Tag: Las Comadres Para Las Americas

  • “The Power of Friendship and Latino/a Identity” by Comadre Nora Comstock

    I have always been a reader—not a writer. Occasionally someone would bring to my attention a book by a Latino writer, and I would purchase and read it. The story filled my soul and made me yearn for more, but the idea of seeking out Latino/a writers to read and interview did not occur to me…

  • An Interview with Raquel Cepeda

    An Interview with Raquel Cepeda

    I had the pleasure of meeting Raquel Cepeda—not in person, but over the telephone, in an interview conducted by Nora de Hoyos Comstock, founding member, president and CEO of Las Comadres Para Las Americas, an international group of comadres (“godmothers”) who work to unite us all through literature written by Latinas/os. So the first thing…