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The International Latino Book Awards: Setting A High Cultural Standard

 By: Kirk Whisler

 

  

 

The 2015 International Latino Book Awards is a major reflection that the fastest growing group in the USA has truly arrived. The Awards are now the largest Latino cultural Awards in the USA and with the 246 finalists this year, it has honored the greatness of 1,914 authors and publishers over the past two decades. These Awards are a great reflection that books by and about Latinos are in high demand. In 2015 Latinos will purchase over $600 million in books in English and Spanish.     

In order to handle the large number of entries the 2015 Awards had 192 judges, 50% more than 2014. The judges glowed about the high quality of the entries – and that they covered so many topics so well. The Awards celebrates books in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Finalists are from across the USA and from 18 countries outside the USA.

In recognition of the quality and variety of books now available, Latino Literacy Now, the organization that oversees the Awards, is also carrying out the Award Winning Author Tour. Displays of the Finalists books and Award Winning Authors will be presented at events like American Library Association Convention; the Latino Book & Family Festivals in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino; key national Latino conference like the NCLR, LULAC, Expo Comida, and CABE; and other key events.

The Awards themselves will be held June 2in San Francisco as part of the ALA Conference. The Awards are produced by Latino Literacy Now, an organization co-founded by Edward James Olmos and Kirk Whisler, and co-presented by Las Comadres de las Americas and Reforma, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos. Award sponsors include Silver Sponsor Libros Publishing and Bronze Sponsor Scholastic. 

Here’s a complete list of the finalists:

A CHILDREN, YOUTH, & YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book – English Maria and the Lost Calf, Kate Morejohn; Illustrated: Dwight Morejohn, Portuguese Heritage Publications of California, Inc 

Tuesday Tucks Me In, Luis Carlos Montalván , Roaring Book Press

Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual Grandma Lale's Tamales: A Christmas Story, Nasario García, Rio Grande Books 

¡Jugemos al Fútbol y al Football!, René Colato Laínez, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Lalo Loves to Help, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing 

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – English Draw!, Raúl Colón, Simon & Schuster 

Endeavour’s Long Journey, John D. Olivas, East West Discovery Press 

I Know a Bear, Mariana Ruiz Johnson, Schwartz & Wade, Random House Children’s Books 

I Pledge Allegiance, Pat Mora & Libby Martinez, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Random House Children’s Books 

Kibo and the Purple Dragon, Carmen Gil, Marta Munté, Cuento de Luz 

Soccer Star, Mina Javaherbin; Illustrator: Renato Alarcão, Candlewick Press 

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Bilingual Dalia’s Wondrous Hair, Laura Lacámara, Arte Publico Press 

Dance Recital, Jill Barletti, Snowflake Stories, LLC 

How Chile Came to Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya, Rio Grande Books 

Howl of the Mission Owl | El Ulular de la Lechuza, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing 

Moví la Mano/ I Moved My Hand, Jorge Luján, Groundwood Books

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Spanish Cipariso, Marta Sanmamed; Sonja Wimmer, Cuento de Luz 

La Pequeña Amelia se Hace Mayor, Elisenda Roca; Illustrator: Paula Bonet, Combel Editorial Mariama: Diferente pero Igual, Jerónimo Cornelles/ Nívola Uyá, Cuento de Luz 

Best Children’s Nonfiction Picture Book – English Boy Zorro and the Bully, Kat Aragon, Lectura Books 

Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams 

Tuesday Tucks Me In, Luis Carlos Montalván, Roaring Book Press 

Best Children’s Nonfiction Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual Conoce a Gabriel García Márquez, Mónica Brown, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Conoce a Pablo Picasso, Mónica Brown, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

¡Mira qué Artista! Pablo Picasso, Patricia Geis, Combel Editorial 

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book – English Endeavour’s Long Journey, John D. Olivas, East  West Discovery Press 

Fun and Fruit, María Teresa Barahona/ Edie Pijpers, Cuento de Luz 

Tuesday Tucks Me In, Luis Carlos Montalván with Bret Witter, Roaring Book Press 

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book Grandfather Ratoncito Pérez and the Apprentice Tooth Fairy, Virginia Walton Pilegard, Goat Mountain Books

