Book Review by John S. Christie Here’s an idea: Oprah should choose this novel so Luis Alberto Urrea can sit down comfortably and write a sequel to it. Then he could do the book tour shindig and plug the value of Latino Literature. A few conversations on daytime TV might do more to promote quality …
Book Review by Jose B. Gonzalez The Heiress of Water By Sandra Rodriguez Barron Publisher: Rayo (2006) ISBN: 0061142816 It’s rare to find a first book by an author and get the sense that the best is yet to come. Yet Sandra Rodriguez Barron shows off her writing skills in The Heiress of Water in such …
Book Review by John S. Christie A Handbook to Luck By Cristina Garcia Knopf (2007) Cristina Garcia’s first novel Dreaming in Cuban has to be recognized as one of a half dozen major works in U.S. Latino fiction. Among the primary contenders for Latino canonical status: Oscar Hijuelos, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Helena Viramontes, Judith …
Book Review by Jose B. Gonzalez Grandma’s Chocolate/El Chocolate de Abuelita by Mara Price Piñata Books, 2010 There is a reason why Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press is one of the leading publishers of quality children’s literature in the country. And this book is proof that this tradition will not be going …
Book Review by Jose B. Gonzalez Finding Mañana by Mirta Ojito Resources for Teaching Finding Mañana I have to admit that I first approached Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus not so much by thinking of its potential but rather by thinking of the books I’ve enjoyed by Cuban Americans writing about their migration to …
