Lacámara chosen as May 2012’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Lacámara for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: LAURA LACÁMARA is a Cuban-American artist and author. She is the illustrator of The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo (Piñata Books, 2010) and the author of Floating on Mama’s Song / Flotando en la canción de mama (HarperCollins, 2010).  She lives in Venice, California, with her family. About her latest book, Alicia’s Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia Seven-year-old Alicia and her parents are enjoying the annual festival celebrating Mexico’s independence. There are mariachis strolling across the festival grounds, folkloric dancers twirling in …

Ruiz-Flores chosen as June 2012’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Ruiz-Flores for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: LUPE RUIZ-FLORES is the author of several bilingual picture books for children. They are: The Battle of the Snow Cones / La guerra de las raspas (Piñata Books, 2010), The Woodcutter’s Gift / El regalo del leñador (Piñata Books, 2007) and Lupita’s Papalote / El papalote de Lupita (Piñata Books, 2002). She lives and works in San Antonio, Texas. About her latest book, Alicia’s Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia Seven-year-old Alicia and her parents are enjoying the annual festival celebrating Mexico’s independence. There …

Hidalgo-Robert chosen as September 2012’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Hidalgo-Robert for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: ALBERTO HIDALGO-ROBERT studies biochemistry at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. He is also the founder of an online anti-obesity campaign, Healthy Bert: No Child Left with a Big Behind Foundation. He lives with his family in Redwood, California. About his latest book, Fat No More: A Teenager’s Victory Over Obesity “My life was a circus and a comedy show by the age of three months: I was already the size of a one-year-old! I was hairy with big cheeks, big legs, feet akin to …

Lopez chosen as October 2012’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Lopez for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: JOSEFINA LÓPEZ is best known for authoring the play and co-authoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her college ambitions, a personal goal, and securing employment which is a family expectation.  Along the way, Ana confronts a host of cultural assumptions about beauty, marriage and a woman’s role in society.  Although Real Women Have Curves is Lopez’ most recognized work, it is only one of many literary and artistic works she has created …

Caraballo chosen as December 2012’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Caraballo for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: SAMUEL CARABALLO, a native of Vieques, Puerto Rico, is the author of four previous children’s books: Estrellita en la ciudad grande / Estrellita in the Big City (Piñata Books, 2008), Mis papitos: Héroes de la cosecha / My Parents: Heroes of the Harvest (Piñata Books, 2005), Estrellita se despide de su isla / Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island (Piñata Books, 2002) and Mis abuelos y yo /My Grandparents and I (Piñata Books, 2004).  He currently lives in Virginia with his family. About his …

Brown chosen as July 2011’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Brown for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: MONICA BROWN is the author of numerous award-winning books for children, including Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People (Henry Holt & Co., 2011), Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez / Lado a lado: La historia de Dolores Huerta y César Chávez (Rayo/HarperCollins, 2010), Butterflies on Carmen Street / Mariposas en la calle Carmen (Piñata Books, 2007), and My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz (Luna Rising, 2004), winner of …

Troncoso chosen as September 2011’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Troncoso for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: SERGIO TRONCOSO is the author of The Nature of Truth (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (University of Arizona Press, 1999), which won the Premio Aztlán and the Southwest Book Award. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and two graduate degrees, in international relations and philosophy, from Yale University. He won a Fulbright scholarship to Mexico and was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Alumni Hall of Fame. He lives and works in New York City. About his …

Di Iorio chosen as October 2011’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Di Iorio for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: LYN DI IORIO grew up in Puerto Rico and came to the Mainland to attend Harvard University, from which she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She received her master’s degree from Stanford University’s Creative Writing Program and her doctorate in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley. She teaches literature and creative writing at The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of scholarly books on Latino literature; …

Ortiz Cofer chosen as November 2011’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Ortiz Cofer for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, a poet, novelist and essayist, is the author of numerous award-winning books, including An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (Orchid Books 1995, Penguin, 1997), recipient of the 1995 Pura Belpré Award, ALA’s Best Books for Young Adults and The Horn Book/Fanfare Best Book of the Year List. Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood (Arte Público Press 1991) received a PEN citation, the Martha Albrand Award for non-fiction, and a Pushart Prize for the …

Acosta and Irwin chosen as June 2016’s “Co-Authors of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Acosta and Irwin for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Authors: HIPÓLITO ACOSTA, the son of Mexican-American migrant workers, rose to be one of the most highly decorated officers in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. He is the author, with Lisa Pulitzer, of The Shadow Catcher: A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico’s Deadly Crime Cartels (Atria Books, 2012). He lives in Houston, Texas. A.J. IRWIN’s career in law enforcement began by happenstance when he worked as an undercover cop for a small-town Georgia police department. He went on to become a federal …