2005 UGA Steps to College Statewide Latino Writing Contest Winners...

U.S. Newswire;  September 6, 2005 ;     301 words ......announce the winners of the 2005 UGA Steps to College Statewide Latino Writing Contest. The six winning writers are: Juliana Pinto, Campbell...information about the 2005 UGA Steps to College Statewide Latino Writing Contest, please contact Christine Burgoyne at 706.542.6473...

Deadline Nears to Submit Essay Entries for the 2005 Steps to College...

U.S. Newswire;  August 25, 2005 ;     216 words ...ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The deadline for submitting entries for the 2005 Steps to College Statewide Latino Writing Contest -- sponsored by The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the Office of the Vice President...

Accent on fresh: Wide range of works and genres in Latino literature...

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  January 10, 2007 ;     549 words ......Augenbraum; Mariner Books ($13) ___ The editors of Lengua Fresca: Latinos Writing on the Edge want to showcase the next wave of Latino writing _ authors who, even though they're bilingual and bicultural, don't fixate on how their ethnicity makes them different from...

A jumble of Latino rhythms

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 21, 2007 ;     432 words ......Mariner Books, 256 pages, $13. The editors of "Lengua Fresca: Latinos Writing on the Edge" want to showcase the "next wave" of Latino writing — authors who, even though they're bilingual and bicultural, don't fixate on how their ethnicity makes them different...

How Do We Define Latina Letters?

La Prensa de San Antonio;  July 24, 2002 ;     536 words ......journalists convened at the sixth annual Latina Letters Conference to discuss exactly this - the composition and future of Latino writing. At the previous Latina Letters conference, the participants, "debated whether there would be such a thing as "Latina Literature...

Victor Villasenor, shown outside Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Ana,...

KRT Photos;  October 3, 2001 ;     147 words ......Category |A DIV -------------+----------------------------------------- Keywords |BOOK AUTHOR ROOTS FAMILY HISTORY HISPANIC |LATINO WRITING -------------+----------------------------------------- 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service

HOSTOS PROVOST APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 15, 2008 ;     467 words ......Humanities, where she taught Spanish language, Hispanic and Latino literatures, and humanities from 1978 to 2001. At York, Dr. Cocco...and disseminating the study of Dominican, Caribbean and Latino literatures in the United States. Dr. Cocco De Filippis is a prolific...

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S CULTURAL ATTACHÉ IN NEW YORK DEDICATES SECOND...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 4, 2007 ;     607 words ......Department of Foreign Languages, ESL and Humanities at York College (CUNY), where she taught Spanish language, Hispanic and Latino literatures, and humanities from 1978 to 2001. She served York College with distinction in such positions as Faculty Caucus Leader...

Literary Marvel Helena María Viramontes

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  August 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......few years, Viramontes had prepared a collection, The Moths and Other Stories, published in 1985 by the early purveyor of Latino writing, Arte Pblico Press. Ten years later, she published her first novel, Under the Feet of Jesus, which garnered the John Dos...

BROADENING AMERICAN LITERATURE

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 1, 1998 ;     510 words ......range of writing styles, subject matters, and perspectives. Future issues will be devoted to the Asian and African diaspora, Latino writing, and gay and lesbian poets and writers. "I believe that the term `American Literature' should not be limited to one solitary...

Second Annual 'UGA Steps to College Statewide Latino Issues Writing...

U.S. Newswire;  September 13, 2006 ;     602 words ......desire to help others doesn't have linguistic boundaries." For more information about the 2006 UGA Steps to College Statewide Latino Writing Contest, contact Christine Burgoyne at 706-542-6473 or at latino(At)georgiacenter.uga.edu. Visit the contest website at...

Azade Seyhan Writing Outside the Nation.

The Germanic Review;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......from Princeton University Press, Translation/Transnation, edited by Emily Apter. (Two new volumes have since been published: Ambassadors of Culture: The Transamerican Origins of Latino Writing by Kirsten Silva Gruesz and The Literary Channel: T

RARE BILINGUAL LATINO LITERATURE CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......television writing. Panelists will also examine the history of Latino literature in the U.S. "There is a long tradition of Latino writing that goes against the popular perception that it is the 'new kid on the block,'" noted Poblete. Guest writers and panelists...

Dramatic step for Latino theater Festival aims to develop wider audience

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ......theater]." But Godinez see things only getting better when it comes to Latino theater. "It's always been my mission to bring Latino writing and directing into the mainstream," reflected Godinez. "And I think we are about to break through in a lot of ways. Ten...

HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER

Albuquerque Journal;  April 10, 2005 ;     553 words ......presented or hosted, among other events, films, plays, flamenco festivals, salsa and symphony concerts, chile harvest festivals, Latino writing workshops, author lectures and even a zarzuela, a Spanish operatic form. The center also houses the Albuquerque offices...