en-us http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/%blog_id.html?nid=4395 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use October 14, 2009 http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/340040034.html?nid=4395 As tectonic shifts continue to shake the publishing world, there’s yet another sign that things aren’t the way they used to be. At 79 years of age, Carmen Balcells, the queen bee agent to Spanish-language literature’s biggest lions, just completely over passed book publishers to ma… Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:34:15 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/290040029.html?nid=4395 Dear Ms. Fialkoff and Mr. Shank, It is with deep regret that Reforma received the news about the closing of Críticas. For the last eight years, the publication has been an extremely valuable tool in the promotion of Latino literature and Spanish language re… Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:55:16 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/1670039967.html?nid=4395 Over these eight wonderful years the magazine has had incredible people on board adding their brilliant two cents to the pot. A wealth of tireless librarians, distributors, publishers, and academics that were always on call and ready to lend a hand. People like David Unger, Teresa Mlawer, Linda Good… Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:07:34 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/980039898.html?nid=4395 In early 2001 some of us were thrilled to hear of the launch of a major new magazine devoted to books in Spanish. The charming chica in the blog next door, Adriana, put out a call for reviewers. In short order she sent to the shack a shrink-wrapped copy of La caverna, the new novel by re… Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:19:20 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/550039855.html?nid=4395 For those who haven’t heard yet, Reed Business is suspending the publication of Críticas. These are tough times all around, I know. But I believe that if enough of us write and respond to this decision, there will be reconsideration. Or if not, at least assurance that Spanish-l… Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:16:52 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/120039812.html?nid=4395 Margarita Ingle, author of The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom received one of four Newbery Honor Awards given by the American Library Association (ALA) at its Midwinter Conference in Denver, CO. She is the first Latina to receive such an honor. Ms. Ingle also received the… Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:45:07 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/1340039734.html?nid=4395 An article about some brilliant-sounding library discussions up in Fond du Lac, "Hispanic program travels immigration road" in The Reporter, reminds me that it's been a whole year already since we visited Wisconsin's ¡Hola! program in the dead of winter. This week's story features… Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:16:53 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/1160039716.html?nid=4395 I'm reporting to you *live* from my living room, regarding the winners of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. My last blog included a list of all the other Latino interest films competing in each category and their description. I must say it was a good year, with six awards going to new talent… Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/790039679.html?nid=4395 The only quasi Latino thing to celebrate at the Oscar Awards this year is Penelope Cruz’s nomination for best supporting actress. Personally, I think she deserved it more for Almodovar’s Volver than the shticky Woody Allen dramedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. While we’ll have to wait… Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:57:13 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/130039613.html?nid=4395 Generations on Line (GoL) is an internet literacy program developed for people who are being left behind by this communication technology. The program is a self-teaching tutorial that uses large type, plain language, familiar images and on-screen instructions to help a novice internet user qui… Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/1820039582.html?nid=4395 If you have ideas on how to celebrate Latino literature in your insitution, this is a great way to get involved. Here's information regarding the 2nd Annual Latino Children's Literature Conference's Call for Proposals: The Universities of Alabama and South Carolina are pleased to announce… Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:13:42 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/1810039581.html?nid=4395 Medline Plus has launched a new magazine in Spanish. Well, it is a bilingual publication with articles coming in English on one side of the page, and in Spanish on the other side. Fabulous! The topics on the quarterly publication mirror those on the Medline Plus English-only magazine. Readers… Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:12:01 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/1360039536.html?nid=4395 Panama-born filmmaker Anayansi Prado focuses on immigrants to the US. Maybe you've seen her Maid In America on public television and strongly recommended in the pages of Críticas. Her new documentary from Impacto Films is about the littlest victims of the far… Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:23:45 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/500039450.html?nid=4395 I recently had the pleasure of reading an issue of the Primera Revista Latinoamericana de Libros (PRL) and was pleasantly surprise with the quality of the articles (I was not aware of this type of magazine!). Every issue covers a wide variety of topics such as current affairs, literature, history, a… Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:34:08 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/120039412.html?nid=4395 The Latino children´s literature consultant and advocate, Oralia Garza de Cortes, sent out an email recently pointing to quite a frightening break down for The Newbery Award for children’s literature. The article in Bloomberg.com by Melita Marie Garza focused on a Brigham Young study tha… Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:20:08 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/1800039380.html?nid=4395 With all eyes on Washington DC this week, library woes a couple hours to the northeast in Philadelphia have not gone away. You'll recall that a $1 billion deficit led the mayor to announce the January 1 closure of eleven branches chosen in consultation with the library system's recently instal… Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/1260039326.html?nid=4395 %blog_post_abstract.compliant(xml,striphtml,left,300,…); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:19:51 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/650039265.html?nid=4395 A new, engagingly written report, published just last week, is fun to read and well worth your time. It's all about collaboration across cultures. Subtitled Principles & Practices for Effective Multicultural Communication—Library Edition, its thirty-some pages are right here. … Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:43:06 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/820000482/post/770039077.html?nid=4395 Here is the schedule for REFORMA events @ the 2009 ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver: REFORMA Executive Committee I Friday,January 23, 6:00-8:30pm REFORMA All Committees I Saturday, January 24, 8:00-10:00 am REFORMA All Committees II Saturday, January 24, 10:30 am -12:00 pm … Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/blog/810000481/post/1810039181.html?nid=4395 Normal 0 false false false ...Read More Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST