Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2008

My Brain Won't Float Away author to appear in popular morning show Despierta America (Univision)

When: Thursday, January 31st., 2008. Despierta America from 7 to 10 AM
(UNIVISION) Check local listing for cable or dish channel


Despierta América, one of the most popular Spanish language morning television programs, will present a segment about Annette Pérez, author of the bilingual children's book My Brain Won't Float Away/Mi cerebro no va a sair flotando (Campanita Books, New York). The segment will recognize the merits both of the book and its author, who has suffered from hydrocephalus since early childhood. In My Brain
Won't Float Away
, Annette narrates her true story of growing up with hydrocephalus with humor, honesty, and compassion, and proves with her story that even the simplest act can change one's life forever.

This is the second honor bestowed on Annette and her book during the month of January. On January 6, Puerto Rico's First Lady, Luisa Gándara, selected My Brain Won't Float Away as one of the presents to
give to thousands of children during the traditional Three Kings Day celebration.

Annette Pérez was born in New York City to a family of Puerto Rican origin. She was diagnosed with hydrocephalus as an infant.She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education and works for the Department of Education of the City of New York.

 

The Three Kings Give Away Campanita Books in Puerto Rico

Thousands of families attended the Fiesta de Reyes at the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to celebrate this traditional holiday. Agencies and organizations dedicated to education and family participated in the event. The Three Kings gave away children's books, traditional toys and young trees. Activities promoting books and reading took place under tents throughout the park.

   

Among the books selected by the First Lady of Puerto Rico, Luisa Gándara, and the Puerto Rico Department of Education to give to the children was our own Mi cerebro no va a salir flotando/My Brain Won't Float Away, written by Annette Pérez and illustrated by Yolanda Fundora. In the first photo, a girl receives My Brain Won't Float Away as a gift.

The Secretary of Education, Dr. Rafael Aragunde, enjoys the book My Brain Won't Float Away, by Annette Pérez.

 

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2007

The Spanish Discipline of the Department of Foreign Languages, ESL, and Humanities at York College cordially invites you to attend the events dedicated to the celebration of the Hispanic Heritage.

Monday, November 19th
“What’s happening in 2007 with Latinos in the Media: Television, Movies, Books, Radio, and Press.” Presenters include cultural activist and producer Mario Picayo, Colombian journalist Diana Vargas, Argentinean journalist Rodolfo Quebleen, and Albor Ruiz Editor in Chief of El Daily News, Executive Director of MAS Magazine, as well as Editor at La Familia de Hoy and Chief Editorial Writer, Columnist, and News Editor at New York’s El Diario-La Prensa.
6:00PM – 8:30PM Room 2D01

ALBOR RUIZ is a columnist for the New York Daily News. A former National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Region II Director and member of its National Board, he has had a long career as writer an editor. He was hired at the Daily News as an Editorial Writer and was the first Latino member of that paper's Editorial Board. He has also worked as an Opinion Page Editor for The News. Ruiz, a lecturer for NYU's Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), was the Editor-in-Chief of El Daily News, the first bilingual newspaper in the country, as well as Executive Editor of Mas magazine, Editor at La Familia de Hoy and Chief Editorial Writer, Columnist and News Editor at New York 's El Diario-La Prensa. He has also written opinion columns for Newsday and published extensively in English and Spanish in several national and international publications. In 2003 he was inducted into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame. Before becoming a journalist he was a Humanities, Philosophy and Spanish professor in Miami , Puerto Rico and New York . Born in Cuba , he has lived in New York City since 1980.

MARIO PICAYO is a cultural activist, audiovisual artist and producer. He has worked for the Smithsonian Institution, the Dominican Republic 's Institute of Folklore and other cultural institutions in the United States and the Caribbean . As a photographer, Mario Picayo’ solo exhibitions have been presented in New York, Spain, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Cuba, and the Virgin Islands. In the past he has worked as editor for Sesame Workshop ( Sesame Street ). He currently divides his time between duties as Editor in Chief of Editorial Campana, an independent publishing house, as Producer of Gente y cultura, the award winning public television program, and as Executive Director of LART (Latino Artist Round Table), a not-for-profit organization founded in 1999. The New York State Assembly made public recognition to his artistic career and his work as defender and promoter of Latino culture in 2004.
DIANA VARGAS (Colombia-US) Trabajó durante 7 años en la dirección general del espacio documental Rostros y Rastros, programa semanal de televisión ganador de varios premios internacionales. Actualmente reside en Nueva York en donde organiza y promueve eventos culturales. Es consultora de medios y jefe de prensa para organizaciones culturales y artísticas en Estados Unidos; especializándose en el área de cine, literatura y música. En el área de programación de cine coordina, desde hace 4 años, la sección latinoamericana del Havana Film Festival in New York y es, además, directora y fundadora del Festival de Cortos Latinoamericanos Corto Circuito que realiza en asocio con el Centro King Juan Carlos I de New York University. En el 2004 fue programadora del programa de cine del tercer congreso de LART Ficciones y realidades. Como periodista escribe para varias publicaciones entre ellas Hoy, periódico del consorcio Tribune y La Opinión de Los Angeles.

RODOLFO C. QUEBLEEN (Rosario, Argentina, 1938) escribe teatro, cuento y poesía (Premio C.E.P.I., Nueva York). Fue corresponsal de Televisa en Nueva York y trabajó en El Diario-La Prensa, que dirigió en 1990. Actualmente trabaja para Daily News y dirige el semanario en español Hora Hispana.


Thursday, November 29th

“Books Presentation: Historias de mujeres grandes y chiquitas (Sonia Rivera-Valdés), Para que no se me olvide (Paquita Suárez-Coalla), Fragmentos de la memoria. Recuerdos de una experiencia carcelaria (1975-1980) (Margarita Drago).” (Spanish)
5:00 – 7:00PM
Room 4M06

Wednesday, December 5th
Books Presentation: My Brain Won’t Flow Away and Caribbean Journey from A to Y (Published by Campanita Books). With the participation of Annette Pérez (YC Graduate) and Mario Picayo, cultural activist, audiovisual artist and producer.

For more information, contact Dr. Margarita Drago (coordinator) at 718-262-2430

 

Musica, arte y literatura en Terraza Café

El miércoles 21 de noviembre, comenzando a las 6:30 p.m. Margarita Drago (Argentina) presentará su libro: Fragmentos de la memoria: recuerdos de una experiencia carcelaria (1975-1980)

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS OF
MEMORY TRACKS:
FRAGMENTS OF MEMORY
BY AUTHOR MARGARITA DRAGO

At Librería Caliope

Margarita Drago presents Memory Tracks: Fragments from Prison (1975-1980) on July 12 at 8:00 p.m. at Librería Calíope, located at 183 Dyckman Street. Tel.: (212) 567-3511.

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Book Signing June 2007

Here at Teatro IATI, we will present Margarita Drago's book that talks about her incredible journey as a political prisoner in my home town of Rosario, Argentina from 1975 to 1980 at the beginning of the Argentinean Dictatorship. So please join us at this wonderfull event, which will culminate with some wine and crackers along with the signing of the book for those who want to take one home. 
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Fragmentos de la Memoria:
Recuerdos de una experiencia carcelaria.

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Margarita Drago will read part of her book about her experience as a Political prisoner in Rosario, Argentina from 1975 to 1980.
 
Wednesday June 20th at 7pm
 
Teatro IATI's Studio
59-61 east 4th 4th floor
New York, NY 10003
 
About the book
  Memory Tracks: Fragments from Prison (1975-1980) by Margarita Drago recounts the memories of an Argentine political prisoner from 1975 to 1980. A teacher, under house arrest and accused of political crimes, is transferred to the Women´s Prison of Rosario. Terrorized, she will become witness and victim of multiple interrogations, tortures and rapes. But there in the basement, where she lives along with other companions, she will begin a press using cigarette packages, and neither strength nor hope will abandon her. Intimate parts of the body will become secure, secret hiding places to keep study materials and prison information. Day after day she will feel the terror and cold of machine guns. She will hear the noise of the soldiers' boots and the bark of police dogs a few centimeters away.

