Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is a partnership between Las Comadres and Association of American Publishers (AAP) to promote reading of Latino authors. Membership is open to everyone. Most of the books are also available in Spanish. We welcome you to join our National Latino Book Club. We encourage you to buy the monthly Book Club Selection and the Additional Conversation Selection(s) and join us at our Book Club Meetings and/or our monthly teleconference–Conversations with Las Comadres.
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2014 SERIES:
January 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Mirta Ojito, author of Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All American Town and Additional Conversation with Ileana Araguti, author of Shattered Paradise: Memoirs of a Nicaraguan War Child
Teleconference
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Length: 55 minutes, 26 seconds | Size: 9.98 MB
February 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Daniel Alarcón, author of At Night We Walk in Circles and Additional Conversation with Rudy Ruiz, author of Seven for the Revolution
Teleconference
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Length: 56 minutes, 16 seconds | Size: 10.13 MB
March 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for an interview with Isabel Allende, author of Ripper
Teleconference
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Length: 42 minutes, 8 seconds | Size: 7.58 MB
April 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey and Additional Conversation with Jennifer De Leon, author of Wise Latinas
Teleconference
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Length: 57 minutes, 21 seconds | Size: 10.32 MB
May 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Ire’ne Lara Silva, author of Flesh to Bone and Additional Conversation with Kami Garcia, author of Unbreakable (The Legion)
Teleconference
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Length: 59 minutes, 24 seconds | Size: 10.69 MB
June 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Christina Bejarano author of The Latina Advantage; Juana Bordas author of The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution; Elizabeth Escobedo author of From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front; and Jim Estrada author of The ABCs and Ñ of America’s Cultural Evolution
Teleconference
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Length: 1 hour, 5 minutes | Size: 11.86 MB
July 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Natalia Sylvester, author of Chasing the Sun and Additional Conversations with Elisa R. Balli, author of Thorns for a Grateful Lady and Linda Rodriguez, author of Every Hidden Fear
Teleconference
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Length: 48 minutes, 35 seconds | Size: 8.75 MB
August 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Désirée Zamorano, author of The Amado Women and Additional Conversations with Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, editor of Cuba in Splinters: Eleven Stories from a New Cuba, and Michael Pacheco, author of Of Angels, Demons and Chopped Chorizo
Teleconference
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Length: 1 hour, 55 seconds | Size: 10.97 MB
September 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Brando Skyhorse, author of Take This Man: A Memoir and Additional Conversation with Natalia Treviño, author of Lavando La Dirty Laundry
Teleconference
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Length: 51 minutes, 57 seconds | Size: 9.35 MB
October 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Carmen Tafolla, author of This River Here: Poems of San Antonio and Additional Conversation with Laura Lacámara, author of Dalia’s Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia
Teleconference
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Length: 56 minutes, 23 seconds | Size: 10.15 MB
November 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Carlos Harrison, author of The Ghosts of Hero Street and Additional Conversation with Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans / El Libro de los Americanos Desconocidos
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Length: 48 minutes, 34 seconds | Size: 8.74 MB
December 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for interviews with Anjanette Delgado, author of The Clairvoyant of Calle Ocho and Additional Conversation with Daisy Hernandez, author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed
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Length: 56 minutes, 23 seconds | Size: 10.15 MB
December Young Adults 2014 Teleconference
Join Las Comadres around the world for a special interview with Meg Medina, author of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. This is a special young adult literature teleconference and does not require registration to participate.
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Length: 55 minutes, 24 seconds | Size: 9.97 MB