Author: Nora Comstock

Nora de Hoyos Comstock President and CEO of Las Comadres para las Americas. She also is the national and international founder of the organization. Dr. Comstock received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982 in Educational Administration with an emphasis on community college management. She received a B.A. in History with a specialty in Latin America in 1974. Dr. Comstock was born in Raymondville, Texas and moved to Austin in 1968. She has a set of adult twins. She lives in Austin with her husband of 27 years.

December: Erika Martinez and Juana Medina

by  • 

December 2016 – Book of the Month Daring to Write – Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women Edited by Erika M. Martínez Synopsis: With this new Latino literary collection Erika M. Martínez has brought together twenty-five engaging narratives written by Dominican…

Read more →

November: Patricia Engel and P.T. Rezende

by  • 

November 2016 Selections: The Veins of the Ocean  By: Patricia Engel Publisher: Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0802124890 Synopsis: Reina Castillo is the alluring young woman whose beloved brother is serving a death sentence for a crime that shocked the community, throwing…

Read more →

September 2016: Vanessa Garcia and Sonia Manzano

by  • 

September Book of the month:   WHITE LIGHT by Vanessa Garcia Publisher: Shade Mountain Press ISBN-13: 978-0991355549 BIO: Vanessa Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist working as a novelist, playwright, and journalist. Her debut novel, White Light, was published in 2015,…

Read more →