Interviews and Reviews
Here is a recent interview on The Mandala Journal. Dahlma talks about her life experiences and how that shaped Daughters of the Stone.
Daughters of the Stone is available and featured here at Goodreads.
Dahlma will be be awarded two honors in May at the Go On Girl 20th Anniversary convention in Washington DC! Click here for more information.
See Dahlma's latest review in the San Juan La Nuevo Dia here. (Spanish Only)
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa spoke at a radio show as part of the WNYC this past fall. You can watch the full videos here.
Daughters of the Stone is a finalist for The PEN America Bingham Fellowship for Writers! This fellowship honors exceptionally talented fiction writers whose debut work—a first novel or collection of short stories published in 2010—represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.
Daughters of the Stone is mentioned in Jacketflap, in their newest blog post "Color Online".
Check out The Latina Book Club, where Dahlma's book appears on the site and is also featured on the blogroll.
Latino Stories featured Dahlma on their "Top 10 Authors" list for 2010. Click here to see the list.
Black Pearls featured Dahlma on their "Leading Ladies" article this week. Click here to read the article.
July 6: An interview with Dahlma appears on Hispanic Entrepreneurs.
English Version | Spanish Version
Daughters of the Stone was awarded as a top 10 selection for 2010 at Black Pearls Magazine
Review of Daughters of the Stone at the Dayton Metro Library, April 12th, 2010
Women Writers of Color: and Interview with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, April 7th, 2010
Dahlma appears on the NJN (New Jersey PBS station) show Images/Imagenes on March 25th.
Dahlma interview (one of three interviewees) on WBAI's radio show, Perspectives on March 11th.
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa - Daughters of the Stone
The Stone Bow
An interview with author Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Coilycrowns
Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
New York Examiner
Daughters of the Stone
Lower East Side Librarian
An Interview with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
BookSlut
Interview with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, author of DAUGHTERS OF THE STONE
The Dark Phantom Review
Interview with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, author of DAUGHTERS OF THE STONE
Color Lines
A Stone for Women's Stories
Color Lines
Afro-Latinos in Literature: Q&A with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Latino LA
Reader Reviews of Daughter of the Stone
African American Literature Book Club
An Interview with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Pokkoli Writers Gallery
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Daughters of the Stone
Fall 2011 Events Schedule
September 18, 2011, 12-2pm
Brooklyn Book Festival
Las Comadres de las Americas &
La Casa Azul Bookstore Booth #125
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Jarolemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
September 22, 2011, 6:30pm
Women Writers of the Diaspora
Reading and Book Signing
The New School Rm. 510
Malcolm Klein Reading Room
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY
RSVP 212-229-5615
October 5, 2011, 12-1:30pm
"Latina Writers: Sharing Our Experiences"
Reading & Book signing (Private Event)
200 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, NJ
October 9, 2011, 11am-6pm
New York Book Fair Expo
Book sale & Signing
Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows Park
Queens, NY
October 12, 2011, 6-8pm
Upper West Side Reading Group
Book discussion
New York City
October 13, 2011, 12pm
Voices of the Rainbow series
Reading and Book Signing
Long Island University
1 University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
October 15, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm
National Writers Union
Presentation: "Never Take No for an Answer: Promoting Your Own Work"
UAW Conference Room
256 W. 38th St., 12th floor, between 7th and 8th.
New York City, NY
October 17, 2011
Bronx Supreme Court Building
Reading and Book Signing
161st St. & Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
October 28, 2011, 6-8pm
Hue-Man Books and Cafe
Panel Discussion: "Magic & Mysticism in Latina Writing"