Howl of the Mission Owl | El Ulular de la Lechuza, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing 

Look How Lovely! | ¡Mira qué Lindo!, Marti Skarupa, Marti Skarupa
Best Educational Children’s Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual ¡Esto es Mío!, Elisenda Roca; Illustrator: Cristina Losantos, Editorial Bambu 

¡Gracias!, Blas Miras & Virginia García, Dylan Ediciones 

¡Por Favor!, Blas Miras & Virginia García, Dylan Ediciones Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book – English Tuesday Tucks Me In, Luis Carlos Montalván, Roaring Book Press
Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual El Faro de las Almas, Ariel André Almada/ Zuzanna Celej, Cuento de Luz 

How Chile Came to Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya, Rio Grande Books 

Lalo Loves to Help, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing 

Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book Letters from Heaven, Lydia Gil, Arte Publico Press 

Whiskers, Tails & Wings, Judy Goldman, Charlesbridge 

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book Ambassador, William Alexander, Simon & Schuster Caminar, Skila Brown, Candlewick Press 

Los pájaros no tienen fronteras, Edna Iturralde, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Best Educational Youth Chapter Book El Secreto de su Nombre, Rosana Acquaroni, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Enfrentando el Bullying, María Villegas; Illustrator: Iván Chacón, Villegas Editores 

Most Inspirational Youth Chapter Book De Aquí para Allá: Cuentos Sobre Inmigrantes, Claudia Yelin, Everest, S.A., Editorial 

Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book – English Island of Dreams, Jasminne Mendez, Floricanto Press The 16 Rule, Evelyn Gonzalez, Friesen Press 

Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book – Spanish or Bilingual Micaela, Adalucía, Cholita Prints and Publishing Company The Adventures of Noldo and his Magical Scooter on The March with The St. Patrick’s Battalion, Armando Rendón, Starry Night Publishing 

Best Young Adult Fiction Book – English I Lived on Butterfly Hill, Marjorie Agosín, Simon & Schuster 

Poli: A Mexican Boy in Early Texas, Jay Neugeboren, Texas Tech University Press 

Silver People, Voices From the Panama Canal, Margarita Engle, Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt 

The Illuminated Forest, Edwin Fontánez, Exit Studio Publishing Co. 

The Living, Matt de la Peña, Random House Children’s Books 

The Secret Side of Empty, María E. Andreu, Running Press 

Best Young Adult Fiction Book – Spanish or Bilingual Micaela, Adalucía, Cholita Prints and Publishing Company 

No es Invisible, Marcus Sedgwick, Editorial Bambu 

Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book Kalimán en Jericó, Ángel Burgas, Editorial Bambu 

Best Educational Young Adult Book Barrio Writers: Empowering Teens Through Creative Writing, 5th Edition, Multiple Youth Authors; Project Editor: Sarah Rafael García, Lincoln Book Publishers 

Micaela, Adalucía, Cholita Prints and Publishing Company 

Most Inspirational Young Adult Book Dream to Achieve, Joseph Gutiz, New Trends Press The Sparrow and The Frog | El Gorrión y La Rana, Jerry Gómez Shor Jr., Jerry Gómez Shor 

Best Book Written by a Youth De Donde Vengo Yo, Students of Christ the King Elementary School, Creative Ink Publishing, Inc. 

B NONFICTION AWARDS Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Blood in the Fields, Julia Reynolds, Chicago Review Press 

Dragons in the Land of the Condor, Ignacio López-Calvo, University of Arizona Press 

Inheritance Discovering the Richness of the Latino Culture and Family, Lorena Garza Gonzalez, Urban Strategies Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto, Cecilia M. Fernandez, Beating Windward Press 

Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother, Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, University of Arizona Press 

Things We Don’t Talk About, Daniel A. Olivas, San Diego State University Press 

With a Book in their Hands: Chicano/a Readers and Readerships Across the Centuries, Manuel Martin-Rodriguez, Editor, University of New Mexico Press 

Most Inspirational Nonfiction Book – English A Turquoise Life: One Woman’s Triumphant Journey, Diann Kissell & Kathy Bird, Dog Ear Publishing 

Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto, Cecilia M. Fernandez, Beating Windward Press 

