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“Please Respect NBC” Statement

Posted in #LatinoLit, Alisa Valdes, Books, Publishing, Social Media, Twitter, tagged Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez, Ann Lopez, Being Latino, Latino, Latino in America, latinos in social media, LATISM, Social Media, Twitter on December 31, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Tonight, author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, who for the last week has been blogging and commenting about her disappointment with the TV script adaptation of her novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club, has asked her readers to “Please refrain from bashing NBC on this issue.” The blog post, which includes an image of a dove and peacock, begins [...]

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Valdes-Rodriguez to Self-Publish Dirty Girls Book

Posted in Alisa Valdes, Books, Facebook, Latino, Publishing, Writing, tagged Alisa Valdes, Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez, Ann Lopez, books, Latino, Latino in America, latinos in social media, Leadership, literature, novel, self-publishing, Social Media, Twitter on December 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Her Twitter stream and Facebook is very active. She is consistently getting new followers and friends each day. And as author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez continues to battle with Hollywood, she announced on her social media networks that she will be self-publishing the third book of The Dirty Girls Social Club series. Early on December 31, Valdes-Rodriguez, [...]

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Being Latino Joins Forces with the NHFA

Posted in #LatinoLit, Books, Latino, Leadership, Publishing, Twitter, tagged #LatinoLit, Being Latino, books, Latino, latinos, Leadership, literature, Social Media, Twitter on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Being Latino, the largest online Latino community on Facebook, and The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts announced on December 30 the creation of a “joint impact project to address the glaring absence of Latinos on television and in film.” In a letter to David Rubenstein, Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the [...]

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