Paco El Marino

A collection of interviews of well known political personalities by the Mexican television journalist.

A woman living and communicating in multiple lands, Susana Chávez-Silverman conveys her cultural and linguistic displacement in humorous, bittersweet, and even tangible ways in this truly bilingual literary work. These meditative and lyrical pieces combine poignant personal confession, detailed daily observation, and a memorializing drive that shifts across time and among geocultural spaces. The author’s inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional "crónica" make this memoir compelling and powerful. Killer Crónicas...

Los periodistas Jesús Úbeda y Julio Valdeón, uno en Madrid y otro en Nueva York, reciben un encargo ilusionante: escribir una biografía de Raúl del Pozo, mito viviente del periodismo y la literatura. Ocurre que este se niega a contar su vida porque detesta el género: "Las mejores biografías las hizo Plutarco en el siglo I d.C.; las de después son mediocres". La solución pasa por traicionar al biografiado entrevistándole a él y a muchos que lo conocen. Es así que Arturo Pérez Reverte, José María García, Jesús Quintero, Manuel Vicent, Carmen Rigalt, Javier Rioyo, Federico...

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.