8 Banned Books by Latino Authors

Source by Cristina Arreola

In recent months, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao has come under fire from parents in West Essex, New Jersey, who have labeled the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "vulgar" and "pornographic." Those parents have now demanded that the Board of Education remove the book from the high school curicullum.

Sadly, countless books have come under similar scrutiny, many Latino works have been banned, including classics like Bless Me, Ultima and The House Of The Spirits and more. As they say: banning a book is the best way to inspire people to read it. In the spirit of that idea, pick up one of these books that have, at one point, been banned.

Check out the list.

15th Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival April 5-6, 2014

If you are in the Chicago area and interested in promoting education and literacy among the Hispanic community, go check out the Chicago Latino Book & Family festival.

The 15th annual Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival will take place in Cicero bringing with it a host of “villages’’.

Get information on a myriad of topics. The festival will be from 12 to 6 p.m. April 5 and 11 to 5 p.m. April 6 at Unity Junior High School, 2115 S. 54th Ave., Cicero.

Here is a clip of the 10th annual Chicago Latino Book & Family festival.