Words are an integral part of author Esmeralda Santiago's life. But six years ago, she suffered a stroke and lost the ability to read. She remembers her stroke and feeling off. “I felt as if I wasn’t ...

"I will teach you everything," says Santiago's lover, the Turkish filmmaker Ulvi Dogan. "But you must listen to what I say." Thus begins the deftly understated saga of an intense, abusive relationship ...

Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Best-selling author, Esmeralda Santiago about her new intergenerational novel, “Las Madres,” set during Hurricane Maria and how her ...

My guest today is an acclaimed author, Esmeralda Santiago. She joins me now to discuss her new novel, “Las Madres.” You are what you read. Reveal your 2024 reader type with Newsprint. Esmeralda, ...

When Hurricane Irma grazed her Puerto Rican homeland in early September, writer Esmeralda Santiago was far from home. She wasn’t in the home of her birth, nor in the tree-top Katonah home she shares ...

Esmeralda Santiago may have left her native Puerto Rico at 13, but the island, given her memoirs and fiction, has yet to let her go. In her newest novel, “Las Madres,” three friends return to Puerto ...

The new novel "Conquistadora" paints a picture of love and adventure as a young women travels from Spain to Puerto Rico where her husband has inherited a sugar plantation. Jeffrey Brown speaks with ...

Ulvi Dogan was smart, confident, a world traveler. He spoke three or four languages and had directed the film — well, he claimed to have directed the film — that won the Golden Bear at the 1964 Berlin ...

The practice of legacy admissions—preferential consideration given to the children of alumni—has emerged as a national flash point since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in June. Even some ...

There are books that launch you into worlds unimaginable. Others hold up a mirror that reflects back a person who is slightly recognizable. I did not expect both to be true for one book. But in ...