Revenge of a Catholic Schoolboy, Victor Villaseñor, Waterfront Digital Press 

The Universal Tone, Carlos Santana, Little, Brown & Company 

Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, Jennifer De Leon, Editor, The University of Nebraska Press

Most Inspirational Nonfiction Book – Spanish or Bilingual Creando Puentes de Comprension, Lucía De García, Xlibris 

Mis 15 Abuelas, Genie Milgrom, Create Space Independent Publishing 

Un Milagro de Dios en las Manos de una Madre, Catalina Prieto, CBH Books 

Best Autobiography By A Well Known Person The Beat of My Own Drum, Sheila E. with Wendy Holden, Atria Books 

The Universal Tone, Carlos Santana, Little, Brown & Company 

Best Biography – English A Century of Pachangas, Betty Serra, Floricanto Press

Beach Mexican; Assimilation & Identity In Redondo Beach, Alex Moreno Areyan, The History Press Journey Beneath My Skin, La Palabra, 2D House Publishing 

La Belle Créole, Alina García-Lapuerta, Chicago Review Press 

Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto, Cecilia M. Fernandez, Beating Windward Press S 

Street Rising, Ruben Castaneda, Bloomsbury Publishing 

Shattered Paradise: Memoirs of A Nicaraguan War Child, Ileana Araguti, New Trends Press 

The Prince of Los Cocuyos, Richard Blanco, HarperCollins Publishers 

Best Biography – Spanish or Bilingual Confidencias a Mis Hijos y a Mis Nietos, Alfonso Dávila Ortiz, Villegas Editores Jean Voilier, Cuando el sol reposa en el abismo, Célia Bertin, Vaso Roto Ediciones 

Una Gesta Admirable: Vida y Obra de Don Hernando Caicedo, Adriana Llano Restrepo; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

Best History Book – English From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front, Elizabeth R. Escobedo, University of North Carolina Press 

Helen Miller Bailey, Rita Joiner Soza, Xlibris 

Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community and Identity in San Francisco, Tomás F. Summers Sandoval Jr., University of North Carolina Press 

Revolutionary Cuba: A History, Luis Martínez-Fernández, University Press of Florida 

The Ghosts of Hero Street, Carlos Harrison, Berkley Caliber 

Best History Book – Spanish or Bilingual Bernalillo: Yesterday’s Sunshine Today’s Shadows, Nasario García, Rio Grande Books 

El Gimnasio Moderno en la Vida Colombiana, 1914 - 2014, Gonzalo Mallarino Botero & Gonzalo Mallarino Florez, Villegas Editores 

Best Political/Current Affairs Book America! Don’t You Know Me? I’m Your Native Son: Geronimo, Carlos Melendrez, Starry Night Publishing 

Shattered Paradise: Memoirs of A Nicaraguan War Child, Ileana Araguti, New Trends Press The Dangerous Divide, Peter Eichstaedt, Chicago Review Press 

Best Business Book C.I. Jeans, Adriana Llano Restrepo; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

Cerro Matoso: 30 años Creciendo Junto a Colombia, Adriana Llano Restrepo; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

Mirando los Negocios al Revés, Jorge l. Boza Olivari, Irresistible Publishing House 

Best Arts Book – English Luis Cruz Azaceta, Alejandro Anreus, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center View From The Pier, Herman Sillas, WPR Publishing  

Best Arts Book – Spanish or Bilingual
Árboles de Tamoanchan, Daniel Lezama, Vaso Roto Ediciones Luis Roldán, Carolina Ponce De León; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores Unveiling Motion and Emotion, Anabella Lenzu, Anabella Lenzu 

Best Gift Book Parques Naturales de Colombia, Julia Miranda; Artist: Andrea Vélez, Villegas Editores 

The Beauty of Being a Woman, Rosie Ochoa, Dancing Dandelians by Createspace 

View From The Pier, Herman Sillas, WPR Publishing 

Best Cookbook Sabores Yucatecos: Un Recorrido Culinario a Yucatán, Gilberto Cetina, Katharine A. Díaz, & Gilberto Cetina, Jr., WPR Publishing 

Best Reference Book Detalles Maestros: Manual de Dibujo, Procedimientos y Detalles, Carlos Alfonso Cubillos, Villegas Editores 

