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POSTPONED! Latinas for Latino Literature Proudly Present: Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Díaz’s First Twitter Party
April 15, 2013
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Update: in light of the Boston Marathon explosions, Latinas for Latino Literature and Junot Díaz have postponed tonight’s Twitter Party, until further notice. In the meantime, the victims, survivors, and their loved ones remain in our hearts and prayers. PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR, MACARTHUR “GENIUS,” Read More...
Wilmer Valderrama: Immigration is Next to The Wise Latina Club’s Viviana Hurtado, Prez Listening
January 30, 2013
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It wasn’t those smoldering ayyyssss. Or his perfectly tailored Hugo Boss Suit. Wilmer Valderrama had me at: “My next thing is immigration.” Seems Washington leaders, including President Obama who addressed in broad brushstrokes comprehensive immigration reform in Las Vegas, are Read More...
Inaugural Poeta
January 9, 2013
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…or I should say Inaugural Poet. What blew me away when I read about Richard Blanco‘s selection to recite the Inaugural Poem is not that he is he son of Cuban exiles, making him an example that in America, it doesn’t Read More...
DNC 2012: How Will the Next 4 Years Be Better Than the Last asks CNN’s Alex Castellanos?
September 4, 2012
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Charlotte, North Carolina Look who I ran into at Charlotte’s airport while I was picking up my maleta in baggage claim? CNN contributor and Republican strategist Alex Castellanos. Ni corta ni perezosa as Mami would say, I whipped out my camera Read More...
South African Pop Star Finishes High School At 60
August 27, 2012
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Whatta ya get when you mix inspiration with tough love, you know like when Mami‘s hand magically appeared out of nowhere after we said or did something bad, yanking our ears until they stung. Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse is a South African Read More...
Espanglish No Existe Says a National Humanities Medalist
July 29, 2012
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News out of Spain rocked the world, with huge implications in the U.S. Nah, not the horrible news of that European country’s financial mess or the projected 25% unemployment rate. Rather, in the archane world of philology or the study Read More...
Best Movie Love Scenes…or Por Qué I’m Still Single
February 13, 2012
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Editor’s Note: This post was first appeared one year ago right before Valentine’s Day. As I look back, I think it has the bones of how TWLC would and has developed (interesting, ¿no? that it’s a post about L-O-V-E that would Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen: Celebrity Chef José Andrés’ Política of Food
December 8, 2011
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Celebrity Chef José Andrés is as passionate about food as he is about politics. When he’s not opening a new hot spot restaurant, taping an episode of Made in Spain on PBS, guest-starring with his culinary partner-in-crime Tony Bourdain on the Travel Read More...