Advance Praise for LatinoLand
This is a collection of advance praise and reviews for Marie Arana’s book LatinoLand: America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority.
Read MoreDiálogo Interamericano premia en la OEA a Marie Arana
Marie Arana, autora, crítica y periodista peruano-estadounidense, recibirá el Premio al Liderazgo Distinguido por las Américas por sus Contribuciones a la Literatura y al Entendimiento Interamericano en la IX Gala Anual de los Premios al Liderazgo por las Américas, que se celebrará el 1 de octubre de 2024 en la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA).
Read MoreLatinoLand: Media & Appearances
Here are the media, press, appearances, reviews and book tour dates for Marie Arana’s LatinonLand.
Read MoreMarie Arana to receive prestigious Inter-American Dialogue Leadership Award
Washington, DC – Marie Arana, Peruvian American author, critic, and journalist will receive the Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award for Contributions to Literature and Inter-American Understanding at the IX Annual Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala on October 1, 2024, at the Organization of American States (OAS).
Read MoreHistory with David Rubenstein (PBS)
In 1960, one out of every 25 people in the United States was of Latino heritage. In 2023, it is one out of five. In 2050, it will be one in three. Latinos are our largest, oldest, most undercounted, fastest growing, and least understood community. Prizewinning author Marie Arana explains who they are and what they have meant to America.
Read MoreWhat do ‘Latino voters’ want? The GOP thinks it knows. (Washington Post)
Is there such a thing as “the Latino voter”?
My father, a Peruvian, was something of a Republican, even when he wasn’t yet a citizen of the United States. For the first 15 years of my parents’ marriage, in Peru, he was mostly concerned with the careening allegiances of his own countrymen: the gaping divide between the elites and the poor; the wild, destabilizing vacillation between right wing and left wing in Latin America; the perpetual pendulum swing between oppression and revolution.
Read MoreLatinoLand: Press Release
In LATINOLAND: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority (Simon & Schuster; February 20, 2024), the award-winning author and historian Marie Arana offers readers a sweeping, personal portrait of the largest racial and ethnic minority in the United States.
Read MoreLatinoLand: For Book Clubs
Resources and Downloads.
These files are also available at Marie’s publisher Simon & Schuster.
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LatinoLand: Marie Arana introduces her new book
Latinos are our largest, oldest, most undercounted, fastest growing, and least understood communities. Prizewinning Marie Arana explains what they have meant to America and introduces her new book, LatinoLand.
Read More“Best Audiobooks About Latino Identity To Listen To”
Marie Arana’s work features heavily on this Audible audio books feature. Both the English and Spanish editions of Bolívar as well as Silver, Sword and Stone are celebrated as works that “find authors from the land of your ancestors and learn why reclaiming Latino heritage has become so popular worldwide”
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