THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

The Latina Book Club welcomes guest blogger Jonathan Marcantoni .  Jon is an author and editor, and believes strongly that all Latino writers should Learn Spanish.  Read his reasons why below. BEING A LATINO WRITER IN AMERICA by Jonathan Marcantoni Being a Latino comes with a myriad of complications. Your relationship with the U.S. and your native country depend heavily on how many generations your family has been here, your family’s attitude toward your native culture, and also your personal exposure to your native country. As an artist it is your natural inclination to look as much inward as you do outward, and how much you investigate your Latino identity, the more it will influence your work. I’ve met many minority artists, whether they are African, African American, Asian, and Latino, who don’t want to be defined by their ethnicity. Who would rather just write stories and keep their personal culture outside of them. I’ve met just as many who spend all their ...

   The Latina Book Club is happy to review this new collection from a talented author. Our review is below, followed by a “chat” with the author. TRAVELER’S REST will be available for purchase on June 28. Mark your calendars! ---mcf TRAVELER’S REST By Jonathan Marcantoni Savant Books June 28, 2012 You get the life you work for . –Gustavo, exile Marcantoni is a gifted literary voice. TRAVELER’S REST is at once bold, passionate and tragic. Readers will identify with the endless quest for home, for love, for family. And, appreciate the realization that we are all ultimately defined by the choices we make, so we can either live with them or change them; not always an easy task, but one worth striving for. TRAVELER’S REST is a collection of short stories centered around Tony, a former drug addict. Like the other characters populating this book, Tony is a lost soul caught in a purgatory of despair and violence. There’s the friend searching for a home; the brother l...