Tag Archives: Gary Soto
Literary magazines for Latinos
Latino writers have found a home at Huizache magazine. The recently released publication is one of the few literary magazines devoted to the works of Hispanic writers. Huizache features the works of nearly a dozen Latino authors. Sandra Cisneros has … Continue reading
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In the news: Stork, writer’s contests, Cisneros, Urrea
New releases: • Irises, the newest book by Mexican-American writer Francisco X. Stork, was released earlier this month. The young adult book focuses on two young sisters grappling with their father’s death and their mother’s illness. Contests: • Speaking of … Continue reading
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Meet novelist Guadalupe Garcia McCall
The seeds for Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s career as a novelist began in school, when her teachers encouraged her to become a writer. McCall’s first young adult novel, Under the Mesquite, was published earlier this month by Lee & Low Books. … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 Books, Author Q&A, Fiction, Young Adult Books
All about the children
As a child of the 1970s and 1980s, I read the Little House on the Prairie, Ramona Quimby and Judy Blume books, and hung out with Strawberry Shortcake. You can’t get any whiter than Laura Ingalls Wilder and Strawberry Shortcake. … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Books
Tough crowd
School will start soon, and many Hispanic teenagers will be stuck reading about white people again. When I taught English at a high school with a predominantly Hispanic population, I struggled to get my students to enjoy any type of … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Young Adult Books