How I Found my 15 Grandmothers, Genie Milgrom, Create Space Independent Publishing Monologues for Latino/a Actors: A Resource Guide to the Contemporary Latino/a Playwrights for Actors and Teachers, Micha Espinosa, Editor, Smith and Kraus 

Best Health Book Diabetes Sin Problemas, Frank Suárez, Metabolic Press 

Best Parenting/Family Book Querido Papá, Alicia Araujo-Elatassi, Be Bookhouse 

Tu Guía Esencial para Manejar la Casa y la Familia de Hoy: La Jefa de la Casa, Claudia Caporal, Penguin Group 

Best Women’s Issues Book Birth of a New J: A Cathartic Memoir, Julie Guardado, Create Space Independent Publishing 

Tu Guía Esencial para Manejar la Casa y la Familia de Hoy: La Jefa de la Casa, Claudia Caporal, Penguin Group 

Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, Jennifer De Leon, Editor, The University of Nebraska Press 

Best Religious Book El vino del místico: El Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam, Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship 

Francisco: Canto de una Criatura, Alda Merini, Vaso Roto Ediciones 

Regresar a Jesús de Nazaret, Rafael Luciani, PPC, Editorial y Distribuidora, S.A. 

Revenge of a Catholic Schoolboy, Victor Villaseñor, Waterfront Digital Press 

Best Travel Book Colombia Horizontes, Photographer: Felipe Luque; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

Best Sports/Recreation Book James: En la Cima del Mundo, Jorge Barraza, Ediciones B. Colombia 

Best Nonfiction - Multi-Author Hotel Mariachi: Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles, Catherine Kurland, Enrique Lamadrid, University of New Mexico Press 

Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homeland, Spencer Herrera, Levi Romero, & Robert Kaiser, University of New Mexico Press 

Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, Jennifer De Leon, Editor, The University of Nebraska Press 

Best Graphic NonFiction Book A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States, Ilan Stavans; Illustrator: Lalo Alcaraz, Basic Books 

C FICTION AWARDS 

Best Latino Focused Fiction Book – English A Falling Star, Chantel Acevedo, Carolina Wren Press 

Raw Man, Fred Rivera, A Word With You Press 

The Book of Unknown Americans, Cristina Henríquez, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing 

The City of Palaces, Michael Nava, Terrace Books 

The Deportation of Wopper Barraza, Maceo Montoya, University of New Mexico Press

Best Latino Focused Fiction Book – Spanish or Bilingual !A Estudiar, Carajo!, Ana María González, Editorial Santuario 

El sendero de las guerillas, Martín Balarezo García, Gematext, Inc. 

Revancha en Los Angeles, Alicia Alarcón, Mio House Publishing Trasfondos, Fernando Olszanski & José Castro Urioste, Ars Communis Editorial 

Most Inspirational Fiction Book En El Umbral De Tu Voz, Dalia Stella González, Terranova Editores Remedy for a Broken Angel, Toni Ann Johnson, Nortia Press Un Buen Hijo de P, Ismael Cala, Random House; Vintage Español 

Best Popular Fiction – English 

Finder of Lost Objects, Susie Hara, Ithuriel’s Spear

The Book of I, Jorge Armenteros, Jaded Ibis Press

The King and Queen of Comezón, Denise Chávez, University of Oklahoma Press

Best Popular Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual 

Adicta, Zane, Atria Books 

Detránsito, Martha B. Bátiz Zuk, Terranova Editores

La casa en que vivo no tiene dirección, Hugo Rodríguez Díaz, País Invisible-editores

Tras esas gafas de sol, María Bird Picó, Publicaciones Te Pienso  

Best Novel - Adventure or Drama – English Lili of Peru, David C. Edmonds, Peace Corps Writers Parisian Promises, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing Steven Isn’t Normal, Marco A. Vasquez, Floricanto Press The Awakening of Miss Prim, Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera, Atria Books 

The Schwarzchild Radius, Gustavo Florentin, Curiosity Quills Press 

Best Novel - Adventure or Drama – Spanish or Bilingual Casi Siempre Fue Abril, Hiram Martinez, Ediciones Hache 

Silente El sendero de las guerillas, Martín Balarezo García, Gematext, Inc.

