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Who is Literanista?
Literanista is a published poet, a writer, currently works at Hachette Book Group, scouts the ever-changing Web landscape & is working on her debut novel & about a million other things.
A native New Yorker born to Puerto Rican & Sicilian parents in Spanish Harlem's El Barrio, Literanista is a graduate of Hunter College of the City Univ. of NY. She holds degrees in Anthropology & Liberal Arts & Sciences.
In the past, Literanista has worked/written for WebWorkerDaily.com, AOL, Bloggingstocks.com, NY Resident Mag., Thomson Reuters, the NYC Dept. of Ed., the 92nd St. Y, Papierdoll.net, & The Gen. Theological Seminary...Her poetry was recently published in Regrets Only: Contemporary Poets on the Theme of Regret Edited by Martha Manno.
A native New Yorker born to Puerto Rican & Sicilian parents in Spanish Harlem's El Barrio, Literanista is a graduate of Hunter College of the City Univ. of NY. She holds degrees in Anthropology & Liberal Arts & Sciences.
In the past, Literanista has worked/written for WebWorkerDaily.com, AOL, Bloggingstocks.com, NY Resident Mag., Thomson Reuters, the NYC Dept. of Ed., the 92nd St. Y, Papierdoll.net, & The Gen. Theological Seminary...Her poetry was recently published in Regrets Only: Contemporary Poets on the Theme of Regret Edited by Martha Manno.
Grand Central Publishing introduced their GCP Book Match iPhone Application over the holidays. Over the years, I've heard a lot of people complain about how hard it is to identify new Latina/o reads. Well, now there is an app for that...
I caught this Vanguard piece on Cuba the other day and had some really mixed feelings about it. It was both dishearteing, enlightening and interesting so I wanted to share it with you:
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” -- Woodrow T. Wi...
This Christmas fill your house with the sounds of Christmas en Espanol: Open the player Launched in 2004, Navidad Latina includes more than 100 holiday classics in all genres: Merengue, Salsa, Pop, Norteno and Reggaeton...
Laredo places 88th in the top 100 cities in population in the United States. According to the census[1] estimate of 2006, there were 231,470 people. Hispanic or Latino accounts for 197,198 or 94.9% of the population in terms of ethnicity.
What do you think of this mural used to encourage census participation?
The latest in Fox's "______ Movie" parody franchise (Scary Movie, Date Movie) now has a trailer: Spanish Movie celebrates the international popularity of Spanish language movies with the parody treatment...
Free National Poetry Month posters are available by request—while supplies last—to teachers, librarians, and booksellers. Submit your request now to receive the poster in time for April 2010. Request at poets.org and help promote the month-long celebration and to increase poetry awareness. ...
I just discovered that Edwidge Danticat wrote a children's book that the life of Anacaona: Golden Flower as well as many Taino customs. The book is a tribute to the Haitian hero, who Edwidge grew up admiring...
I remember reading last year how pasteles are really the original Taino comfort food so this year (recalling abuela's arroz con dulce) I came across these awesome videos:
Hmph, I guess... Although I must mention that his site, http://perezhilton.com, is ranked as one of the top 500 sites on the web. His website gets over 1 million uniques/month...
This sounds really interesting: The society also boasts one of the world’s best libraries of material relating to Spain, Portugal and the Americas, a collection accessed through an unassuming side door, which opens onto a small reading room presided over by portraits of great thinkers like the p...
