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Re-readingMany people havementioned thevirtues of re-reading. We cansee how much wehave changedwhen we return tothe mirrors thatreflected us in thepast P7
Harry Potter inNew York CityBarco de Papelbookstorepromotesspecial programfor the Spanishrelease of thenew book
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In this edition Book Press is proud to present a photo-essay of an underground journey in the NewYork Subway system in Manhattan by the recognized Colombian photographer Nereo Lopez Meza.The project started months ago, when the photographer created an inventory of the murals in thedifferent platforms of the subway. �Murals, are very poppular, very easy to photograph, but themurals came alive when my eyes connected the regular newyorker, who goes to work everyday,who passes by the walls full of colors and faces. Here we have an unique form of art. What my eyesaw is in the picture is a combination of different civilizations, cultures, and art� said Nero. At his 87years Nereo is walking the streets of New York looking for different angles, in search of the rightmoment to capture an unique piece of this big city. Page 5
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Multilingual Book Fair call for entriesNew York - A call for entries to
participate at III Annual Book Fair isopen in New York City. 2008 markthe third year of a multi-languagebook fair in Astoria, New York,organized by New York Book FairExpo, Inc, a cultural and academicmeeting place, a venue where booksand reading occupy a place ofhonor.
Among the most importantevents is the Guest of HonorProgram, which brings the honoree�s
Authors, Exhibitors and Vendors Welcome! www. newyorkbokfairexpo.com
City the door of a new era of culturaland academic debate over books withinthe multi ethnic community. The NYBOOK EXPO is supported by theQueens Library of Queens, St JamesCommunity Center, and the St.Demetrios Greek American Schoolcreating a space for authors living inthe Tri state area of New York, whereliterature, poetry and art converge for2 consecutive days.
I Love to Read BookFair in Brooklyn
Special guest Dominic Carter authorof No Momma�s Boy
Growing up, when Dominic�s mother wasn�t around,she was probably in a mental hospital or maybe she waswrestling with an abusive relationship. Maybe she washallucinating on the psychotropic drugs she was given.Or maybe she was simply depressed. But she neverexpressed any remorse for breaking his heart. His mothernever said she was sorry.
To her dying day, Laverne Carter never toldDominic she was sorry. Laverne never healed physicallyor emotionally. And now Dominic Carter has interviewedPresidents, heads of states, and movie stars. Assignmentshave taken him around the world and back. From Israelto Japan, Somalia, and Persian Gulf. He made moremoney then any child could imagine, especially beingraised in the tough New York City housing projects ofthe South Bronx, and a product of Public School. Yetsomething kept nagging him. He was never reallyhappy... what could it be? It was his mother and thesecret that he had compartmentalized for all these years.
He had to get this secret out in the open so thatDominic could be free of the baggage, anger, andfrustration that he had bestowed amongst himself andso many people. �No Momma�s Boy� is his story... hisstruggles, and his journey all the way to the very top. Hecover the most powerful people in the world, and theyhad no clue what happened to him. His story will bringtears to your eyes.
Dominic Carter, Political Reporter at NY1
LocationBrooklyn Christian Center
1061 Atlantic Ave , Brooklyn, New York
A Gaze in the SubwayArt and humans in the underground world
Photo-essay by Nereo Lopez Meza
Photo by Nereo
cultural production to the hall ofvisitors. Writers, living in New YorkMetropolitan Area are the 2008 Guestof Honor. The date for the Book Fairhas been set for fall 2008.
Authors, publishers, book storesand visitors had first hand informationof new local book releases and directcontact with some of the mostrecognized authors in the city andabroad. This fair opened for New York
Chris Lin, authorof the iParentingAward winningMandy andPandy �Ni HaoMa?��, will belaunching thesecond book inthe Mandy andPandy series
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La Guaca delas FARC
Adriana AristizábalDe la editorial Quintero
En él que relata lahistoria de los soldadosdel ejército colombiano
que se apropiaron deun tesoro de las FARC.
$20
BOOKS/LIBROS/BOOKS
El Sexo del CheNéstor Lacorén
A theatre playdesigned as a fictionalexperience, �a journey
of the imagination�,he challenges the
readers to explorethat �little-known
corner� of their minds.
