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International Latino Book Awards - Los Angeles |
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After my stint as the presenter of the Non-Fiction English category, I was elated and surprised to be called back to the stage to receive the award for best novel (adventure or drama) at the International Latino Book Awards. MORE |
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Left to right: Mary Andrade, author of Day of the Dead, A Passion for Life; Ruben Ruiz, author of The Richest Latino in America; Dr. Jesus Nieto, Vice President of Latino Literacy Now; Jaime Martinez Wood, author of Latino Writers and Journalists; Raul Ramos y Sanchez, author of America Libre; Marla Norman, HarperCollins Publishers; Dennis Hernandez, President of Latino Literacy Now; Gary Urda, Atria Books. MORE |
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Two winning authors at the International Latino Book Awards made it a good day for the Castiglia Literary Agency. From left to right: my agent, Sally van Haitsma; agency founder Julie Castiglia; author Jamie Martinez Wood; and a street person being kept under surveillance by the LAPD squad car in the distance. MORE |
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Book
Signing at Libreria Martinez - Los Angeles |
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October 9th, 2007 I was honored to take part in a book
signing at Libreria Martinez, a landmark SoCal bookstore
owned by MacArthur genius grant recipient Rueben
Martinez. MORE
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mom, who came to Los Angeles for the event, received
a warm welcome from our gracious host, Rueben Martinez.
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the festivities are Veronica Jacuinde of La Luz Public
Relations; my agent, Sally van Haitsma; and my sister,
Ronda Broughton. MORE
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Southern
California Writers Conference - Los Angeles |
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A
shot of my stint as Saturday night speaker at the conference
held 9/28-9/30. Inset photo from L to R: the author, conference
founder Michael Steven Gregory, my agent Sally van Haitsma,
along with columnist and conference staffer Edwin Decker.
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En
La Linea con El Araña, 1470
AM - San Diego |
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In
the studio with Pieter Speyer, known to his Spanish-language
audience as El
Araña, and his co-host Gabriel
Landin. |
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Institute
of the Americas |
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Catherine
Speyer, (far right) introduced me to Ambassador Jeffrey
Davidow, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, and Isabel
Escalle of the Institute
of the Americas. During our visit, I received a signed
copy of Ambassador Davidow's book, The
Bear and the Porcupine - a must read on U.S.-Mexico
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Veronica
Jacuinde |
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SiTV |
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Starting
Monday, June 10, I began a series
of appearances in Southern California promoting America
Libre. The eight interviews and book signings were
set in motion by Veronica Jacuinde, a producer/reporter
for SiTV. After reading a news story about the novel, Veronica
not only invited me to appear on her show, On The Up,
she also referred me to a number of colleagues in the SoCal
media. What follows is a recap of those events. |
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Despierta
San Diego Univision 17 TV - San Diego |
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Abelardo
Rodriguez, co-host of Despierta San Diego, taped
a series of segments with me for the number one TV morning
show in the area. Despierta San Diego airs Monday
through Friday on KBNT Univision 17. |
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Piolin
por la Mañana - Univision
Radio |
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Piolin
por la Mañana, heard in 27 cities across the
country, is the top morning radio show in the U.S. - in
any language. On June 14, Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo
delivered over one million letters from his listeners
urging Congress to support humane immigration reform.
A week later, I was honored to appear on Piolin's show.
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These
Days KPBS Radio
- San Diego |
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Best-selling
novelist Khaled Hosseini is a tough act to follow. Only
a week before, the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns
sat in the same guest chair on These Days, a
highly regarded public radio program on KPBS in San Diego.
Listen
to my interview hosted by Alison St John and let me
know what you think. |
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SiTV
is a national network that broadcasts English-language
programming for young Latino viewers. The banter of the
young SiTV production crew kept me relaxed as Veronica
Jacuinde asked off-camera questions. The material aired
in July as a series of 90-second segments. |
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Book
signing - Libreria Martinez |
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A
former barber who turned his customers' reading interests
into a string of bookstores, Rueben Martinez is an icon
in the Latino literary world - and a MacArthur genius
grant recipient. Rueben, along with store manager Alice
Solis and marketing manager Jess Badillo, made me feel
welcome during my June 13th book signing and gave America
Libre a place of honor in their widely-respected
Santa Ana bookstore. |
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Cada
Dia Telemundo 33 TV - San Diego |
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Zeji
Ozeri, the energetic host of Cada Dia on Telemundo
33 TV, taped a series of interviews with me about America
Libre which will air the last week in June. Cada
Dia is an arts and entertainment feature broadcast
several times each day in the San Diego and Tijuana market.
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Book
signing - College Board Conference, Los Angeles
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Above:
Raul Ramos Sanchez, Rueben Martinez, and Alex Espinoza
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In
a gracious gesture, Rueben Martinez invited me to join
him and his staff at the College Board Conference of Latino
Educators held at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles. Reuben
was a featured speaker along with author Alex Espinoza
whose debut novel Still Water Saints has garnered
wide critical acclaim. I was honored to be included in
this respected event - and outstanding company. |
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Primera
Edicion KMEX TV - Los Angeles |
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On
the set of Primera Edicion inside the
palatial Univision studio in Culver City, three
robot cameras scuttled across the floor as anchors
Rolando Nichols and Francisco Pinto shifted between
the news, sports, and weather sets before finally
gathering around me on the couch where I was interviewed
in two segments sandwiching the news. Producer
Dina Rodriguez's team worked like a Swiss watch
in the perform-without-a-net world of live television.
No photos were allowed on the set at Univision
affiliate KMEX. |
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