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Events

Las Comadres Kitchen, National Event

Las Comadres Kitchen

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Greetings, Comadres.

Join us THIS WEDNESDAY, September 6, at 7pm Central via zoom for the second episode of Las Comadres Kitchen with Lola Wiarco Dweck.  Check your time zone.  Zoom links will be distributed on Tuesday, September 5.

LAS COMADRES KITCHEN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 7PM CENTRAL

Hostess: Lola Wiarco Dweck
Lola’s Cocina | lolascocina.com
Lola’s Mercadito | lolascocina.com/shop

Join Las Comadres para las Américas and Lola’s Cocina for a culinary experience where we’ll explore the art of crafting Mexico’s best salsas and sauces.   In this one-hour virtual workshop, you will be immersed in the vibrant world of traditional Mexican salsa making and master the technique of roasting, toasting, and boiling your ingredients to make signature salsas that are sure to impress family and friends.

Registration is required:   https://forms.gle/iQNS3NPnipXfHtAN9

We’ll see you Wednesday—-m

Maria C. Ferrer
Executive Director
Las Comadres Para Las Americas
Facebook / LinkedIn / YouTube:
@LasComadresParaLasAmericas

Comadres' Accomplishments, Events

Celebrate YOUR Accomplishments

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Greetings,

Las Comadres wants to celebrate YOUR accomplishments  — a new job, a promotion, a graduation, a work anniversary. We’d love to know if you ran in a marathon, published a book, raised money for a local shelter, were elected to public office, etc etc.

Please register Your accomplishment here:   https://forms.gle/Y9EZUbFZ2CtymYvT6

Las Comadres celebrates its members’ accomplishments every month. These listings are for congratulatory purposes only. We are not endorsing any products, services or candidates for public office.  

DEADLINE to be included in next month’s announcement is July 30.To view last month’s accomplishments, visit here:    https://comadresconnect.blogspot.com/2023/06/las-comadres-celebrates-its-members.html

Thank you in advance for sharing.

Maria C. Ferrer
Executive Director
Las Comadres Para Las Americas 

Facebook / LinkedIn / YouTube: 
@LasComadresParaLasAmericas
Book Club:  www.latinolit.com
Twitter: @ReadLatinoLit

Hashtags:  #LasComadres #MyComadres #ReadLatinoLit

 

Events

Summer Reading List 2023

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Connecting Readers All Over The World Through Latino Literature 

9th ANNUAL SUMMER READING LIST  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  JUNE 21, 2023 

CONTACT:  Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager  
tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com

New York, NY—Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is pleased to announce the release of its ninth annual Summer Reading List on this the first day of the summer.

The Las Comadres & Friends Book Club is celebrating its Sweet Sixteen, and they have selected 16 books in commemoration.  The Summer Reading List includes a new Pulitzer Prize Winner; a celebrity memoir; a self-help book from the Boogie Down Bronx and a career guide for Latino Leadership; two wonderful children’s books; a poetry collection; two short stories collections; mysteries and thrillers; and a classic novel with a “masterful translation.”

“Did you know,” asks Las Comadres National / International Founder Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, “reading helps put your consciousness on another plane? It helps you move into a fictional world, easing tension and helping you relax. Our readers will have a hard time selecting which book to read first because all 16 books are delicious and enticing.”

We encourage readers of all ages to purchase our Summer Reading List selections and add them to their TBR piles, give copies to family and friends, donate copies to neighborhood libraries, and enjoy Reading Latino Lit.

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club
2023 Summer Reading List

  1. ALBORADA (DAWN): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry by Nylda Dieppa (Orange Blossom Publishing) – poetry
  2. CALL ME CASSANDRA by Marcial Gala (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) – LGBTQ+ fiction
  3. *CHITA: A MEMOIR by Chita Rivera (HarperOne) – biography
  4. DULCINEA by Ana Veciana-Suarez (Blackstone Publishing) – historical fiction
  5. *FRIZZY by Claribel A. Ortega (First Second) – children’s fiction
  6. GOOD NIGHT, IRENE by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown & Co.) – historical fiction
  7. HOLLOW BEASTS by Alisa Lynn Valdés (Thomas & Mercer) – thriller
  8. LOTERÍA by Cynthia Pelayo (Agora Books) – short stories
  9. THE LUIS ORTEGA SURVIVAL CLUB by Sonora Reyes (Balzer & Bray) – young adult fiction
  10. MR. PRESIDENT by Miguel Ángel Asturias, translated by David Unger (Penguin Classics) – fiction
  11. NINE STRAY SHOTS by Jesús Miguel Soto (Disaster Books) – short stories
  12. OUR OTHERNESS IS OUR STRENGTH: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo  (Broadleaf Books) – motivational self-help
  13. PLÁTANOS ARE LOVE by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) – bilingual, children’s fiction
  14. THE POWER OF LATINO LEADERSHIP: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution by Juana Bordas (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2nd edition) – career guide
  15. RED QUEEN by Juan Gómez-Jurado (Minotaur Books) – mystery
  16. *TRUST by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books) – fiction, 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner

*Book also available in Spanish.


Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club started in 2007 and is currently in 15 cities, with more cities to follow.  All books are in English, written by Latino authors. Membership is free and open to all readers.  Each month, Las Comadres & Friends Book Club features a Book of the Month selection and one or two additional “Conversations with” books.  At the end of the month, there is a LIVE zoom teleconference with the author(s), plus a simultaneous TwitterChat on @ReadLatinoLit. Registration is free and open to all readers.  The interviews are recorded and uploaded to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel (@LasComadresParaLasAmericas).

For more information on Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, to register for the monthly teleconference, and to submit your book for consideration, visit www.latinolit.com.

For more information on the 2023 Summer Reading List, email Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager, at tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com.

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club
www.latinolit.com
Twitter: @ReadLatinoLit
YouTube: @LasComadresParaLasAmericas
Hashtags:  #ReadLatinoLit, #LasComadres, #LCBC


Leadership Team
Maria C. Ferrer, Executive Director
Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager
Dora M. Abreu, Social Media Coordinator
Karen D. Gonzales, Assistant Coordinator
Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, National / International Founder

Events, Local Event

Rudy Ruiz Wins Texas Institute of Letters Award

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CONGRATULATIONS to award-winning author RUDY RUIZ,
one of the sponsors for Las Comadres’ 2023 Worldwide Comadrazo. 

Rudy’s book, VALLEY OF SHADOWS, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Book of Fiction.  

The novel sheds light on the dark past of injustice, isolation, and suffering along the U.S.- Mexico border.

AND! more congratulations are in order as he just sold his next novel, THE BORDER BETWEEN US, to Blackstone Publishing. The book is due out in September 2024.

“It’s wonderful to build momentum with readers and fans of literary fiction,” Rudy Ruiz states. “I’m particularly excited to share this novel with them. I’ve been working on it for the past decade. While fictional, it draws inspiration from my experiences coming of age on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as in the Northeast.”

THE BORDER BETWEEN US is narrated in first person by a character named Ramón Lopez, whom the novel follows from childhood to adulthood. Ramón is a sensitive and gifted child who wholeheartedly embraces the American Dream. Growing up as a first-generation American along the US-Mexico border in the 1970’s and 80’s, he is inspired by his father’s optimistic ambition and tireless drive. But as his family’s prospects are battered by poor decisions and a bad economy, Ramón’s aspirations and ideas lead him in a direction which diverges from that of his family.

Read the press release for the new novel here:  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rudy-ruizs-border-between-us-130900558.html

Visit Rudy’s website here:  https://rudyruiz.com/

 

Maria C. Ferrer
Executive Director
Las Comadres Para Las Americas

 

Events

Our Comadres Accomplishments

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LAS COMADRES CELEBRATES ITS MEMBERS ACCOMPLISHMENTS — MAY 2023 

Work hard in silence.  Let Your Success be your noise.  

Congratulations to all!    We have some anniversaries, retirements, awards, new positions, new books, appearances, exhibitions, etc. 

Andrea Arroyo (NY) – She is thrilled to share that “Goddesses at the Palace,” a large-scale, site-specific art installation will be on view at the Historic United Palace in Manhattan, the project is presented as part of her Creatives Rebuild New York AEP Fellowship. Unveiling June 29, on view through July 10, 2023. Free and open to the public. More info: https://bit.ly/GoddessesAtThePalaceEB

Idamarie Collazo (IN) – After an intensive year, she finally graduated from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis with her Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health and Addictions! She is proud to be among the 8% of Latinas who earn a master’s degree. More recently, she accepted a full-time position as an outpatient therapist. As a Latina (Mexican & Puerto Rican) single mom, the road has been met with a great deal of challenges and blessings. “I am my ancestors wildest dreams!”

Lynette Correa-Velez (IL) – Lynette and her husband celebrated 10 years together and 8 years married this past 5/15/2023.

Nylda Dieppa (FL) – Nylda’s second, enhanced edition of her award-winning book “Alborada: A Poetic Memoir Across Cultures” was published on May 3, 2023. With the new title “Alborada (Dawn): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry, it includes fourteen new poems to inspire the joys of spiritual and emotional healing. It has been received with wonderful reviews and is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through Ingram Sparks. More info is available at www.nyldadieppa.com.

Sonia Diaz (CA) – Sonia is happy to report that on May 15, 2023, she began consulting work!

Brianna Dimas (TX) – Brianna was recently accepted into the competitive New Bridge Program fellowship which takes 10 cohort members each year to Berlin and Brussels. This program is focused on economic development and transatlantic relations.