$10.00
My brain won�tfloat away
Annete PerezEditorial Campana
Bilingual English-Spanish$10
I Love dogsby Ann Miller
It is meant as aneducational tool for
preschoolers and earlyelementary groups.by Jaylil Publishing
My ColombianWar:
A Journey Throughthe Country I Left
Behindby Silvana
Paternostro
$17.16
La voz de lasmanos
byGustavoArango
$10.00
HARRY POTTEREN ESPAÑOL
The official Spanishlanguage version of
Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows is due
to be released onFebruary 21, 2008
PEN World Voices Festival:The Three Musketeers Reunited:
Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie and Mario Vargas Llosa On October 10, 1995,
London�s Royal FestivalHall hosted a historic nightof readings by three of theworld�s most distinguishedwriters: Umberto Eco fromItaly, British-Indian SalmanRushdie and Mario VargasLlosa of Peru.
At dinner afterward, Ecoanointed the trio as TheThree Musketeers. Now,
twelve years later, the PENWorld Voices Festival, incollaboration with thePoetry Center, is proud topresent The ThreeMusketeers together againfor one unforgettableevening.A limited number ofdiscounted tickets to thisevent will be madeavailable for purchase by
Poetry Center membersonly through the Y�s boxoffice.
Date & Time:Fri, May 2, 2008, 7:30pm
Price: $20.00 /$15.00 PEN members
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The Nuyorican Poets CaféThird Millennium
Celebration
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AT 35 Legends, pioneers and
new millennium poets unitefor one night only on TheTown Hall stage as theNuyorican Poets Cafécelebrates its 35thanniversary on May 3, 2008at 8 pm.
Mistress and Master ofCeremonies: actress/pro-ducer, Rosie Perez and poet/singer/ comedian, FlacoNavaja with some of thel e a d i n gvoices in thespoken wordmovement,i n c l u d i n gC a r l o sA n d r é sGómez, KirkN u g e n t ,Sandra María Esteves,Mariposa, Willie Perdomo,Steve Coleman, NancyMercado, California�s firstPoet Laureate QuincyTroupe, the performancepoet and playwright JesúsPapoleto Meléndez alongwith the multifacetedperformer, known for hermesmerizing poetry andcharacterizations, CaridadDe La Luz, a.k.a. La Bruja.
With music by the BoricuaRoots Music group,Yerbabuena.
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CONVERSATION WITH ANTONIO SKÁRMETA
Presented by the Hispanic New York Project.Antonio Skármeta, author
of the internationallyacclaimed Ardiente Pacien-cia, or El cartero de Neruda(The Postman), was born in1940 in Antofagasta, Chile.
His novels and short-story collections have beentranslated into more that 30languages, and include ElEntusiasmo, Desnudo en eltejado, Tiro Libre, No PasóNada, La Insurrección, Soñeque la nieve Ardía, MatchBall, La Boda del Poeta, LaChica del Trombón and El
Baile de la Victoria (TheDancer and the Thief,translated by KatherineSilver and published in theU.S. by W. W. Norton).
He is also the author ofnumerous essays andarticles about literature andexile.
Among his many literaryawards are the Prix Mèdicisin France, the Elsa MoranteAward in Italy, and the 2003Planeta Award.
Skármeta was also thecreator and host of �El
Show de los Libros� (BookShow) and �La Torre dePapel� (Paper Tower), twohighly successful TVliterary programs.
Author of The Postmanand The Dancer and theThief
February 21, 4 p.m. Satow Room,
Lerner Hall, ColumbiaUniversity (Broadway and
115th Street)Q&A moderated by
Claudio Iván Remeseira,director of the
Hispanic New York Project.
what’s going on
Forty One Madison to Host Book Signing EventNew York � During the
New York Tabletop Market,April 9�13, Forty OneMadison will host a booksigning and champagnereception to celebrate thedebut of former retailer IraJacobson�s book, A Questfor Excellence.
Jacobson, founder ofBrielle Galleries, will signcopies of his book, anaccount of how he createdan international, multi-faceted tableware and giftbusiness in the smallcommunity of Brielle, NJ.
The event will take place onFriday, April 11, from 5�7p.m. on Level A. Jacobsonwill make a few remarks andautograph copies of hisbook. Reservations for theevent should be made byApril 4 by calling (212) 686-1203.
