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Críticas Publication Suspended
In a farewell letter, Críticas editor Aída Bardales responded to those who wrote to protest the shutdown and thanked colleagues, reviewers, and readers for their support. Publisher Ron Shank says he and the editorial teams of Library JournalPublishers Weekly, and School Library Journal remain committed to finding alternate ways to continue to review Spanish-language books. More

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  • Maruja Torres Takes 2009 Nadal
    The 65th annual Premio Nadal this year went to Spanish writer and journalist Maruja Torres for Esperadme en el cielo (“Wait for Me in Heaven”), a novel about friendship and “ghosts.”
  • Norman Joins Santillana USA; Badillo Shifts To Edit Nonfiction
    Spanish publisher Santillana’s U.S. based division, Santillana USA, has hired Marla Norman, formerly Planeta’s U.S. sales director, as senior account executive for its General Books division.
  • Another Record-Breaking Year for Guadalajara’s Book Fair
    Guadalajara's Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL), the Spanish-language book world's most important event, celebrated its 22nd anniversary from November 29–December 7 with record attendance for the second year in a row.


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Enrique Barrios—Enlightening Young Minds
Born in Chile in 1945, Enrique Barrios is a tireless traveler and has lived in many countries, including Venezuela, the United States, France, Australia, and Spain, before settling down in Brazil. During his travels, Barrios has learned about the world and found inspiration for several children’s and adults’ spirituality books, including Ami, el niño de las estrellas (Ami, Child of the Stars; Lotus Press, 1989) and its sequels Ami, regresa (“Ami Returns”) and Ami, civilizaciones internas (“Ami, Civilizations Within”). 

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A place of refuge
In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and...

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Top Books of 2008 
As always, selecting the top titles of the year is a challenge. This year we have decided to do it a little differently: rather than publish a comprehensive list of wide-ranging adult titles recommended for purchase, we have narrowed down the list to 12 titles published in 2008—and reviewed in Críticas—that we feel should be on every library and bookstore shelf.

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