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Monday, February 27, 2006

The Cover of "BURN". . .

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. . . is here! What do you think?
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Carolinas on My Mind

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At this rate, I may become a Southern gal. Yesterday, I returned from the South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia where I had a wonderful ...
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Monday, December 19, 2005

'BURN" is (Almost) Done, and the Contest is Definitely Won!

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If all Monday's could be this good. Not only have I just submitted the mansucript for my third novel BURN to my editor at New American ...

Randal Was Right

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Maybe we should not be surprised, but now that a person of color -- a Black man to be exact -- has won "The Apprentice," some Amer...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Miami Book Fair International

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Several weekends ago, I participated in the Miami Book Fair International . In its 22nd year, this prestigious literary event happened despi...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

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As I stated in the previous posting, I've uploaded audio reading the excerpt of PICTURE ME ROLLIN' in which Esperanza reads an essay...
Saturday, November 19, 2005

Your Silence Will Not Protect You

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Before leaving to catch my plane to Miami this afternoon, I did an interview on a Magic City-based radio show. The show is called And the Wo...
Friday, November 18, 2005

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In this audio, I'm reading an excerpt from the twelfth chapter of my debut novel "Explicit Content." In this scene, Cassandra ...

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This is an excerpt from the fifteenth chapter of my second novel "Picture Me Rollin'." In this scene, Esperanza visits Maite R...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Aqui to Be Called Negrito Means to Be Called Love

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This title of this post is the last line of one of the most famous poems of Pedro Pietri , one of "Nuyorico's" most celebrate...

The Obvious Truth about Snitchin'

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Once again, the mainstream media got it twisted. Today, an article appeared on Yahoo! News (supplied by Reuters) entitled Hip-hop's Cod...
Monday, November 07, 2005

On "The Boondocks" Controversy

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I've been working so hard on Burn , that I missed the premiere of The Boondocks last night. I wish I hadn't so I could have a better...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Cruisin' By Sea & Land

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I just stepped off the Carnival Pride after cruisin' around the Yucatan Peninsula. I have never gone a cruise before, and the African A...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Roxanne Still Rockin'

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Just when I thought I’d never make it to Texas, my publicist Angie gives me a call. “Are you free on October 7th?” she asks. “Because Texas ...
Monday, October 03, 2005

A Great Time at the Great Read

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I have to dig up my Joy Journal . That's a hardcover journal that I bought several years ago to capture those little but meaningful even...
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Philly Rican for A Day

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Yesterday I hopped the bus and headed to the City of Brotherly Love to participate in Taller Puertorriqueno 's 19th Annual Book and Craf...