2319 Fredrick Douglass Blvd. & 125th St.
New York City, NY 10027
November 5, 2011, 2-4pm
AfroLatin@ Now! Conference
Panel Discussion: "AfroLatin@ Perspectives for Youth"
Reading and Booksigning
Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10029
November 9, 2011, 7:30-10pm
Greenlight Bookstore
"Latina Writers: Sharing Our Experiences"
Reading & Book signing
686 Fulton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
November 12, 2011, 4:30-5:30pm
Bronx Library Center
Reading & Book signing
310 E. Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10458
November 17, 2011, 6-8pm
Bronx Borough President P.R. Heritage Celebration
Key Note Remarks: "The Puerto Rico/Bronx Connection"
Kismet Caterers
Bronx, New York
November 19, 2011, 1-4pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
"Magic & Mysticism in Latino Writing"
Reading & Book signing
901 G. St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
December 3, 2012
Authors & Publisher's Fair
Presentation: "Publishing & Publicity: My Journey—Advice for New Writers"
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center
Queens Public Library
Corona
Previous Events
May 21, 2011, TBA
Go On Girl Annual Awards Dinner
Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775
12th St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
April 28, 2011, 5:30-6:50 PM
Class Presentation
Hunter College
Hunter College West, Room 1739, 695
Lexington Ave,
New York City, NY
Monday, February 7, 2011, 6-8:30 PM
Presentation: Surviving Publication
Houndstooth Pub (downstairs)
520 8th Avenue (at 37th Street)
New York City, NY
Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10am-6pm
Book Signing
Boro Hall Park, Brooklyn, NY
Las Comadres/Casa Azul Booth 3:50-4:30PM
National Writers’ Union Booth 11-12PM
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 1pm
Reading
Cervantes Society
Kings County Courthouse—3rd floor, Surrogate Court
360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 1pm-2pm
Reading and Book Signing
Kings Country Supreme Court Building
360 Adams Street, 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday, October 15, 2010, 6pm-8pm
Hue-Man Books & Cafe
Panel Discussion - "Afro-Latino Identities and Its Presence in Literature"
"Afro-Latino Identity"
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (between 124-125th Sts.)
New York City, NY 10027
Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:30pm
Reading
University of Connecticut COOP
2075 Hillside Road Unit—1019
Storrs, CT 06269
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 1pm-2:15pm
Class Presentation
Prof. S. Rodriguez (contact)
113 W. 60th Street, Room 910
New York City, NY
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Panel Discussion - "Coloring Outside the Identity Lines"
Newark Public Library
Linda Nieves-Powell (contact)
5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6:50pm-8:30pm
City College
138th St. & Convent Ave
Room TBA
Prof. Lyn D’Lorio
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 12pm
Reading as part of the program for the Caribbean Cultural Center for African Diaspora
Dwyer Community Center
123rd St. & St. Nicholas Ave.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 11am-12pm
Riverdale/Yonkers Ethical Culture Society
4450 Fieldston Rd
Bronx, NYC
Friday, March 19, 2010 7pm
LART (Latino Artists Round Table)
Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Square
1972 Broadway, NYC
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6pm-8pm
El Barrio Book Club
Museo del Barrio Cafe
1230 5th Ave., NYC
Saturday, February 27, 2010
12:30pm-2:30pm
East Harlem Bookclub & Tea Time
1651 Lexington Ave @ 104th St.
$10 (tea time)
Please rsvp to rsvp@eastharlemcafe.com.
Please be sure to include the event
in your rsvp.
December 6, 6PM -- Holiday Author Signing--Gospel Uptown, 2110 Seventh Avenue (@125th St.), NYC, NY
December 5, 3-6PM -- Literary Tea -- Akwaaba Mansion, 347 McDonough St., Brooklyn, NY
Dec. 3, 12N-2PM -- Boro Manhattan Community College, Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremonies, 199 Chambers St., NYC 10007
Nov 21 -- African American Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17, 6:30PM -- East Harlem Cafe, 154 E. 104th St., NYC 10029
Nov 13, 7-9:30PM -- Village Gift Shop, W. 236th St., Riverdale, NY
Nov 8, 4-8PM -- Book Launch, National Black Theater, 2031-33 Fifth Avenue (@ 125th St.), New York , NYC 10029
Nov 4, Wednesday, 6:30pm -- Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
Oct 29, Thursday, 6pm -- B&N, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Oct 15, Thursday, Noon -- Barnes & Noble's, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Oct 11, Sunday -- Latino Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Sep 19, Saturday, 1pm -- Barnes & Noble's, Bay Plaza, Bronx, NY
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