�We are thrilled that Irawill return to Forty OneMadison, this time as anauthor and raconteur!�remarked Carole Dixon,senior vice-president ofForty One Madison. �Thisis a wonderful opportunity
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National Stationery Showwill host some 1,400exhibitors, includingabout 300 first timeparticipants, during its May18�21 run at the JavitsConvention Center in NewYork.
�Operation HeartfeltThanks,� a program inpartnership with thecharitable organization AMillion Thanks, will gathermessages of thanks andencouragement for UnitedStates soldiers; and �Opera-tion Caring Connection�.
for anyone in our industryto meet and talk to one ofthe legendary, greatmerchants.�
For nearly half a century,this lifelong entrepreneurelevated Brielle Galleries toa multi-faceted globalbusiness that included ahigh profile catalog andthriving corporate division;the enterprise also earnedaward-winning recognitionfrom Gifts & DecorativeAccessories, and was oneof GDA�s MillenniumRetailers.
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Published month to month by NY Book Fair Expo, Inc in NewYork City, based in New York, New York with 5,000 copiesdelivered in bundles at over 100 sites including Book Stores,Public Libraries, Town Halls, Art organizations, Cultural centers,Senior Centers, clubs, stores and restaurantes throughoutMidtown Manhattan, Chelsea & Lower East Side. Queens:Astoria, Jackson Heights, Queens Village, Bay Side, Forest Hills,and Hudson and Bergen County in New Jersey. Our FREE paperbrings you exciting books giveaways, book reviews not availableanywhere else, timely updates on cultural events, caledar ofactivities and more!
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By Chris LinMandy and
PandyChildrenâ Book
TeachesChildren and
ParentsChinese Mandyand Pandy Play
Let�s CountRelease
Coincides WithChinese
New Year
Atlanta, GA/ � Chris Lin,author of the iParentingAward winning Mandy andPandy �Ni Hao Ma?��, willbe launching during theChinese New Year at ToyFair 2008 at booth 3208, thesecond book in the Mandyand Pandy series entitledMandy and Pandy PlayLet�s Count.
Toy Fair 2008 is thelargest international tradeshow held annuallyintroducing new productsand services in the toyindustry.
The show will run fromFebruary 17 thru 20 at theJacob Javits ConventionCenter in New York City,New York. Mandy andPandy is an an excitingseries of twelve educationalchildren�s books, teachingparents and their children tospeak Chinese.
�We are delighted to beback at Toy Fair 2008 and
particularly thrilled to belaunching our second bookin the series,� said Chris Lin,author and founder ofMandy and Pandy. �Withthe Chinese New Year uponus and the Olympic Gamesbeing hosted in China, nowmore than ever we all have areason to learn even a littlebit of Chinese.�
The second book in theseries, �Mandy and PandyLet�s Count�, featuresMandy and Pandy playinga counting game as theyadventure through theirneighborhood.
Colorful and excitingillustrations make the travelenjoyable and educationalwhile Mandy and Pandylearn to count from onethrough ten.
The book also features acaptivating counting songto help children retain thenumbers they have learned.Also included in this
Second Book In Mandy & Pandy Series Launched
Mandy and PandyPlay Let�s Count at Toy Fair 2008
wonderful book is a numberchart including Chinesecharacters and correctspelling.
�Mandy and Pandylooks forward to helpingteach Chinese to childrenand those who are young intheir hearts,� said Lin. �Ouryear is full of appearancesacross the country and weare excited to be meetingnew friends as we embark onour journey.�
Mandy and Pandy hasalready been recognized asoutstanding product byiParenting Media in thecategory of educationalbooks for children as well asbeing nominated for severalupcoming book awards.The iParenting Media awardis considered one of themost prestigious awards forproducts for families.
Ingrid Villalta from CostaRica is the Creative Directorof the book.
The STORY OF THE JEWSA 4,000-Year Adventure�
A Graphic History Book - by Stan Mack
A Fresh Look at 4,000Years of Jewish History�Authoritative, Complete...Funny
Through witty, illustratednarrative, celebrated artistStan Mack will take you ona rewarding pictorial journeythrough 4,000 years of upsand downs in Jewishhistory. The first �graphichistory book� of its kind,The Story of the Jewscelebrates the majorcharacters and events thathave shaped the Jewishpeople and culture,illustrating what it means tobe Jewish.
You will visit all the majorJewish happenings frombiblical times to the twenty-first century� fromAbraham and Sarah on thebanks of the Euphrates tothe Diaspora, intermarriage,and the State of Israel.