Best Novel - Historical Fiction – English Dying Freedom, Insurrection 1810, Rubén Acosta Vallejo, Palibrio Legends of the Californios, Raquel Perez, Outskirts Press Parisian Promises, Cecilia Velástegui, Libros Publishing  

The City of Palaces, Michael Nava, Terrace Books 

Best Novel - Historical Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual 

Misión Olvido, María Dueñas, Atria Books

No Habrá Primavera en Abril, Luis Alejandro Polanco, Pasadizo Santa María del Diablo, Gustavo Arango, Ediciones B. Colombia 

Best Novel - Mystery 

Battle for a Soul, Manuel A. Meléndez, Aignos Publishing, Inc. 

Night of the Jaguar, Joe Gannon, Minotaur Books; St. Martin’s Press Ripper, Isabel Allende, HarperCollins Publishers 

The Schwarzchild Radius, Gustavo Florentin, Curiosity Quills Press 

Best Novel - Fantasy/Sci-Fi
A Taste of Honey, Rocky Barilla, Rosquete Press 

Adelitas’s Secret, Christopher Cloud, Christopher Cloud 

Born in the Wayeb: Book One of the Mayan Chronicles, Lee. E. Cart, Ek’ Balam Press 

Rise of the Black Rose, Land of Enchantment Trilogy #3, Belinda Vasquez Garcia, Magic Prose 

Best Novel - Romance Born To Sing, Donna Del Oro, Extasy Books 

Desert Heat, Elizabeth Reyes, Atria Books

Best Poetry Book - One Author – English Comprehending Forever, Rich Villar, Aquarius Press The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, Willie Perdomo, Penguin Group (USA) 

The Small Claim of Bones, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Bilingual Press/ Editorial Bilingüe

Best Poetry Book - One Author – Bilingual
Así Habló Penélope, Tino Villanueva, Universidad de Alcalá, Instituto Franklin Decreación, Anne Carson, Vaso Roto Ediciones Sagrada Familia, Johanny Vázquez-Paz, Isla Negra Editores

Best Poetry Book - One Author – Spanish De Mariposas y Mantis, Silvia Siller; Illustrator: Carmen Elena Trigueros, URPI Editores 

Poesía eres tú, F. Isabel Campoy, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Soles Manchados, Pilar Vélez, Snow Fountain Press 

Syllables of Wind | Sílabas de Viento, Xánath Caraza, Mammoth Publications 

Best Poetry Book - Multi-Author Goodbye, Mexico, Sarah Cortez, Texas Review Press 

La Doble Sombra, Antonio Tello y José Di Marco, Vaso Roto Ediciones 

Best Fiction - Multi-Author Trasfondos, Fernando Olszanski & José Castro Urioste, Ars Communis Editorial

D EBOOKS & AUDIO AWARDS

Best Young Adult eBook De Aquí para Allá: Cuentos Sobre Inmigrantes, Claudia Yelin, Everest, S.A., Editorial Who’s  Ju?, Dania Ramos, Northampton House Press 

Best eBook - Nonfiction Birth of a New J: A Cathartic Memoir, Julie Guardado, Create Space Independent Publishing Raising Bilingual Children, Maritere Rodriguez Bellas, Atria Books Volver a Ser Feliz, Patricia Gaviria, Moviendo Energias 

E PORTUGUESE AWARDS

 Best Book - Fiction in Portuguese (Originally in Portuguese) A Segunda Vinda De Cristo à Terra, João Cerqueira, Estaçaõ Imaginária 

Once Upon a Time in Rio, Francisco Azevedo, Atria Books 

Best Children’s Picture Book in Portuguese (Originally in another language) Dance Recital, Jill Barletti, Snowflake Stories, LLC Maria and the Lost Calf, Kate Morejohn; Illustrated: Dwight Morejohn, Portuguese Heritage Publications of California, Inc 

Best Book – Nonfiction in Portuguese (Originally in another language) Intuição: Orientação da Alma para as Decisões de Vida, Sri Daya Mata, Self-Realization Fellowship Jornada para a autorrealização, Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship Tracks in the Amazon, Gary Neeleman & Rose Neeleman, University of Utah Press 

F DESIGN AWARDS

Best Latino Focused Book Design How Chile Came to Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya; Designer: Nicolas Otoro, Rio Grande Books 

