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 Third Annual One City One Book: San Francisco Reads Cane River
Oct 15, 2007
Have you ever wondered about you family history? Author Lalita Tadmey turned her interest in her own family history into the best selling novel Cane River, selected for the Third Annual citywide reading program One City One Book: San Francisco Reads. In this extensively researched personal odyssey, Lalita Tademy brings to life four vivid and remarkable women in her family, beginning in slavery, sweeping through the Civil War, and into the pre-Civil Rights South. As we follow these four women through extraordinary hardship, they learn to empower themselves, and despite overwhelming pressures, get their due and preserve their heritage. Set on a Creole plantation on the banks of Louisiana's Cane River, this New York Times best-seller is a beautifully written slice of American history never before seen in such piercing and personal detail.
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 The Latino Digital Divide: New Report Shows Low Internet Use Among Latinos
By Nicole Cuadra Sep 18, 2007
Only slightly more than half of adult Latinos in the United States use the Internet, according to a recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center. At 56 percent, this number lags behind Internet usage for other groups. The report sites contributing factors to low Internet usage among Latinos including limited English proficiency and low levels of education. The Pew Hispanic Center is a non-partisan research organization which studies the growing Latino population in the United States.
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Dramarama: urban fiction on high demand
By Nicole Cuadra Aug 14, 2007
The incredible popularity of urban fiction is a force to be reckoned with and libraries, not to mention publishers, are finally paying attention. The genre is known for its gritty depictions of life on the street, replete with all the accouterments of the high life: money, cars, clothes and sex.
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 Latin America’s Most Famous Novel Turns 40
By Nicole Cuadra Jul 16, 2007
It was 40 years ago this year that Gabriel Garcia Márquez wrote that most famous first line in his seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Among the most beloved novels written in the Spanish language, the anniversary of One Hundred Years of Solitude is being celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
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 Get a Clue!
By Nicole Cuadra Jun 11, 2007
Get a Clue @ Your Library: Scouting around for a good book? Follow the trail to the Mission Branch Library. Your little sleuths and junior gumshoes are invited to join Get a Clue… Read as the Mission Branch Library launches its annual Summer Reading Program.
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