Highlights� Moses receiving the TenCommandments� The triumph of King David� The creation of the Talmud� The rise of Christianity andIslam� The Crusades� The Inquisition� The Enlightenment
� Life in the new Babylon(the United States)� The birth of the state ofIsrael� And�of course�theworld�s first �Oy!�
6 x 9, 288 pp, Illus.,Quality PaperbackISBN 13: 978-1-58023-155-8ISBN 10: 1-58023-155-1
Free Daily Podcasts of Inspired By...The Bible Experience
Available through iTunes and Zondervan.com
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,� Zondervan, the world�sleading Bible publisher,today announced aMonday-Friday podcastseries of Inspired By... TheBible Experience: TheComplete Bible.
Listeners can subscribeto the 2-minute segmentsdirectly from iTunes orZondervan.com by going tohttp://feeds. feed burner.com/TBEPodcasts.
The daily podcasts willrun through the end of theyear. Each podcast willfeature a dramatic audiopresentation from theGospels of Matthew, Mark,Luke, and John. The clipswere edited by WestarMedia Group.
The Bible Experience
Inspired By... The BibleExperience (www.zondervan.com/tbe), fromthe Hollywood productionteam Inspired By MediaGroup, is the most popularand award-winning audioBible available today.
It features nearly 400world-renowned celebritiesand Christian leaders (3Oscar winners, 5 GoldenGlobe winners, 7 Emmywinners, and 23 Grammywinners.), including ForestWhitaker as Moses, BishopT.D. Jakes as Abraham,Cuba Gooding Jr. as Jonah,Denzel and PaulettaWashington performingSong of Songs, NickCannon as Adam andAngela Bassett as Esther.
National Small Press Month -March, 2008!
March is NationalSmall Press Month,a nationwide promo-tion highlighting thevaluable work pro-duced by indepen-dent presses, and theinnovative writersthey publish.
An annual cele-bration of theindependent spirit ofsmall publishers,Small Press Month isan effort to showcasethe diverse, unique,and often mostsignificant voicesbeing publishedtoday.
Co-sponsored bythe Small PressCenter (The New York Center for Independent Publishing),the CLMP (The Council for Literary Magazines andPresses), and PMA (The Independent Book PublishersAssociation), Small Press Month is a collaborative initiativethat seeks to increase the public�s awareness of the crucialand creative work put forth by independent presses.www.smallpressmonth.org.
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Dominic Carter �Inside City Hall� Hostset to Headline Black History Month
Brooklyn - I Love to Read BookFair is geared toward AfricanAmerican and MulticulturalAuthors and serves as a tribute tothe contribution to the literaryarena. Multi-Cultural books haveexperienced a tremendous amoutof growth over the last couple ofyear, and is fueling growth in thissector.
I Love to Read Book Fair looksto engage the whole family inAmerica�s pastime love forreading. I Love to Read Book Fair/Black History Month & Women�sMonth Celebration goal is to reachout to authors who want to turntheir literary works into screenplays.
Authors can compete in aspecial Authors Slam if they havea manuscript and register beforethe special desinated earlyregistration deadline.
ProgramI Love to Read Book Fair
February 22, 2008 - February 23,2008
Friday, February 22, 2008 -3:30 pm -5:00pm Opening Kick offReception.
5:43pm 7:30pm Authors canleave their displays until Book FAirAll Day
Saturday, February 23, 2008 -Saturday 12:00pm - 9:00pm5:00pm Authors Slam the first 6
Author can read the excerts from
I Love to Read Book FairFebruary 22 & 23
Book Fair in Brooklyn
their books panel will judge panelwill judge lst ,2nd, 3rd prize winner.
LocationBrooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Christian Center1061 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, New YorkBet Franklin & Classon Ave - TrainA Train Or 25 Bus to Franklin Ave.
New York Book Fair Expo,announced that they will bepresenting Latin-Americanauthors at the I Love toRead Book Fair which willbe held on Friday, February22 and Saturday, February23 at the Brooklyn ChristianCenter, 1061 Atlantic Ave,Brooklyn, NY.This is a great opportunityto promote and supportLatin American authorsliving in New York City.
