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February 22, 2010

Las Christmas book cover

February 2010 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 52:55 minutes | Size: 12.7 MB | ©2010 LasComadres.org

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Carolina de Robertis
Author of The Invisible Mountain

Description: Sara Campos interviews author, Carolina de Robertis, about her book, The Invisible Mountain. Published by Random House


January 25, 2010

Dancing with Butterflies book cover

January 2010 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 42:36 minutes | Size: 10.23 MB | ©2010 LasComadres.org

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Reyna Grande
Author of Dancing with Butterflies

Description: Maria Ferrer interviews author, Reyna Grande, about her book, Dancing with Butterflies. Published by Washington Square Press


January 7, 2010

Demasiados Heroes book cover

Spanish Teleconference
Enero de 2010 Teleconferencia Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES

Length: 55:44 minutes | Size: 13.37 MB | ©2010 LasComadres.org

Laura Restrepo
Autor de Demasidos heroes

Descripcion: Leylha Ahuile entrevista autor, Laura Restrepo, desde su libro, Demasiados heroes. Publicado por Alfaguara, Santillana USA.


December 8, 2009

Las Christmas book cover

December 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 55:44 minutes | Size: 13.37 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow
Editors of Las Christmas

Description: Loida Garcia-Febo interviews editor, Esmeralda Santiago, about the book, Las Christmas. Published by Random House


November 18, 2009

November 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES

Length: 55:03 minutes | Size: 13.69 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz book cover Evenings at the Argentine Club book cover Death at Solstice book cover The Heart Break Pill book cover Sins of the Flesh book cover

Belinda Acosta, Julia Amante, Lucha Corpi, Anjanette Delgado, and Caridad Pineiro
Authors of Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz; Evenings at the Argentine Club; Death at Solstice; The Heart Break Pill; and Sins of the Flesh, respectively

Description: Himilce Novas interviews
Belinda Acosta, Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz, published by Grand Central Publishing;
Julia Amante, Evenings at the Argentine Club, published by Grand Central Publishing;
Lucha Corpi, Death at Solstice, published by Arte Publico Press;
Anjanette Delgago, The Heart Break Pill, published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group;
and Caridad Pineiro, Sins of the Flesh, published by Granda Central Publishing.


October 18, 2009

Tell Me Something True book cover

October 2009 Teleconference Audio

Length: 55:27 minutes | Size: 13.31 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Leila Cobo
Author of Tell Me Something True

Description: Juanita Baldwin interviews author, Leila Cobo, about her book, Tell Me Something True.
Published by Grand Central Publishing


September 28, 2009

Reclaiming Paris book cover

September 2009 Teleconference Audio

Length: 52:05 minutes | Size: 12.5 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Fabiola Santiago
Author of Reclaiming Paris

Description: Dr. Fern Espino interviews author, Fabiola Santiago, about her book, Reclaiming Paris.
Published by Washington Square Press


AUGUST 28-29, 2009

Heritage Celebration: First Austin Area Todos Latinos/Hispanos/Indigenous Heritage Celebration was held on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29. Click here for more information about the event.


August 21, 2009

Las Comadres Legacy Programs Institute Reception: The Texas Public Policy And Candidate Training Program (TTP-ACT) held a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nuevo Leon Restaurant located at 1501 East 6th Street in Austin, Texas. The reception presented the 2009, 2008 and 2007 participants. Click here to see the night's events.


July 27, 2009

Dark Dude book cover

July 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES

Length: 48:31 minutes | Size: 11.64 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Oscar Hijuelos
Author of Dark Dude

Description: Carlos Frias interviews author, Oscar Hijuelos, about his book, Dark Dude.
Published by Atheneum


June 29, 2009

Rogelia's House of Magic book cover

June 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES

Length: 54:34 minutes | Size: 13.1 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Jamie Martinez Wood
Author of Rogelia's House of Magic

Description: Irete Lazo interviews author, Jamie Martinez Wood, about her book, Rogelia's House of Magic. Published by Delacorte Press


June 1, 2009

Hungry Woman in Paris book cover

May 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES

Length: 56:23 minutes | Size: 13.53 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Josefina Lopez
Author of Hungry Woman in Paris

Description: Robyn Moreno interviews author, Josefina Lopez, about her book, Hungry Woman in Paris. Published by Grand Central Publishing


May 23, 2009

Health Conference: The Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts Networks of Las Comadres Para Las Americas hosted the First Women & Children's Health Conference on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Warwick Public Library, located at 600 Sandy Lane in Warwick, RI 02889. Click here for more information on the event.


April 29, 2009

Book Fiesta! book cover

Apr 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 51:30 minutes | Size: 12.36 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Pat Mora
Author of Book Fiesta!

Description: Macarena Salas interviews author, Pat Mora about her book, Book Fiesta! and educator, Alba Ortiz. Published by Scholastic


March 30, 2009

Notorious book cover

Mar 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 57:41 minutes | Size: 13.85 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Michelle Martinez
Author of Notorious

Description: Frances Robles interviews Michelle Martinez about her book, Notorious.
Published by William Morrow


February 23, 2009

Houston, we have a problema book cover

Feb 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 57:33 minutes | Size: 13.81 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

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Gwendolyn Zepeda
Author of Houston, we have a problema

Description: Mary Castillo interviews Gwendolyn Zepeda about her book,
Houston, we have a problema.
Published by Grand Central Publishing


January 26, 2009

When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep book cover

Jan 2009 Teleconference Audio
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 52:52 minutes | Size: 12.69 MB | ©2009 LasComadres.org

