{"id":5084777,"date":"2016-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/2017-top-ten-list-of-latino-authors-to-watch-and-read\/"},"modified":"2016-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T05:00:00","slug":"2017-top-ten-list-of-latino-authors-to-watch-and-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2016\/12\/16\/2017-top-ten-list-of-latino-authors-to-watch-and-read\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Top Ten List Of Latino Authors To Watch (And Read)"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nJose B. Gonzalez\/Special to CTLatinoNews.com
\nWith the oldest tradition of picking Latino literary talent in the U.S., LatinoStories.Com is proud to announce 2017\u2019s list of Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch (and Read).\u00a0LatinoStories has been and advocate for Latino literature for since 2005.\u00a0 Founded by Jose B. Gonzalez, the author of the new poetry collection, Toys Made of Rock<\/em>, it has been featured on national television and has been hailed by such authors as Junot Diaz, as “Exactly what the community has been looking for.” <\/span>
\n\u00a0CTLatinoNews.com is once again proud to share this list and highlight Latino authors.<\/span>
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\n1. Amalia Ortiz has been on the spoken word scene for years. HBO’s Def Poetry highlighted her talent, while her poetry collection, Rant. Chant. Chisme<\/em>., demonstrates why she has a strong following.<\/span>
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\n2. Yesenia Montilla’s The Pink Box<\/em> tackles serious and timely themes in a sometimes jazzy, always musical style.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n3. Harrison Candelaria Fletcher’s Presentamiento: A Life in Dreams<\/em> is written so masterfully that it leaves the reader pleasantly dizzy and wanting more.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n4.\u00a0 Gabby Rivera shows off her writing skills in Juliet Takes a Breath<\/em>, an inspirational debut coming-of-age tale that covers LGBTQ as well as educational themes for all youth. <\/span>
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\n5. Isabel Quintero’s young adult novel, Gabi, A Girl in Pieces<\/em> is not afraid of tackling tough subjects and realistic characters that tell it like it is.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n6.\u00a0 Lorenzo Pablo Martinez gives us an enlightening and touching look at <\/span>the Peter Pan program in Cuba Adios: A Young Man’s Journey of Freedom<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n7. Bryan Allen Fierro’s Dodger Blue Will Fill Your Soul<\/em> is written so masterfully that you will think it’s not a debut collection.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n8. Carolina Ebeid’s lyrics dazzle in You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior<\/em>, a debut collection of poems that is sure to establish her as someone to listen to for years to come.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n9.\u00a0 Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is creating a lot of buzz with her debut poetry collection, Posada: Offerings of Witness and<\/em> Refuge<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span>
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\n10.Celeste Leon’s Luck is Just the Beginning<\/em> is just the beginning for this author whose story about a lottery winner is a literary roller coaster.<\/span>
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\nJose B. Gonzalez <\/a> \u00a0is the author of the poetry collection, Toys Made of Rock<\/a>.\u00a0He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, and immigrated to New London, Connecticut at the age of eight. A 2012 Fulbright Scholar to Spain, he has been the recipient of such honors as the 2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Outstanding Latino Faculty of the Year Award, Connecticut’s Higher Education Multicultural Faculty of the Year Award and has published poetry in such journals as Callaloo<\/a>, The Teacher’s Voice<\/a>, Palabra<\/a>, Acentos Review, Calabash and Colere, and anthologies including Coloring Book, Nantucket: A Collection, and Latino Boom<\/a>: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, which he also co-edited.\u00a0 His work was most recently included in a special edition of OCHO featuring Latino poets.\u00a0He was the recipient of the 2006 Poet of the<\/em> Year Award presented by the New England Association of Teachers of English.\u00a0 In addition,<\/em> he has contributed critical and nonfiction essays to such journals as New England Quarterly and to National Public Radio.\u00a0He has been featured in the nationally syndicated show, American Latino TV, as well as Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. <\/em>
\nJose infuses his presentations with a mix of poetry, humor, and social commentary. He holds a Master\u2019s in Teaching in English from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island.\u00a0 He has presented at various conferences, schools and colleges such as Cornell University, Yale University, Harvard University, Wright State University, University of Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut College, Boston College, and he has been keynote speaker for a number of Hispanic Heritage Month events. For information on scheduling him for a speaking engagement, e-mail: jgonzalez@latinostories.com.\u00a0<\/em>
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