Participant authorswill includeGustavo Arango, teachesSpanish and Latin AmericanLiterature at the StateUniversity of New York,Oneonta. He published abiographical works onGabriel Garcia Marquez andJulio Cortazar.Motivational speaker IvanContreras, and attorneyfrom Colombia, living inQueens, NY who just
published a collection ofPoemas Libres.Acclaimed Colombianphotographer Nereo LopezMeza, among is manyachievements, Nereo wonthe First Prize in theinternational contestsponsored by Kodak for theNew York World Fair, in1963 (over 150,000competitors). The book Cuentos Locos,edited by journalist ,Jacqueline Donado formermanaging editor of ElDiario/La Prensa.
Book Press Newspaper,published by NY Book FairExpo, promoting literatureand local independentwriters it�s a proud mediapartner of the I Love toRead Book Fair.
For more information,please visit http://www.newyorkbookfairexpo.com.
Veteran newsman DominicCarter has been described as thebest political reporter working inNew York television today.
A fixture at NY1 since thenewschannel launched in 1992,Carter in 2007 released a book onhis life, titled No Momma�s Boy, inwhich he chronicles histriumphant struggle to overcomehis mother�s mental illness whilegrowing up in a Bronx housingproject.
As the host of NY1�s nightlypolitical show, �Inside City Hall,�Carter has handled some of thestation�s most challengingassignments and has interviewedevery major political player in thestate, as well as many national andinternational leaders.
In 2006 he received widespreadacclaim for his role as themoderator of series of state-wide
debates for governor, U.S. Senatorand state attorney general.
During the first debate withSenator Hillary Clinton, he madeinternational headlines whenClinton said for the first time thatshe was thinking about runningfor president.
His numerous exclusiveinterviews include former Pre-sident Bill Clinton, the late JohnCardinal O�Conner and the parentsof police-brutality victim AmadouDiallo.
As a radio reporter he con-ducted an exclusive interview withNelson Mandela during Man-dela�s historic visit to the UnitedStates � an interview he conductedas thousands of journalists fromaround the country pursued theSouth African president.
The NY1 stalwart has alsoreported extensively from abroad.
In 1993 he was the only televisionjournalist in Japan with then-Mayor David Dinkins at the timeof the first World Trade Centerterrorist bombing, and hisinterview with the mayor madeheadlines back in New York.
He twice traveled to Israel tocover visits to the region by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani; he hasreported on the famine fromSomalia; and he has spent time inthe Persian Gulf.
No Mamma�s Boy, his self-published memoir, was released inMay 2007 to critical acclaim.Newsday said, �No TV anchor hasever produced a memoir asgrippingly honest as this.�
The book will be available tovisitors at the I Love Book Fair.
More information online atwww.nomamasboy.com
Latin American authors celebrate Black Historic Month
Barbara Riddick host of theBasha Riddick Show
WWW.THEBASHARIDDICKSHOW.4T.COM
will be taping and Highlightingthe authors that win
The Authors Slam on herTelevision Show.
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NereoNereo López Meza, one of Colombia�s mostrenowned photographers internationally knownby his first name �tout sec�, was born in thecolonial port of Cartagena. Orphaned at an earlyage, he rose from film projectionist to regionalmanager of a film distribution company before aphotography manual and correspondence coursereoriented his life. After an early interest inchildren�s portraiture, he turned to photo-journalism, working for leading nationalpublications as well as others across the Americasand Europe. His dedication to his chosen mediumincluded an unceasing quest for new forms ofexpression; including his most recent techniquewhich he called transfografía �transphography�.From 1987 to 1997 he directed the �Nereo Centrode Enseñanza y Cultura Fotográfica� (NereoCenter for Photographic Education and Culture)in Bogota. Currently he is experimenting with hisnew process of transphography in digital form,and projects of books from books from his lifetimefile.. For more information visit www.nereo.net
A Gaze in theSubway
Art and humans in theunderground world
Photo-essay by Nereo Lopez Meza
Gallery
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Con esta sección, Book Press sepropone divulgar la labor creativa deautores hispanos y latinos residentes enlos Estados Unidos. Agradecemos elenvío de colaboraciones en cuento,poesía o crónica periodística (máximo1000 palabras), tanto en inglés comoespañol, junto con la informaciónbiográfica de su autor, foto es opcional.Un comité de selección se encargaráde escoger los textos que seránincluidos en nuestra edición impresa.email: [email protected]
NY vivirá el lanzamiento del últimolibro de Harry Potter en Español
Con una serie de eventosespeciales, la Librería Barco dePapel, se unirá al resto del mundohispano en el lanzamiento enespañol de la séptima y últimaentrega de las aventuras delaprendiz de mago Harry Potter ysus amigos.
