!!BETTER!! Cuentos En Kaqchikel [WORK]
Echo Wardon
Keila Vall de la Ville is a New York-based Venezuelan author. Her novel Los días animals (2016) received the International Latino Book Award for Best Novel 2018. She is the author of the short story collections Ana no duerme y otros cuentos (2007), fiction finalist in the Concurso de Cuentos Monte Ávila Editores 2006, and Enero es el mes más largo (2021). She has published the poetry collection Viaje legado (2016) and edited the bilingual anthology Between the Breath and the Abyss: Poetics on Beauty (2021), a compilation of essays and poems by thirty-three contemporary poets on the subject of beauty. Her books De cuando Corre Lola Corre dejó sin aire a Murakami and des / encanto will be published in late 2021. She has a BA in Anthropology (UCV), an MA in Political Science (USB), an MFA in Creative Writing (NYU), and an MA in Hispanic Cultural Studies (Columbia University).
The raw and gripping memoir of a Black physician who confronts his past mistakes and relationships as he learns to find his own path forward At first glance, Anthony Chin-Quee looks like a traditional success story: a smart, ambitious kid who grew up to become a board-certified otolaryngologist-an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Yet the truth is more complicated. As a self-described "not white, mostly Black, and questionably Asian man," Chin-Quee knows that he doesn't fit easily into any category. Growing up in a family with a background of depression, he struggled with relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a fear of failure that made it difficult for him to forge lasting bonds with others. To repair that, he began his own unflinching examination of what it means to be both a physician and a Black man today. What saved him and his sanity was not medicine but storytelling: by sharing stories from his life and career, Chin-Quee learned how powerful the truth can be in helping to forgive yourself and others as you chart a new way forward. By turns harrowing and hilarious, honest and human, I Can't Save You is the fascinating true story of how looking within can change you and your life for the better.
An eye-opening and soul-nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. From Cape Town, South Africa, to small-town Saskatchewan, family-run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far-flung settlers, bringers of dim sum, Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids, Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time, history, and place. Author and film-maker Cheuk Kwan, a self-described "card-carrying member of the Chinese diaspora," weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs, entrepreneurs, laborers and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox which characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted--or have often been prevented from--complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes. In both instances, the engine of their economic survival--the Chinese restaurant and its food--has become seamlessly woven into towns and cities all around the world. An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas, adventure and serendipity, "Have You Eaten Yet?" charts a living atlas of global migration, ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story.
Which nations have launched animals into space? Where are the world's cat people? How many humans live in high-risk zones for natural disasters? How far do you have to travel to hug all fifteen of the world's oldest trees? Where in the world do snakes live--or better yet, where can you avoid them?! Find the thought-provoking answers to these questions and many more in Wild Maps for Curious Minds. This infographic atlas of nature's most impressive wonders and eye-popping oddities is bursting with discovery (Where's the most remote place on Earth?), whimsical insight (Which animals have launched into space?), and startling revelations (How much forest have we destroyed?) that will change the way you see the natural world--and that celebrate our planet and the plants and animals with whom we share it.
En esta colección de poemas, escritores que representan a todos los países latinoamericanos exploran temas feministas, queer, indígenas, urbanos y ecológicos junto con protestas históricamente destacadas contra el imperialismo, las dictaduras y la desigualdad económica. Cada poema se presenta en una traducción al inglés junto con el texto original. Los idiomas originales representados incluyen español, francés, portugués, kaqchikel, mapudungun, miskito y quechua. Estos cincuenta y cuatro poemas nos inspiran a todos a abrazarnos a nosotros mismos y unirnos contra todas las formas de tiranía y opresión.
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