Talk:Himilce Novas

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Himilce Novas is a highly acclaimed novelist and non-fiction writer specializing in Latino history and culture as well as in feminist and GLTB issues. Her books include:

1. Princess Papaya (a novel) 2. Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story (a novel) 3. Everything You Need to Know About Latino History 4. Everything You Need to Know About Asian American History 5. Latin American Cooking Across the USA

In addition she has written extensively for national magazines, publications and journals.

For further information about Himilce Novas, go here: http://supernovas.org Himilce Novas is the author the Biography that appears below and she has given permission for the use of same. see her e-mail dated Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:34 PM Dear Antonio: I have a problem w Wikipedia. They have deleted the info I had put in editing the info you had originally submitted about me because you copied it fr the Arte Publico site, which constitutes a copyright violation in their eyes. I want to list some information about me in Wikipedia but am being blocked due to the fact they canceled my entry. Can you please log into Wikipedia and input the following information about me from your end so that it will be accepted. I'd appreciate it.: -- HIMILCE NOVAS IS AN ACCLAIMED NOVELIST AND NON-FICTION WRITER SPECIALIZING IN LATINO CULTURE AS WELL AS FEMINIST AND GLTB ISSUES. FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION GO TO THESE LINKS: http://supernovas.org http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/A1DUS6K3GBCAPK

I would prefer to add the following entry (see below) if you could get it through. But if not, then at least the one above. I'd appreciate your help. The problem came about because the entry came from you and it was taken without permission from the Arte Publico site. If you had alerted me to the opportunity of listing in Wikipedia directly myself, this snag would not have come up. Many thanks. Himilce Novas Himilce Novas Himilce Novas is a novelist, poet, playwright, historian, and radio commentator. She has written for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Connoisseur, and Cuisine, and is also the author of seven acclaimed published books, both fiction and non-fiction. She teaches American Literature and Writing and lectures widely on Latino history and culture.

Born into a family of prominent intellectuals with a journalistic tradition, Himilce Novas grew up in New York City and showed early signs of a promising writing career when, still in her early teens, several of her poems were published in a literary journal by Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela. As she rose through the ranks of the publishing industry in Doubleday & Co, Scholastic, Time Inc, etc, Novas continued her creative writing pursuits, turning her pen to playwrighting. Her play, "Free This Day: A Trial in Seven Exhibits," was published by Joseph Papp in Scripts and produced off Broadway to great critical acclaim.

Novas is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Her fiction works include Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story (Arte Público Press, 1996; Riverhead/Penguin, 1997 paperback) and Princess Papaya (Arte Publico Press, 2005). Among her works of non-fiction are the popular Everything You Need to Know About Latino History (Plume/Penguin 1994;1997;2003); Latin American Cooking Across the USA (Knopf, 1997); La Buena Mesa (Knopf, 1997); Latino Art and Culture in the United States (The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996); Everything You Need to Know about Asian American History (Plume/Penguin, 1996; 2003 ); The Hispanic 100: A Ranking of the Latino Men and Women Who Have Most Influenced American Thought and Culture (Citadel Press, 1995); Remembering Selena: A Tribute in Pictures and Words / Recordando a Selena: Un tributo en palabras y fotos (St. Martin's Press, 1995).

Himilce Novas has taught literature and writing as visiting author at vatious colleges and universities, among them the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), Wellesley College and Tulane University.

While living and teaching in Santa Barbara, CA, Novas produced and hosted THE NOVAS REPORT, a talk radio program dealing with books and other cultural and contemporary issues from a unique international perspective and a solution-oriented approach to government, education, lifestyles and the arts. The Novas Report ranked as the Number One weekend talk-show.

Aside from her professional and literary endeavors, Novas, who resides in the West but spans both coasts, is an eloquent motivational speaker, lecturing across the country at the most prominent universities and prestigious speaking forums. She is available for the following: Keynotes: Debunking the Myths and Prejudices about Latinos in the USA

Latino Immigration to the United States: Contributions, Conflicts and Resolutions

The Feminist Movement in Minority Communities

We’re Here, Get Used to It: Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Civil Rights

Latino Religious Traditions in the USA

Cuban-American Culture and Contributions Workshops: Finding Our Own Path and Success as Latinos/Latinas

Growth in Pride and Self-Realization for the Latino/Latina

Navigating the Inter-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Waters

Latino/a Self-Identity

Himilce Novas Please visit http://supernovas.org

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