The best response to book burnings and bans is to read the books! As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and LGBT History Month, here are a handful of frequently banned books have a great deal to offer.
Today is Julia Alvarez´s birthday. Born in New York City on March 27, 1950, the novelist spent her childhood in the Dominican Republic and her adolescent years in the United States. She has lived most of her adult life in Vermont. She began writing stories when she was fifteen years old. Author of novels…
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Joaquín Badajoz (El País) writes, “Over the last half-century, authors of Hispanic descent have contributed some classics to American literature with well-known titles such as The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Álvarez, Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García, The…
was among the first to skillfully join a strong woman, join a strong woman protagonist with the ferocious readability of a romance novel. all cabins books are, of course, the medically very, most feature leading women who are funny, strong, and unflinchingly sex positive. ready or not centers around one such woman, 17 year old sam, who is beginning to explore what a consensual sexual relationship looks like with her boyfriend, who also happens to be the president s son. don t miss this important and timely conversation with meg cabot next weekend, on the velshi banned book club. bill she has two other books on tap in the weeks. you sound like a white girl, the case for rejecting assimilation bite to alyssa arts, and how the garcia girls lost their accents by julia alvarez. please pick up your copies and email your questions, comments, and thoughts to my story at velshi dot com.