Book Review
Cheers to Muses
by Naomi Millán
As a part of their mission to bring visibility to the works of Asian American women, the Asian American Women Artists Association offers a pan-Asian anthology which honors its forebears while reaching out to the next generation. A...
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The Art of Scottish-American Cooking
by Naomi Millán
The most surprising aspect of Scottish-American cuisine is not the amusing names of dishes such as Inky Pinky, a hash, or Rumbledethumps, a potato-cabbage dish. Nor is it the sometimes exotic ingredients, like the sheep’s lungs which...
Book Review
A Treasure in My Garden
by Naomi Millán
Vigneault, a member of the Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame, is hailed as one of Canada’s most important music figures of the twentieth century, especially as a champion Québécois folksinger. Here he collaborates with various other...
Book Review
Enemy of the Steak
by Naomi Millán
Though a lot has changed since 1973 when Nikki and David Goldbeck first became well-known with the publication of The Supermarket Handbook, and “vegetarian” may no longer be a dirty word, meat remains the star on our plates. The...
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Little Crow To The Rescue (El Cuervito Al Rescate)
by Naomi Millán
In a world where grown-ups are always right, young readers will be delighted by this bilingual story, which teaches that even the youngest one can teach an adult a thing or two. Frustrated by the crows that steal his chicken’s corn,...
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Mistaking the Sea for Green Fields
by Naomi Millán
Just past first adulthood, there is a time of contradictions and disappointments brought on by the irreconcilable possibilities and longings of the first twenty-odd years. There nothing loves you and nothing is waiting to transform into...
Book Review
Poem of the Deep Song
by Naomi Millán
Most famous for his posthumous collection, Poet in New York, this poet is presented here at the beginning of his career, a young man full of passion for his country and its duende. Lorca first gained renown in 1921 for Libra de Poemas...
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Only in the Meantime and Office Poems
by Naomi Millán
As part of the Uruguayan generation of ’45, the author came of literary age alongside writers such as Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Well-received in Latin America, with more than seventy-five books in every possible...