Spanish Linguist, Writer, Translator & Editor

A Book Review of Telenovela by Victor Cass I was hooked! As a young girl yearning for my Mexican home, my culture, my language, I was hooked on the Spanish channel’s soap operas. Las telenovelas, as popular as the US soap operas and perhaps more so, were my childhood vice. My memories take me back [...]

¡Olé! Flamenco, a children’s nonfiction book, about the artistic origins of a cultural tradition of song, music, and dance, sings a story that has travelled intensely, played with the young and old, and moved not only the feet of those that venture to create such emotional footwork but those that accompany the dancer with potent [...]

I’ve had various people ask me about starting a book club and/or a reading group. Is there a difference between the two groups? What is the process? How to get started? Who to invite? I gave this some thought since I’ve always been part of a reading group in some form or fashion and had [...]

Back in November, during a tweetup, I made a comment linking storytelling and reading. My premise was, and is, that storytelling at an early age rather than the traditional reading lesson, that of learning the ABCs and phonics, will develop stronger and life-long readers as the child develops and matures into an avid reading adult. [...]