Family visits, increasingly more scarce, are reduced to almost a memory by the time she was transferred to the Villa Devoto Prison. For five years she sees, behind bars and doors, her companions being transferred to hidden jails. She knows of the manipulations of the priest who, cloaked in the sacrament of confession, betrayed many women who ended up assassinated. She lives through the tensions of cohabitation and political differences impossible to resolve.

"Homage," "The Mind Plays Tricks," "Good-bye," "The Women´s Prison of Rosario," and some wrenching first pages signed by the author complete this book of hair-raising tensions and encounters. Memory Tracks: Fragments from Prison (1975-1980) is a piece of autobiographical writing that goes further than an act of restoring the past. Here, the protagonist proclaims identity as a gesture that repeats itself: the subject generates an answer and responsibility toward others. Indispensable.

Alicia Perdomo H., Editorial Campana.
 
                          
I hope that we could see you at Teatro IATI on wednesday 20th at 7pm. 
 
Sincerely,
 

Germán Baruffi
Teatro IATI

XIX POETRY SERIES AT BORICUA COLLEGE CONTINUES ON MARCH 21 "WRITERS AND CULTURAL PROMOTERS"

Boricua College invites you to the second reading of the XIX Winter Poetry Series, titled "Writers and Cultural Promoters", with writers Paola Paula, Sonia Rivera Valdés, Madeline Millán and Tanya Torres. This event will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 6:00 PM in the Blue Room at Boricua College located at 186 N. 6th Street in Brooklyn. This event, which will take place mostly in Spanish, is free to the public and includes an open mike session. The Series will also present literary events on April 24 and May 1, 2007. For more information, please get in touch with the director of the Poetry Series, Myrna Nieves, at Boricua College, (718) 782-2200, ext. 249 or write to : mnieves@boricuacollege.edu

This event is made possible thought the generosity of Boricua College and through public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.


Editorial Campana
at the XXVIII The International Book Fair
of the Palacio de Minería
, Mexico City

February 22 -March 4, 2007


The XXVIII International Book Fair of the Palacio de Minería's Cultural Program presents a variety of panels and presentations of books published thoroughout the world. As part of the fair's program, on Saturday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m., Editorial Campana will present its new titles. Writers Sonia Rivera-Valdés, Margarita Drago, Paquita Suárez Coalla and Jacqueline Herranz Brooks will be participating in this and other panels and presentations. For more information, visit: http://feria.mineria.unam.mx/

 

 

PRESENTATION OF AQUÍ ME TOCÓ ESCRIBIR
On February 22, 2007, at 8:00 p.m., Paquita Suárez Coalla will present her book Aquí me tocó escribir at Calíope Bookstore. Calíope is located at 183 Dyckman Street. Tel: (212) 567-3511.

CONFERENCE
21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S. & 6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
March 15-18, 2007
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Cohosted by University of Maryland & George Mason University.
For more information about this event, visit: http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/conferences.html


33rd International Book Fair of Buenos Aires: "Books Without Frontiers"
April 16 to May 7, 2007
La Rural, Buenos Aires

The International Book Fair of Buenos Aires is both a nationally and internationally acclaimed catalog for the publishing industry–as well as a cultural feast. It is the most important book fair in Latin America, attracting more than one million visitors.
For more information, visit: http://www.el-libro.com.ar/


20th International Book Fair of Bogotá
April 19 to May 1, 2007

Bogotá, Capital Mundial del Libro 2007 is the twentieth version of the International Book Fair of Bogotá. This year, Chile will be the Guest Country, and the Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez will be honored. A varied sample of the book industry, and an important cultural representation composed of writers and intellectuals will be presented in order to bring light on the book publishing industry of Colombia as well as to strengthen the cultural and commercial ties of this country with the rest of the world.
For more information, visit: http://www.feriadellibro.com/



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