Virtual Book Tour Begins for Silvio Sirias' MEET ME UNDER THE CEIBA

On Monday, January 11, 2010, author Silvio Sirias will begin a 10-day virtual book tour to promote his latest work, Meet Me under the Ceiba. Be sure to catch Silvio in all of his interviews and guest posts by following the blogs below:

• Monday, January 11: Book Lover Carol

• Tuesday, January 12: Brown Girl Speaks
• Wednesday, January 13: Regular Ruminations
• Thursday, January 14: The Tranquilo Traveler
• Friday, January 15: Pisti Totol
• Monday, January 18: Mama XXI
• Tuesday, January 19: Farm Lane Books
• Wednesday, January 20: Sandra's Book Club
• Thursday, January 21: Latino Books Examiner
• Friday, January 22: Una in a Million

SILVIO SIRIAS is the author of the novels Meet Me under the Ceiba (Arte Público Press, 2009) and Bernardo and the Virgin (Northwestern University Press, 2007). He has written and edited several books on Latino/a literature, including Julia Alvarez: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press, 2001) and Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya (University Press of Mississippi, 1998). He received his doctorate in Spanish from the University of Arizona and worked as a professor of Spanish and U.S. Latino/a literature for several years before returning to live in Nicaragua in 1999. He currently lives in Panama.

About the Book:

Through stories and gossip that expose jealousies, scandals, and misfortunes, Sirias lovingly portrays the community of La Curva, Nicaragua, in all its evil and goodness. The winner of the University of California, Irvine's Chicano / Latino Literary Prize, this spellbinding novel captures the essence of a world rarely seen in American literature.

"Sirias brings to life a small Nicaraguan town as it reacts to [a] brutal murder of a lesbian . . . provocative novel that opens up a little-known world to its readers."

—Booklist

To visit Silvio's Web site, click here.

This virtual book tour was organized by BronzeWord Latino Virtual Book Tours. For more information, click here.