LAS COMADRES PARA LAS AMERICAS LAUNCHES COMADRE AUTHORS BOOK LIST

   

June 1, 2024

 

Las Comadres Para Las Americas  launches Comadre Authors Book List.  

This list feature books from Authors who are members of Las Comadres, in all genres.  

* designates debut author.

 

 

JANUARY

 

*PERSEVERANCE: The Bridge to a Latina Mother's Dream by Iris V. Fernández (NY) – a personal memoir of a Latina teen mom and high school dropout juggling motherhood, nursing school and life.  Published by Rosales Mavericks Publishing Studio. Visit her at www.irislablanca.com.

 

WHERE AM I FROM by Dr. Melba Salazar-Lucio (TX) – a personal memoir available in English and Spanish. She doesn’t have a website, but you can find her on Facebook.  (book cover not available)

 

 

 FEBRUARY

 

*AVICI SAGGA by Mary Romasanta (TX) – a psychological thriller about a woman fighting personal demons trapped in waking nightmares published by Sagga Publishing House. Visit her at www.maryromasanta.com.

 

*GRACIE LEARNS HUEVOS by Grace Ibanez Friedman (FL) – a children’s book about four-year old Gracie who only speaks Spanish enrolled in an English school. Book published by Archway Publishing.

 

 

      MARCH

 

*Duty Calls: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service by Dr. Antonia Coello Novello (CO) – is a memoir of the first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General published by Fulcrum Publishing.

 

PROPHECY OF MY UNDOING by Amparo Garcia-Crow (TX) – it’s a memoir published by BioGraph. Visit her at www.amparogarciacrow.com.

 

 

APRIL

 

*THE MERCHANT OF VENUS: THE LIFE OF WALTER THORNTON by Nancy Navarro (TX) – a loving memoir of her father, a famous model and Hollywood agent in the 1920s. Published by Tile House Publishing. Visit her website:  www.themerchantofvenus.com.

 

 

    MAY

 

*HURDLES IN THE DARK by Elvira K. Gonzalez (CA) – a young adult memoir, a story of survival, resilience and triumph published by Macmillian  Roaring Brook Press. Also available as an audiobook.  Visit her website at www.elvirakgonzalez.com.

 

¡Ojalá! Wishes in the Wind by Jennese Alicia Torres (PA) – a children’s book about two sisters trying to figure out how their Grandma seems to have Wifi powers.  Published by La Diva Latina. Visit her at www.ladivalatina.com.

 

 

  

 

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AUTHORS! 

 

REGISTER NOW! CELEBRATING OUR AFRO LATINA IDENTITY -- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 8pm ET, via zoom

 

Join Las Comadres Para Las Americas and Latinx in Publishing in 

Celebrating Our Afro Latina Identity  

during Black History Month!

Our panelists include amazing Afro Latinas in Academia, Literature, Poetry, Art and Culture.

Date:                  Thursday, February 16

Time:                 8:00pm ET   (7pm CT, 6pm MT, 5pm PT, 9pm PR)

Location:          Zoom (Virtual)

Register HERE to receive the zoom link for Thursday, February 16, 8pm ET.

(If the link doesn’t work, email us at info@lascomadres.com.)

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PANELISTS

Carmen Bardeguez-Brown is a poet, a writer, a teacher, a traveler.  Carmen was a teacher and principal with the New York City Board of Education, as well as Co-Founder and Former High School Principal of School for Excellence Education of Morris Campus Educational Farm Inc. She is the author of FOR THE LOVE OF COOKING: CHEF TAO, A MEMOIR, and her poetry has appeared in several anthologies including ¡MANTECA! An Anthology of Afro-Latino Poets. In 2019, Carmen was vacationing in Thailand when the COVID pandemic prevented her from returning home, she decided to settle in and work on her writing. She still is.  Learn more about Carmen at https://cbbpoetry.wordpress.com/.

Raesha Cartagena is President of PRIDA, the Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts. Their mission is to promote and provide support for Puerto Rican artists.  Raesha is also a Public Relations Specialist at FortuneTimes Group.  Visit PRIDA at www.prida.org.

Jackie Melendez (Moderator) is the New Jersey Comadres Network Co-Facilitator, and Social Media Specialist for Las Comadres Para Las Americas. Visit Las Comadres at www.lascomadres.com.

Ivelisse Rodriguez’ debut short story collection, LOVE WAR STORIES, was a 2019 PEN/Faulkner finalist and a 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES Finalist. Ivelisse is a contributing arts editor for the Boston Review, where she acquires fiction. She is a 2022 Letras Boricuas Fellow, a Tanne Foundation award winner, a Kimbilio Fellow, and a VONA/ Voices alum.  Learn more about her at www.ivelisserodriguez.com.

 

Jennese Alicia Torres, Esq., is a New York licensed attorney, admitted to the US Supreme Court, graduate of Howard University School of Law. She is also an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, mentor, community organizer, and mother. Her semi-autobiographical children's books began with her memoir, I AM MY GRANDMOTHER’S DAUGHTER.  Learn more about Jennese at http://LaDivaLatina.com/ and follow her on Facebook @Ladivalatina.

 

 Learn more about Las Comadres Para Las Americas at www.lascomadres.com.

 Learn more about Latinx in Publishing at www.latinxinpublishing.com.