Anika Fajardo (MN) – Anika be in conversation with Erika Sanchez with Hennepin County Library’s Talk of the Stacks author program July 12 at 6:30p (Central). The event is virtual, free: https://www.supporthclib.org/erika-sanchez

Vanessa Chica Ferreira (NY) – Vanessa co-wrote a poetic play titled “Live Big Girl: A Chair That Fits” where Fat is deconstructed and reimagined. It speaks on how larger bodies navigate the world. We are currently in the preparation process and will soon to debut at Lehman College in The Bronx on October 14 and 15 of 2023. Support! Info to come at https://livebiggirl.wixsite.com/livebiggirl

Grace Flores-Hughes (VA) – Her latest book, The Opaque Conspiracy, launched on May 30th. Copies of the book are available through Amazon.com.

Dra. Lizabeth Garza-Garcia (TX) – Liz is the new Director of Secondary Emergent Bilinguals for Fort Worth ISD.

Karen Gonzales (CO) – Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors and Authors was honored to host a Meet & Greet with Author Reyna Grande on May 27th at the Denver Woman’s Press Club. Author Juana Bordas member of both offered the space. Reyna was keynote speaker at Writing Heights Writers Conference in Fort Collins, CO and accepted the invitation to meet with our Denver community too. Reyna was interviewed about her book A Ballad of Love and Glory by Paul Lane, host of KUHS Weekend Boost internet streaming radio show. View pic at: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=719854753477255&set=pcb.719854896810574

Liz González (CA) – Liz’ creative nonfiction and poetry were featured in Hispanic Theological Initiative’s Open Plaza.  See it here: https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/ode-to-olg-san-bernardino

Patty Gonzales (TX) – Patty is celebrating her retirement as a Bilingual Teacher on May 26. After 25 years that went by fast, she’s excited about her new journey.

Paulina Rael Jaramillo (CA) – Her book, Life Resumed, won the finalist award in the Reader’s Favorite Book Award international contest.

Elvira Ledezma (IL) – Elvira graduated from DePaul University with a Master’s in ECE and a bilingual endorsement!

Laura Lopez Cano (TX) – Laura was honored and grateful for being named a Woman of Distinction by TAMACC (Texas Association of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce).  Presentation will occur on June 16 in Austin.

Raquel “Rachel” Moran Nevarez (TX) – Rachel was named STCC Chairman of Paralegal Advisory Board 2023.

Claudia Nascimento (FL) – Claudia has obtained Life & Annuities license and is officially a Licensed Financial Consultant!

Venus V. Pineyro de Hoyos (TX) – Venus was also named a Woman of Distinction by TAMACC (Texas Association of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce).  Presentation will occur on June 16 in Austin.

Elsa Prado (IL) – On May 22, 2023, Elsa received a Community Service Award at Horizon Science Academy. It was presented at the First Responder’s & Community Members Breakfast.

LeAnne Salazar Montoya, PhD (NM) –  LeAnne was the 2023 Keynote speaker for the 30th anniversary Hispanic Educators Association of Nevada (HEAN) Class of ‘23 Baccalaureate for the cities more than 2k Hispanic/Latino graduates in Clark County (5th Largest school district in the nation).  Check out the program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_I3keRVUavvde5vM2Up23wl-PCTVmY4J/view

Barbara Salcido (VA) – Retired January 2023 after 30 years and 10 months of Federal service.

Esmeralda Santiago (NY) – In May, Esmeralda finished recording the English version audiobook for her next novel, LAS MADRES. She’s filled with admiration for audio artists who do this professionally. It’s harder work than it seems, and it’s satisfying, at the end of hours of talking into a mic, to utter the last sentence and leave the dark sound booth into the light. Later this month, she’ll be narrating the Spanish version so that both languages of the novel will be available, author-read, when the book launches, August 8.  (NOTE:  Esmeralda’s book, LAS MADRES, will be an October Book of the Month for Las Comadres & Friends Book Club.)

Aileen Roberta Schlef (DC) – Her water colors were featured in the June 9-10 waterfront Art Show: Art of the Ages in Washington DC.

Marisa Schor (GA) – Got a new job as a Clinical Dietitian in Wellstar – Kennestone hospital. Started May 8, 2023!

Vicky H. Sepulveda (TX) – Vicky has completed her Google Digital Marketing and E-commerce Certificate; six-years Grow with Google Digital Coach.

Ada Vilageliu Diaz (DC) – Ada is happy to share that she just became president of College English Association Middle-Atlantic Group (CEAMAG).

Becky Villareal (TX) – Becky is happy to report that her books, Gianna the Great, Hallito Gianna, and Gianna the Treasure Hunter are being relaunched by Anaiah Press.

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NOTE:  these listings are for congratulatory purposes only. We are not endorsing any products, services, or candidates for public office.  

To read last month’s Comadres Accomplishments, visit us here: https://comadresconnect.blogspot.com/2023/05/las-comadres-celebrates-its-members.html

Congratulations to our Comadres!

Maria & Nora 

Maria C. Ferrer, Executive Director
Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, National/International Founder