This interview is part of the Latinx Author Interview series and features Raquel V. Reyes, in which Reyes discusses her two novels, Mango, Mambo, and Murder and Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking. Dovalpage: Mango, Mambo, and Murder brings a lot to the table—food, culture, family and cubanidad. Speaking of food, how did you experience it while writing the …
Melanie Márquez Adams es la autora de El país de las maravillas: crónicas de mi sueño americano, Querencia: crónicas de una latinoamericana en USA y Mariposas negras: cuentos. Tiene un Máster en Escritura Creativa por la Universidad de Iowa y su obra en inglés y en español aparece en varias antologías y revistas. Es la fundadora y directora editorial de Anfibias Literarias y editora de Imaginar …
Teresa Dovalpage interviews Ecuadorian-American writer, editor, and translator Melanie Márquez Adams. The interview is part of a series with Latino Latinx authors. Dovalpage: You are the founder and editor in chief of Anfibias Literarias. What is the purpose of this digital platform and what voices does it seek to highlight? Márquez Adams: Anfibias Literarias seeks …
This interview is part of the Latinx Author Interview series. Danette Vigilante grew up in the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn, New York, where she lives with her family and sweet pup, Luna. She is the author of The Trouble with Half a Moon, a 2012-2013 Sunshine State Young Readers award nominee, Saving Baby Doe, …
Havana breathes, swears and cries in Dariel Suárez’s first novel, The Playwright’s House (Red Hen Press, 2021). With a plot that blends family stories and national history, this is a beautifully layered book that shows Cuba through the eyes of a native. Serguey is a young lawyer employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expecting …
