Uptown Literati

A Podcast “book” search on iTunes yields results like NYtimes.com Book Review, World Book Club from the BBC and Book Tour from NPR; and although these Podcasts include some episodes where international authors are featured, Latino or Latin American literature is rarely discussed on these programs.

Latino literature buffs looking for a place with reviews, interviews [...]

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States. Their savory food and upbeat music is unavoidable wherever you go; but despite their visibility, Latinos don’t tend to make the Book section of The New York Times. Regardless of the media attention Latinos receive, there is a distinct Hispanic-American literary movement, and –I think it [...]