Sylvia Sellers-Garcia
Author of When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep

Description: Ada Vilageliu-Diaz interviews Sylvia Sellers-Garcia about her book,
When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep.
Published by Riverhead Books, a Company of the Penguin Group


December 29, 2008Their Dogs Came with Them book cover

Dec 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 54:56 minutes | Size: 13.18 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Helena Maria Viramontes
Author of Their Dogs Came With Them

Description: Belinda Acosta interviews Sylvia Helena Maria Viramontes about her book,
Their Dogs Came with Them.
Published by Washington Square Press


November 24, 2008The Gifted Galbaldon Sisters book cover

Nov 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
Length: 58:13 minutes | Size: 13.97 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Lorraine López
Author of The Gifted Galbaldón Sisters

Description: Sandra Guzman interviews Lorraine López about her book,
The Gifted Galbaldón Sisters. Published by Grand Central Publishing


November 9-16, 2008

Book Fair: Miami International Book Fair

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October 20, 2008The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao cover

Oct 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
Length: 47:30 minutes | Size: 11.4 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Junot Diaz
Author of Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao

Description: Marta Acosta interviews Margo Candela about her book,
Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. Published by Riverhead Books, a Company of the Penguin Group


September 22, 2008More Than This book cover

Sep 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
Length: 47:30 minutes | Size: 11.4 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Margo Candela
Author of More Than This

Description: Marta Acosta interviews Margo Candela about her book,
More Than This. Published by Fireside


August 25, 2008Mexican Enough book cover

Aug 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
Length: 43:10 minutes | Size: 10.36 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Author of Mexican Enough

Description: Anjanette Delgado interviews Stephanie Elizondoa Griest about her book,
Mexican Enough. Published by Washington Square Press


July 21, 2008 The King's Gold book cover

Jul 2008 Teleconference Audio/Book Club Selection
Length: 43:09 minutes | Size: 10.36 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Yxta Maya Murray
Author of The King's Gold

Description: Michelle Herrera Mulligan interviews Yxta Maya Murray about her book,
The King's Gold. Published by HarperCollins


June 23, 2008Handbook to Luck

Jun 2008 Teleconference Audio: READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 50:02 minutes | Size: 12.01 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Cristina Garcia
Author of Handbook to Luck

Description: Sylvia Martinez interviews Cristina Garcia about her book,
Handbook to Luck. Published by Vintage


April 26, 2008

Comadrazo:

Southern California Regional COMADRAZO(sm)
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Whittier, California (Southern California)
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April 24, 2008Book cover: It's Not Fair / No Es Justo

Apr 2008 Teleconference Audio: READING WITH LAS COMADRES
In celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros
Length: 55 minutes | Size: 13 MB | ©2008 LasComadres.org

Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca
Authors of That's Not Fair / ¡No Es Justo!

Description: Editor Adriana Dominguez interviews Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca about the bilingual children's book, That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo! UT Professor Rebecca Bigler also comments on her research concerning children and their reactions to social injustice after exposure to historical facts about discrimination and injustice.


November 27, 2007Picture Me Rollin book cover

Nov 2007 Teleconference Audio: READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 56:54 minutes | Size: 13.66 MB | ©2007 LasComadres.org

Black Artemis
Author of Picture Me Rollin

Description: Sofia Quintero interviews Black Artemis about her book,
Picture Me Rollin. Published by NAL-Penguin Group


October 23, 2007Daughters of Juarez book cover

Oct 2007 Teleconference Audio: READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 44:11 minutes | Size: 10.6 MB | ©2007 LasComadres.org

Teresa Rodriguez
Author of The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border

Description: Stephanie Elizondo Griest interviews Teresa Rodriguz about her book,
The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border. Published by Altria Books


September 18, 2007Dancing to "Almendra" book cover

Sep 2007 Teleconference Audio: READING WITH LAS COMADRES
Length: 37:48 minutes | Size: 9.07 MB | ©2007 LasComadres.org

Mayra Montero and Edith Grossman
Author of Dancing to "Almendra" and translator, respectively

Description: Cecilia Samartin interviews Mayra Montero about her book,
Dancing to "Almendra" along with Edith Grossman, translator. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux


February 21, 2007Broken Paradise book cover

Feb 2007 Teleconference Audio:The Third Las Comadres Author's Teleconference
Length: 48:51 minutes | Size: 11.72 MB | ©2007 LasComadres.org

Cecilia Samartin
Author of Broken Paradise

Description: Liz Balmaseda interviews Cecilia Samartin about her book,
Broken Paradise.


November 29, 2006Latina Power! book cover

Nov 2006 Teleconference Audio:The Second Las Comadres Author's Teleconference
Length: 1:00:31 minutes | Size: 14.52 MB | ©2006 LasComadres.org

Dr. Ana Nogales
Author of Latina Power!

Description: Marcela Landres interviews Dr. Ana Nogales about her book,
Latina Power!


October 2006Heiress of Water book cover

Oct 2006 Teleconference Audio: The First Las Comadres Author's Teleconference
Length: 1:05:16 minutes | Size: 15.66 MB | ©2006 LasComadres.org

Sandra Rodriguez Barron
Author of Heiress of Water

Description: Marcela Landres interviews Sandra Rodriguez Barron about her book,
Heiress of Water.


July 8-11, 2006

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Las Comadres Para Las Americas Booth # 438
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall


April 22-23, 2005

Comadrazo: 1st Annual Worldwide COMADRAZO(sm) held in Austin, Texas
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