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Las Musas Is a Collective Helping Women & Nonbinary Authors Navigate the Publishing Industry

Saraciea Fennell — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:30:37 +0000

For Latinx authors, and other writers of color, navigating the publishing industry can feel impossible. Not only do they not get to tell their own stories, but if they break into the field, they don’t always have the help they need and deserve. “The publishing industry is difficult to get into,” says Hilda Eunice Burgos,

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Gabby Rivera, Mark Oshiro & Adam Silvera On Navigating Publishing Industry While Queer & Latinx

Saraciea Fennell — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0000

June marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – a series of sporadic demonstrations by the LGBTQ community against police that took place on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. Many credit the riots with igniting the LGBTQ movement, and while this community has seen many

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12 Latina Authors You Should Be Reading Right Now

Saraciea Fennell — Thu, 31 May 2018 17:51:53 +0000

If you’re an avid reader like me, then you’re always searching for the next book to read or writer to follow. So if you’ve already worked your way through Sandra Cisneros and Isabel Allende, I’m here to introduce you to a few of the other Latina writers who have changed the game in the last

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8 Groundbreaking Garifuna Figures You Should Know

Saraciea Fennell — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:54:11 +0000

Garifuna is both a language (a dialect) and a group of people. The Garinagu – the plural form of Garifuna – are indigenous, mixed-race descendants of West African, Island Carib, and Arawak people. In 1635, escaped and shipwrecked Africans found refuge on the island of Saint Vincent and intermarried with the Island Caribs and the

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8 Pioneering Latinas Who Made Important Contributions to US History

Saraciea Fennell — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:16:53 +0000

What started off as a day to highlight women’s contributions to history on February 29, 1909 has evolved into a month-long event. Since 1987, March has designated Women’s History Month in the United States. The Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event – which was a weeklong celebration at the time –

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