm to discuss our next book. We are reading The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat. Here’s a sneak peek into the book (from Goodreads): The Farming of Bones begins in 1937 in a village on the Dominican side of the river that separates the country from […]
We’re giving away a copy of The Farming of Bones written by Edwidge Danticat–our featured novel for December book group meeting!! Check out the following from Kirkus Reviews: A strong second novel from the Haitian-born author whose debut, Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994), was recently anointed by Oprah, and whose story collection, Krik ? Krak !, […]
Buenos días a todas y todos, Happy fall! I hope this finds you each doing well and enjoying the changing of seasons. Fall, my favorite time of year! For me, it is characterized not only by the falling leaves, the crisp air, and the distinct scents that come with the changing temperature, but also with […]
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