Sustaining friendships
Last weekend, I returned to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for its Centennial. When I was an undergraduate there, my mom drove me to the campus for my classes. Sounds so odd today. I am a UTEP … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2014
REFORMA announces 2014 Mora Award winner: Sioux Center Public Library
REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, has announced that the Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center, IA) is the winner of the 2014 Estela and Raúl Mora Award for the … Continue reading →
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
This month, libraries and schools across the country have created bulletin boards and book displays celebrating Hispanic authors and illustrators. Important as these displays and the media attention are, I encourage educators and librarians to include Latina/o authors and illustrators … Continue reading →
Today is National Citizenship Day
Pat Mora talks about her aunt Lobo, the inspiration for her book I Pledge Allegiance, written with her daughter, Libby Martinez. The book is dedicated to Lobo’s memory and “to all new citizens of the United States.” Video provided by … Continue reading →
Creativity Salon: An Interview With Diana Nunez
Diana, thank you for sending me the video you created based on the poem I wrote many years ago, “Legal Alien.” It’s the last poem in my first book, CHANTS. You are the first person on the Creativity Salon I … Continue reading →