Con �Harry Potter y lasreliquias de la muerte� que saldrála venta en español el próximo 21de febrero a las 12:30 p.m.simultáneamente en España yAmérica Latina, con una tiradainicial de millón y medio deejemplares, terminan así lasaventuras del aprendiz de magoque junto con sus amigos hanhecho las delicias de niños,jóvenes y adultos en los últimosdiez anos.
Con �Harry Potter y lasreliquias de la muerte� publicadaen ingles el 21 de julio del 2007,concluye la serie de novelas deHarry Potter escritas por la autorabritánica J.K. Rowling. Según laeditorial en español, en esta última
entrega, la autora �desvela deforma espectacular, las numerosasincógnitas pendientes sobre eldestino final de los protagonistas.Harry cumple un año más y amedida que se acerca la edad adultasu mundo se vuelve aún máscomplejo y sombrío. Marcada porrevelaciones inesperadas yepisodios dramáticos, la nueva ydefinitiva aventura de Harrydestaca por la intensidad de laacción y el veloz ritmo con que eljoven mago recorre los caminos quehan de llevarlo a la madurez y lasabiduría�.
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Los escritores, los críticos yusted es una continuación de laserie literaria Conversación delOLLANTAY Center for the Arts,ahora, OLLANTAY con lacolaboración del New AmericansProgram de la Biblioteca Publicade Queens presenta novelistaslatinos del área de Nueva York.
A través de estos encuentrosse tendrá la oportunidad deescuchar al crítico comentar sobrela obra de un determinado autorque estará presente. Luego, elpublico podrá participar concomentarios o preguntas.
El primer encuentro se realizó elsábado 9 de febrero con losnovelistas: Rubén Sánchez Feliz yWalter Ventosilla. Los críticos son:Eduardo Lantigua y Arturo QuispeLázaro.
exhibido en la ventana de lalibreria por una semana.
3:30-3:59 p.m. Lectura delprimer capítulo de �HarryPotter y las reliquias de lamuerte�.
3:59-4:00 p.m. Búsqueda deltesoro de Harry Potter.
4:30 -5:30 p.m Taller deconstrucción de sombreros demago.
5:30 p.m. Entrega dediplomas �Lector oficial deHarry Potter�
Como oferta exclusiva solopara este día, además de recibir20% de descuento con la entregade la promoción publicada en losperiódicos, las primeras 100personas que compren �HarryPotter y las reliquias de la muerte�recibirán gratis el libro el anterior�Harry Potter y el misterio delpríncipe�.
El 21 de febrero, comenzandoa las 12:30p.m con el conteo oficialpara el lanzamiento de Harry Potteren la librería, seguido de un untaller artístico sobre Harry Potter:
2:30-3:00 p.m. Clase deMagia al estilo Hogwarts.
3:00-3:30 p.m. Concurso dedibujo de personajes de HarryPotter. El ganador será
Programa:
Barco de Papel en el 40-03 dela calle 80, Elmhurst, Queens
718-565-8283.
La próxima presentación tendrálugar el sábado, 8 de marzo de 2008a la una de la tarde en la BibliotecaPública de Queens, en JacksonHeights.
En esta ocasión tendremos alnovelista colombiano GustavoArango y su novela El país de losárboles locos (The Land of theCrazy Trees). La crítica es NadiaCelis.
Las novelas de los autoresestarán a la venta y ellos podránfirmarlas. Los escritores, loscríticos y usted tendrá lugardurante los segundos sábados decuatro consecutivos meses en laBiblioteca Pública de Queens enJackson Heights, situada en 35-5181st. Street, en el auditórium.
La actividad es gratis ycomenzará a la una de la tarde.
Los escritores, los críticos y ustedConversación del OLLANTAY Center for the Arts
Antología de 25 narradoresdominicanos de la diáspora
NUEVA YORK � La antologíaViajeros del rocío, publicada porel Comisionado Dominicano deCultura en los Estados Unidos enla Colección Ultramar, de la EditoraNacional de la RepúblicaDominicana, será presentada enMiami y en Nueva York.
