Turning the past into history is always fun. The effort isn’t a summation of what occurred at a particular time but what we think happened. In other words, the act of writing history is nothing more than interpretation. Making that interpretation appealing to readers is the dream of any historian. And even when the target [...]
D.H. Figueredo, author of  the Latino Chronology and the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature, among other titles, recently delivered the following keynote addess to the Joint REFORMA Northeast Mini-Conference at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City.Â
It would be pretentious of me to speak of myself as a writer. I have been blessed that I have published 11 books, [...]
Greenwood’s Latino Chronology, written by Latino American Experience Advisory Board member D.H. Figueredo, has been named a New York Library Association Best Reference for 2007. The 170-page Chronology serves as the basis for LAE’s Timeline feature. Below librarian and scholar D.H. Figueredo shares his thoughts on receiving this prestigious award for the second time. (He [...]
In a wide-ranging discussion, Latino American Experience Advisory Editor and En mi opinion host Ilan Stavans shared his thoughts on the immigration debate, Spanglish, and the digital divide with LAE Editorial Manager Lisa Pierce. You can read the entire transcript below or listen to all of the audio by clicking on the link below:
Interview with [...]
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