During my interview with Rosa Alonso, the intrepid, quite brilliant founder/editor of My Latino Voice, she asked me: What does it mean to be Latino? I confess I was a little stumped, as many journalists are when they’re on the other side of the table. I never thought of myself as “Latina” until I came [...]
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Arthur Hanlon (yes, Always!!! No. 1!–La Cumaprsita, dance version, super, super cool, to be re-released) , Genesis (“Carpet Crawlers” Love it!! Jsut let the soudn wash over you), David Guetta (“Love Is Gone”), BEP (“I Gotta Feeling” is there a better running track?), Saving Abel (“Addicted”), Fabulosos Cadillacs (“Matadador,” Matador, Matador and some more drumming [...]
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LA vs. Miami: -Perfect weather year-round vs balmy nights that don’t require a sweater -earthquakes vs. hurricanes -Lattes vs cafe con leche or colada (preferably at Oasis in Key Biscayne) -The best Farmer’s markets vs. fresh mangos on ur neighbor’s lawn -Surfing in your wetsuit vs. swimming w. the dolphins -Good looking waiter who’s really [...]
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There are people who read my fiction and immediately identify themselves, or a moment, or a place or a person. My stories are fiction, but they are often placed in real locations, down to specific moments in time. These moments aren’t borrowed from newspaper accounts, but they could very well be. Last week, I read [...]
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There is a scene in “The Devil Wears Prada” where our heroine, Andy–highly educated, competent, intellectual, beautiful noble and polite–gets reduced to an incoherent bundle of nerves by her boss from hell, Miranda, who, in the midst of a hurricane in Miami, demands that Andy somehow find a way to fly her to New York. [...]
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Popular Latino Novels Exceptional, Affordable Gifts.
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My adventures on writing a novel have been heartwarming and overwhelming. “Tell Me Something True,” my first novel, came out Oct. 1 and, I have to confess, the very first review that came in was terrible. TERRIBLE!!!!! No, I’m not over-reacting. If I eer get over the trauma of reading someone’s opinion of how banal [...]
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Some great gifts for the book lover on your list – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/10/review-giveaway-189-tell-me-something.html
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Ok, I’ll be the first to admit this wasn’t really a forum for books. But this year’s summit brought together a vast array of artists who were truly inspiring. On Day 1, we had the Rivera family, four brothers and one sister who are all singers and composers, thanks largely to their father, who was [...]
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