Viajeros del rocío, antología decuentos recopilada por el escritorRubén Sánchez Féliz, recoge lasvoces de los 25 escritores másrepresentativos de la narrativaquisqueyana de la diáspora.
En el acto, a ser presentadopor Luis Beiro, director delsuplemento Ventana del periódicodominicano Listín Diario, leeránsus cuentos los escritores RenéRodríguez Soriano, Víctor ManuelRamos, Rey Emmanuel Andújar,Leonardo Nin, Minely Sánchez,Eduardo Lantigua, y José Carvajal.
El 29 de febrero la obra serápuesta en circulación en la sala deeventos Andrés FranciscoRequena, sede del Comisionado,
localizada en el 1828 de AmsterdamAvenue, suite No. 304, entre lascalles 150 y 151, en Manhattan, alas 6:30 de la noche, con la lecturade los escritores Juan Rivero,Osiris Vallejo, Annecy Báez, Joséde la Rosa, y Santiago CampoGutiérrez.
Viajeros del rocío incluye,entre otros, los cuentos �Cuandoel mundo me miró�, de JoséAcosta; �La salida dePoughkeepsie, de Julia Álvarez;�Cojuelo�, de Rey EmmanuelAndújar; �Besos de mariposa�, deAnnecy Báez; �Mi amigoHemingway�, de José Carvajal; y�Los malvados�, de SantiagoCampo Gutiérrez.
Rubén Sánchez Féliz, elantólogo, es poeta y narrador;tiene un Asociado en ArtesLiberales de Hostos CommunityCollege y una licenciatura enPedagogía de New YorkUniversity. En 2005 publicó lanovela El décimo día.
Cuentos
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1984 - George OrwellHabla de una sociedad donde la realidad es una mentira
RELECTURAS Por Gustavo Arango
Autor colombiano, enseña español yliteratura latinoamericana en la Universidaddel Estado de Nueva York (Oneonta). En2002, recibió el Premio Internacional MarcioVeloz Maggiolo, concedido en Nueva York anovelas escritas en español. Ha publicadovarios libros periodísticos y literarios,incluidos trabajos biográficos sobre GabrielGarcía Márquez y Julio Cortázar. EnColombia, fue editor del suplemento literariodel diario El Universal y recibió el PremioNacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar.
Actividades culturalescontinuas durante tres díasconsecutivos presenta la LibreríaBarco de Papel, en jornada queincluye la poesía y el cuento, endonde poetas y autores estarán encontacto con el publico.
El programa inicia el día viernes15 de febrero hasta el domingo 17 de febrero de 6:30 de la tarde a 9 dela noche, en celebración del mesdel amor y la amistad.
ProgramaNoche de música y poesía.Viernes 15, 6:30 a 9:00pm.
Invitadoe s p e c i a lIvan Con-treras, autordel poe-mario - Poe-mas libres.Ta m b i é nhabrá mú-sica, tertu-lia y cóctel.
Esta noche estará dedicada a losamantes de los libros, las can-ciones y la poesía. �Es unaoportunidad de transformar lossentimientos en palabras�, indicaRamón Caraballo, propietario de lalibrería Barco de Papel.
Poemario �Mis PequeñasExperiencias� deJuan Carlos RecinosSábado 16, 6:30 a 9:00pm.
Escritor invitado: Juan CarlosRecinos de El Salvador. Su poesíainspira una conexión con la vida,él ama y sufre como parte de sumisma esencia. La presencia del
Jornada de poesía y relato decuentos en Barco de Papel
amor, es un elemento importantepara el autor el cual usa para edificar su existencia.
Poemario `Sinasco� deDiego Vargas. ColombiaDomingo 17, 6:30 a 9:00pm.
Sus poemas son una advo-cación de todos los elementosnecesarios para negar el amor, talvez porque el amor permaneciendoen los cinco sentidos es un fallidoestilo de sentir. Para Diego Vargassólo la exaltación de los sentidoses tolerable, porque el riesgo de ira la deriva en el amor común, consus dolores y exigencias, es menossignificativo, es simular el mismoel derecho de crecer y �ser feliz�.