Sabores Yucatecos: Un Recorrido Culinario a Yucatán, Gilberto Cetina, Katharine A. Díaz, & Gilberto Cetina, Jr.; Illustrator: David Mir, WPR Publishing 

Best Cover Design Ciencias Naturales: Imágenes de Flora y Fauna, Fabio Ramírez, S.J.; Photographer: Andrés Mauricio López, Villegas Editores 

Las flores del mal, Charles Baudelaire; Photographer, Victor Ramírez y Fiona Morrison, Vaso Roto Ediciones 

Best Cover Illustration Micaela, Adalucía, Cholita Prints and Publishing Company View From The Pier, Herman Sillas, WPR Publishing 

Best Cover Photo Colombia Horizontes, Photographer: Felipe Luque; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores Dream to Achieve, Joseph Gutiz, New Trends Press 

Inheritance Discovering the Richness of the Latino Culture and Family, Lorena Garza Gonzalez, Urban Strategies 

Best Interior Design Fotografía en Antioquia, Jaime Osorio Gómez; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

How Chile Came to Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya; Designer: Nicolas Otoro, Rio Grande Books 

Poesía eres tú, F. Isabel Campoy; Designer: Jaqueline Rivera/ Grafi(k)a LLC, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

Best Use of Photos Inside the Book Parques Naturales de Colombia, Julia Miranda; Designer: Benjamín Villegas, Villegas Editores 

Best Use of Illustrations Inside the Book Ciencias Naturales: Imágenes de Flora y Fauna, Fabio Ramírez, S.J. & Juan David Giraldo; Photographer: Andrés Mauricio López, Villegas Editores 

How Chile Came to Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya; Designer: Nicolas Otoro, Rio Grande Books 

G TRANSLATION AWARDS 

Best Children’s Picture Book Translation - Spanish to English Avian Kingdom Feathered: Neither Night nor Day, Karen Chacek, Translator: Sonia Verjovsky, TechStudios, LL 

Best Children’s Picture Book Translation - English to Spanish Conoce a Gabriel García Márquez, Mónica Brown/ Translator: Isabel C. Mendoza, Santillana USA Publishing Company 

El Gato Ensombrerado, Dr. Seuss; Translator: Georgina Lazaro and Teresa Maiwer, Random House Books for Young Readers 

Secretos en la Nieve, Virginia Kroll/ Nívola Uyá; Translator: Jimena Licitra, Cuento de Luz 

Best Nonfiction Book Translation - English to Spanish Decreación, Anne Carson; Translator: Jeannette L. Clariond, Vaso Roto Ediciones 

El vino del místico: El Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam, Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship Sabores Yucatecos: Un recorrido culinario a Yucatán, Gilberto Cetina, Katharine A. Díaz, & Gilberto Cetina, Jr.; Translator: Marissa Marrufo, WPR Publishing 

Best Fiction Book Translation - Spanish to English The Heart Has Its Reasons, María Dueñas, Atria Books 

Best Fiction Book Translation - English to Spanish Así Habló Penélope, Tino Villanueva; Translator: Nuria Brufau Alvira, Universidad de Alcalá, Instituto Franklin 

H THE MARIPOSA AWARDS 

Best First Book - Children & Youth – English Endeavour’s Long Journey, John D. Olivas, East West Discovery Press 

The Legend of the Colombian Mermaid, Janet Balletta, WRB Publishing 

The Wild Chihuahuas of Mexico, Traude Gomez Rhine, Tampico Press Books 

Who’s  Ju?, Dania Ramos, Northampton House Press 

Best First Book - Children & Youth – Spanish or Bilingual La Flor Mágica, Emanuel Franco, La Pereza Ediciones 

Los Cuentos para Soñar de mi Nana Luna, Nora Girón-Dolce,  Nora Glizon 

Best First Book - Nonfiction – English Raising Bilingual Children, Maritere Rodriguez Bellas, Atria 

Books The Beat of My Own Heart, Sheila E. with Wendy Holden, Atria Books 

The Flesh-and-Blood Aesthetics of Alejandro Morales, Marc García-Martínez, The San Diego State University 

View From The Pier, Herman Sillas, WPR Publishing 

Best First Book - Fiction – English
Covering the Sun with My Hand, Theresa Varela, Aignos Publishing, Inc. 

