Department of History University of North Texas
Author on the Airwaves: Carlos Cisneros
Arte Público Press Author Carlos Cisneros featured on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Cisneros for its website’s “Arte Público Press Authors” 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: CARLOS CISNEROS graduated from South Texas College of Law and has his own law practice in Brownsville, Texas. A former assistant district attorney in Cameron County, he has extensive felony and misdemeanor trial experience. Prior to returning to the Rio Grande Valley, he worked as an associate attorney in Houston. Through his work, he has observed first-hand much of what he so vividly narrates in his novels, The Case Runner (Arte Público Press, 2008); The Name Partner (2010) and The Land Grant (2012) . In …
Women’s History Month–Fiction Titles
A useful guide to woman-centric novels, poetry collections and short stories for librarians, readers and teachers alike! Create a shelf display or find your next read. Secrets of the Casa Rosada Sixteen-year-old Martha and her mother move constantly, never staying anywhere for long. So she knows better than to ask if they’ve been evicted again when her mom says they’re going on a “vacation” to Laredo, Texas, to meet the grandmother Martha didn’t know existed. At her Abuela’s pink house, Martha’s shocked and hurt when her mom abandons her, even though a part of her had been expecting it. Suddenly, Martha must deal with a lifestyle that is completely foreign. And it turns out that her grandmother is revered as a healer, or curandera. Meanwhile, at Martha’s new school, she can’t be anonymous because everyone knows she’s Doña González’s granddaughter, and a girl named Marcella has it out for her. …
