Children’s book author Lydia Gil spoke about her bilingual chapter book for intermediate readers, Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo, at the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention November 19, 2016, in Atlanta, GA. Listen along!   Click for more information on Lydia Gil and Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo.  

Gil chosen as January 2015’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Gil 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: LYDIA GIL was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, of Cuban parents. She is the author of a bilingual “flip” book for intermediate readers, Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo (Piñata Books, 2014), and a bilingual children’s picture book, Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí (Piñata Books, 2007). She teaches at the University of Denver and writes for EFE, the leading Spanish-language news agency. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Arts in Comparative …