Divine Sight, Eduarda Amondragon, Create Space Independent Publishing Raw Man, Fred Rivera, A Word With You Press The 16 Rule, Evelyn Gonzalez, Friesen Press 

Best First Book - Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual Coleccionista de Almas, Bertha Jacobson, Bertha Jacobson 

En El Umbral De Tu Voz, Dalia Stella González, Terranova Editores 

La casa en que vivo no tiene dirección, Hugo Rodríguez Díaz, País Invisible-editores 

Tras esas gafas de sol, María Bird Picó, Publicaciones Te Pienso

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Upcoming Cuba Events at the Bildner Center

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 made many promises, but if they could be condensed into one formulation it would be the promise of "a future.” All Cubans would join in the march forward in time to a socialist future of equality and communal prosperity. To be sure, the first thirty years of the revolution followed a twisting path rather than an expressway toward that future. However, the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent withdrawal of Cuba’s economic safety net from its communist allies created a crisis beyond extreme material hardship. The so called Special Period fomented a crisis in the nature of revolutionary time.

ECONOMIC CONTEXT: "Cuba's Economic Adjustment in the early 90s"
Mario González-Corzo, Lehman College, CUNY

"Contact Zones: Cuban Art and Institutions under the Special Period"
Ernesto Menéndez-Conde, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Dr. Menéndez-Conde will discuss the ‘contact zones’ between artists and institutions during the Special period, focusing on three main challenges faced by Cuban artists: 1) The problem of the social function or art, an unresolved conflict posited by young artists in their confrontations with institutions during the late eighties; 2) the need for finding a space in the international art market; and 3) the need of conciliating new artistic trends and contemporary aesthetic debates within the new context of economic crisis and widespread skepticism towards both the future of socialism and the historical leadership of the Cuban Revolution.

"Cuestionando la utopía"
Iliana Cepero, New York University

Dr. Cepero will approach the documentary and conceptual photographic practices of 1990s Cuba through the work of Ramón Pacheco, Cristóbal Herrera, Ricardo G. Elías, Carlos Garaicoa, Manuel Piña, among others. Cuban photographers of those years used the camera as a critical tool to document the malaise of the society at the time, pervaded by scarcity, hopelessness and isolation. They foregrounded social issues that have been considered taboo in previous decades, such as poverty, racism, and migration. The urban landscape was approached as an archaeological ruin that expressed the conflict between political failure and architectural utopia. Photographic images from the Special Period also set to deconstruct post-revolutionary national history through the questioning of the photographic tradition of the so-called epic photography of the 1960s.

Moderator: Ana María Hernández, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Mario A. González-Corzo (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Lehman College, CUNY. His research interests and areas of specialization include Cuba’s post-Soviet economic developments, the role of remittances in the Cuban economy, and Cuba’s banking and agricultural sectors.

Ernesto Menéndez-Conde (Ph.D., Duke University) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at LaGuardia Community College. He is the Editor in Chief of ArtExperience:NYC, an online art magazine. His areas of research are related to contemporary Cuban art, aesthetic ideologies, and theories of the image. He has published in journals and magazines in New York City, Spain, Havana, and Miami.

Iliana Cepero (Ph.D., Stanford University) is a Cuban art historian, curator, and art critic. Her dissertation on visual propaganda in Argentina under Peronism (1946-1955) was awarded in 2012 with the Fifth Annual Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Photography Research from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her professional career includes curatorial work at the Fototeca de Cuba and at the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. She was also assistant curator of the Montreal Biennal in 2007, and co-curated the exhibition "Cuba: Art and History. From 1868 to today" held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2008. She has written and lectured extensively on Cuban art and photography. She has taught courses on Latin American art and photography at the New School, Hunter College, and NYU.
 
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Update on the Cuban Economy and US-Cuba Relations

SAVE THE DATE:  Monday, June 1, 2015

The one-day colloquium organized by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies features specialists from the University of Havana, CUNY, and other academic institutions. Themes: Update on Cuban reforms; impact of shifts in US-Cuba relations, public sector reform, local development and decentralization, cooperatives and self-employment, agricultural, currency issues.

Registration is required.

TO REGISTER send an e-mail to bildner@gc.cuny.edu.