Guests:
Amy Tannenbaum
Associate
Editor
Atria Books
An imprint of
Simon & Schuster
Amy Tannenbaum is an
Associate Editor at Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster,
where she acquires well-written commercial fiction, books for the Latino
market, as well as narrative non-fiction—memoir, pop culture, international,
and self-help. Before joining Atria she briefly worked at Harlequin books
and graduated with a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University.
Atria was founded in 2001 as a dedicated imprint that sprang
from the success of the Pocket Books hardcover list. Atria specializes in
timely, important, and entertaining commercial fiction and non-fiction
publishing and is the home to major bestselling authors such as Vince Flynn,
Jennifer Weiner, Jodi Picoult, Jude Deveraux, Marlo Thomas, and Zane.
In recent years, Atria has placed a strategic emphasis on publishing for
diverse audiences, through the acquisition of Strebor Books, the
launch of a Hispanic/Latino line, and co-publishing agreement with
Beyond Words. Atria Books also publishes literary fiction and topical
non-fiction in trade paperbacks under the Washington Square Press
imprint.
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at:
Author Guest:
Anjanette
Delgado
Author of the
novel
The Heart Break
Pill
Anjanette Delgado
is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer with over eighteen years of
local and network news experience. She has produced for CNN, NBC, Univision
and Telemundo, among others, producing extensive coverage for events such as
the 1991 Gulf War, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and
the present war with Iraq, which she executive produced for Telemundo in
2003. She won her first Emmy for her human-interest series “Madres en la
lejanía,” about the plight of Latino mothers who leave their own children
behind and come to the United States to work illegally... as nannies.
Erika Luna is a
thirty-something scientist living and working in Miami. When her husband of
seven years; the very successful, very smart, very good-looking, founding
partner of one of Miami’s most successful Public Relations firms falls in
lust with another woman, their marriage spirals to hell and Erika’s
practical nature leads her down the strangest of paths. What’s a scientist
to do when slapped with pain so deep it interferes with breathing? Try to
cure it, of course! This is the premise of Emmy award-winning writer and
producer Anjanette Delgado’s delightfully funny and touchingly
poignant debut novel, THE HEARTBREAK PILL (Atria Books; $14.00; April
2008).
The novel is available at Amazon.com
Special Audience Guests
Honored Writer
Myrna Nieves
Writer, poet, educator, literary leader
Myrna
Nieves has recently been honored with the
Professional Award for Outstanding Literary Contributions by Boricua College
for her 20 year labor in the organization of Boricua College’s Poetry
Series, which brought 200 poets to an audience of 9,000.
A poet and
fiction writer, Myrna is the author of Libreta de
sueños (narraciones) (EDUPR 1997, Awarded the PEN Club of Puerto Rico,
1998); Viaje a la lluvia, poemas (Mairena, 2003). She also
co-authored and co-edited Tripartita: Earth, Dreams, Powers,
Moradalsur and Mujeres como islas. She was the producer of and
performed in Directory of Dreams, a dramatization of her narrative for the
Nuyorican Poets Café. Nieves was a monthly contributor to the newspaper
Nosotros los latinos. She holds a B.A. from the UPR (Magna Cum Laude), an
M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from NYU. Awards include: PEN Club
Award, NaCOPRW’s guest writer in “A Gathering of Poets” from the Library of
Congress, Outstanding Latina of the USA in 1998 by El Diario La Prensa, and
an Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Literature from the National
Federation of Puerto Rican Pioneers. Nieves was included in the Museo de
Historia y Cultura de Camuy (PR, 2006) and was also chosen as a guest writer
for the “Latina Poets Festival 2007 ” of The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.
Honored Expert
Nancy Marmolejo
Visibility Expert
Nancy Marmolejo is an award winning
business owner and recognized expert in business and creativity. Her
specialty is raising the visibility level of entrepreneurs so they can
market themselves as recognized, credible experts. Nancy has shared expert
commentary with numerous media outlets including SmartMoney.com, Latina
magazine, Univisión TV, Redbook, Siempre Mujer, and more.
Known for her creative and spirited style, Nancy also publishes an award
winning ezine, hosts a podcast, writes articles for websites and
magazines, and is the author of two popular blogs. Nancy is a recipient of
the prestigious Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund Award from Wells
Fargo Bank, the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Latina STYLE
magazine. This cash award is given to 10 Latina business owners nationwide
who demonstrate innovation and success in business. In 2006 she was named
Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Hispanic Business
Women’s Association, and became an inductee in the Latino OC 100, a group
of 100 influential and inspiring Latinos in
Orange County, CA. She has also been nominated for several business and
community awards by local and national organizations.
Nancy Marmolejo is part of our
Dream Team.
Contact Nancy at:
http://www.VivaVisibility.com
Reader of the month:
Featuring a reader who asks the best question:
Annecy Báez
Writer and visual artist
Annecy
Báez writes poetry and fiction. Her most recent literary work, "the
Red Shoes", was translated by Ruth Herrera and appeared in Spanish as "Tacones
Rojos" in Caudal, a literary journal in the Dominican Republic, "the
Silence of Angels" appeared in. Callaloo, an African American
Literary Journal from
John
Hopkins
University, other works have
appeared in Vinyl Donuts an anthology from the National Book
Foundation, Brujula and in
Tertuliando/Hanging
Out, a bilingual literary anthology published by Hunter Caribbean
Studies and Latinarte.
She is the member of Daisy Cocco De Fillipis
Latina writer’s group, "La Tertulia". Annecy Báez is
the winner of the 2007
Miguel Mårmol Prize for her collection of
short stories, My Daughter's Eyes and Other Stories.
My Daughter's Eyes and
Other Stories, winner
of the 2007 Mármol Prize, is
a collection of fourteen interrelated stories about young Dominican women
living in the Bronx as they deal with the choices they make in
their daily life. These stories span three decades, beginning in the
1970s, and their topics range from mother-daughter struggles,
father-daughter betrayal, family, and child abuse, to emerging sexuality,
love, loss and healing.
Reminiscent of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, My
Daughter's Eyes contains stories about various compelling neighborhood
characters so that collectively these stories have the impact of a novel,
characterizing the dramatic changes that can occur in an immigrant’s life.
Annecy Báez's daring treatment of taboo themes, such as sexual child abuse
and the struggle of the individual against restrictive traditional values,
makes this book unique in Dominican fiction.
Visit Annecy at:
http://www.annecybaez.htm
Winners of the Book prizes:
Migdalia Santiago
Personal growth expert and writer
