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Boston Globe REVIEW: ‘Claire of the Sea Light’ by Edwidge Danticat 27 Aug 2013 | 09:54 am
This review by Laura Collins-Hughes appeared in Boston’s Globe. It is a town of 11,000 people but countless souls, a place where dead ancestors and long-gone émigrés feel as present as the populace, ...
Cuba: Hip Hop Artists Seek Balance, Artistic Freedom Vs. Government Approval 27 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
Artists have to tread carefully between self-expression and offending officials, Nico Cervantes reports for groundreport.com. A hip hop festival has highlighted the tensions for Cuban artists seeking...
STAR TRIBUNE REVIEW: “Claire of the Sea Light,” by Edwidge Danticat 27 Aug 2013 | 09:52 am
Stories follow the interconnected lives of the residents of one Haitian town, Ellen Akins writes in this review for The Star Tribune. “Remember that love is like kerosene,” a mother advises her young...
Summer reads: brilliant takes on Nuyoricans, random murder and narco-literatura 27 Aug 2013 | 09:50 am
This review article by Claudio Iván Remeseira appeared in NBC Latino. Puerto Rican poet, novelist, and essayist Giannina Braschi is a true force of nature. Born in 1953 into an affluent San Juan fami...
Caribbean Roots: Mavado ‘Give It All To Me’ Featuring Nicki Minaj 27 Aug 2013 | 09:50 am
Nicki Minaj is at it again! This time she’s making an appearance on her fellow islander’s song, as The Atlanta Black Star reports. Mavado‘s ”Give It All To Me” featuring Nicki Minaj, is a great summe...
Music from Colombia’s Caribbean Coast 27 Aug 2013 | 07:58 am
A recent NPR Latin Roots show interviews Beat Latino host Catalina Maria Johnson, who spoke about Afro-Latino roots, cultural legacies, the isolation of the country’s regions through the ages, and the...
Guyana Projects Huge Gold Production Target of 500,000 Ounces for 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 07:52 am
At the start of Mining Week here, Natural Resources and the Environment Minister presented a report indicating that gold declared for the first half of this year increased by 23.2 per cent over the qu...
Caribbean Carnival Parade Draws Mayoral Hopefuls 27 Aug 2013 | 07:37 am
Nikita Lalwani writes about the recent Caribbean Carnival Parade in Boston—held on Saturday—stressing that the big bash drew many dancers and people with much joie de vivre but also councilors, senato...
Book-signing and Reading of Ciudades como mares 27 Aug 2013 | 06:29 am
María Arrillaga and friends will be at The Cornelia Street Café for a book signing and collective reading from her most recent publication, Ciudades como mares [see previous post New Book: María Arril...
West Indian American Carnival festivities begins—stay tuned for the barrage of falsehoods that persist about the event’s massive parade 26 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
While millions of revelers heartily anticipate the 46th annual festival procession, organizers of New York’s big event make final preparations – and brace for unwarranted criticism, The New York Daily...
