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[close] VAO Publishing is a division of the 501(c)(3) non-profit Valley Artist Outreach. Our mission is to promote the voices of writers in the Río Grande Valley of south Texas. To achieve this goal, we are implementing a three-pronged strategy: •editing annual anthologies of local talent •publishing a small number of titles by Valley authors (or by authors whose work would appeal to readers in the Río Grande Valley) each year •providing creative writing workshops to aspiring local writers Our Goodreads page will mainly be used to provide information about upcoming publications and to promote contests, etc.

[close] A place to discuss books about Latino Muslims as well as Islam in the Caribbean and Latin America.

[close] What do, Dove, H&M, Nivea, Harlequin Teen, Heineken have in common? All have faced boycotts, the fury of Twitter, one-star reviews, loss of sales; extreme backlashes for their lack of racial sensitivity. Heineken is the most recent with its ad of a beer passing by a dark-skinned African-American to a light-skinned African-American, with the phrase, “Lighter is Better.” Sensitivity Reading is an emerging industry available to content creators who want to alleviate unintentional bias or racism in their books, in magazines, ad campaigns, television, film, gaming, app development and more. Would you like to learn to be a reader?

[close] The Rio Grande Valley of South Texas is full of culture and drama! Get to know the literature written by and about Vallujos.