Los autores invitadoscoinciden en un ambiente común,a través de un reconocimientotriste, profundo, de su realidad.Contreras, Recianos y Vargasenfrentan la soledad de una ciudadcomo lo es Nueva York contandocientos de historias que describenlo que no es merecedor de mostrar,lo que es áspero, crudo, pero hayque expresar con amor. En estajornada, los autores compartiránfragmentos de sus libros, muestrasde un tremendo pasado, que losinfluye y los marca y que quizásmuchos compartimos.
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Cuando veo las numerosasestrategias para promover lalectura, cuando pienso en susdeprimentes resultados, recuerdola curiosa estrategia que utilizó mipadre para enviciarme de por vidacon los libros. Nunca me habló delas virtudes de la lectura, nunca medijo: �tienes que leer esto�, perocada semana llegaba a casa con unlibro nuevo, se sentaba a hojearlo,raras veces lo terminaba, y luegolo ponía en un estante bajo delarmario de la sala, junto a los otroslibros.
No fueron demasiados, creoque no llegaron a ser una décimaparte de los libros que ahorainundan el lugar donde vivo,pero la selección �cuandopienso en forma retrospectiva� era admirable. Ahí estaba todo:los clásicos griegos y latinos, unasraras joyas medievales, el Siglo deOro español, Cervantes,Shakespeare y una excelentevariedad de autores del siglo XIXy de lo que iba del XX. Suestrategia fue ponerlos al alcancede la mano y darme todo el tiempodel mundo para que la curiosidadhiciera su parte.
Con frecuencia me sorprendorecordando alguno de esos libroscuando pienso en las cosas queveo o que me ocurren. Estasemana, por ejemplo, volví apensar en la novela de GeorgeOrwell, 1984, cuando leí en algúnlado que nuestros correoselectrónicos son de dominiopúblico, que hay mucha gente quetiene acceso a ellos y ejerce eseprivilegio.
Mi interés por ese libro tuvo unorigen trivial. El año que le dabatítulo formaba parte de mi futuro
cercano y tuve el impulsovanidoso de leerlo antes de sullegada. No creo que pensara queel libro sería muy acertado en laspredicciones, pero era conscientede que rara vez se tiene el lujo dellegar a los tiempos de los quehablan los libros futuristas (mi pasopor las fechas de las primerasCrónicas marcianas, de Bradbury,fue menos trascendental).
Nadie me había hablado dellibro, nadie me lo había reco-mendado, nadie se había tomadola molestia de explicarme su im-portancia histórica o política y creo
que esas fueron las razones por lasque lo devoré en menos de unasemana. Si alguien me hubieradicho algo, me habría alejado parasiempre de unos de los libros a losque les debo mis ideas frente a lahistoria y los discursos políticos.
Una de las sorpresas mássorpresivas que recibí, cuando mevine a vivir al País del Sueño, fuela de descubrir que el libro deOrwell era lectura obligada enmuchas escuelas. La idea no mecabía en la cabeza. �Cómo�, mepreguntaba, �si tantas personashan leído ese libro, es posible queel sentido crítico, frente a losmedios y frente a la ideología, seatan escaso por estos lados�.
El libro de Orwell, tal vez todoslo sepan de memoria pero no decorazón, habla de una sociedaddonde la realidad es una mentirafabricada por el gobierno y losmedios, donde la capacidad depensar es reducida mediante la
reducción del lenguaje y dondetodo intento de rebelión esdescubierto y erradicado sinpiedad. Lo que me sorprendía, desaber que el libro de Orwell era tanleído, era la poca conciencia en lagente de que la sociedad descritaen la novela es justamente lasociedad en que vivimos. Todo elmundo habla del Gran Hermano(The Big Brother), hay incluso�reality shows� con ese nombre,pero nadie parece entender lasimplicaciones de esa figura para lalibertad y la dignidad humanas.
El pequeño error de Orwell
Otro libro de la biblioteca de mi
padre me ha permitido entender esaparadoja. El talentoso míster Poe,en su cuento magistral, �Thepurloined letter�, demuestra que lamejor manera de esconder algo eshaciéndolo muy visible. El error deOrwell, al imaginar el futuro, fue elde pensar que las semillas de larebeldía serían perseguidas yacosadas como ratas, hasta losconfines del imperio. Como buenlector de Poe, el Gran Hermano hadescubierto que la mejor manerade acabar con el poder inspiradorde rebeldía de una obra se diluyevolviéndola lectura obligatoria.
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