Have you registered for the third annual REFORMA National Conference to be held in Austin TX this September? Themed “Bridging the Gap: Juntos @ the Border” the full conference will contain preconference sessions, author presentations, luncheons and exhibits. Registration is available online.
Need to feel some pride today? try reading the text of the keynote address delivered by D.H. Figueredo to the joint REFORMA Northeast mini conference. The address appears on the Latino American Experience blog which is hosted by Ilan Stavans, Advisory Editor of The Latino American Experience, a full-text reference tool exploring the history and… Read More Fortunate Librarian
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (host of the PBS series African American Lives) and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, the Editors in Chief of the African American National Biography, will discuss the importance of biography in the African American community, the mission of recovery of lost lives that was the inspiration for making this groundbreaking resource which is… Read More HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. AND EVELYN BROOKS HIGGINBOTHAM TO SPEAK AT ALA
Summer Institute for K-12 Immigrant Dreams & Contemporary African Diasporic Literatures June 23 – 27, 2008 9am – 4:30pm daily University of Minnesota – Minneapolis Campus Dr. Njeri Githire, Department of African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota This week-long institute is designed to explore themes of immigration, race, gender and culture as represented… Read More Summer Institutes: Contemporary African Diasporic Literatures
An excellent article from ALAN on Latino/a literature as critical fiction and how we, as those who guide young people to these works, can better understand the author’s meaning and intent.
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