Monthly Archives: January 2013

Petaluma High School librarian Connie Williams likened Grande’s visit to that of a rock star after the reaction just select chapters of the book got in Christina Lee’s English language development classes. “Ms. Lee said she was reading with the kids, they were so incredibly taken by the book […]

Author’s story hits home for many students

January 29, 2013 in news by STAFF

“Grande’s memoir The Distance Between Us is something akin to being the Angela’s Ashes of the modern Mexican immigrant experience. It is in many ways a ground-breaking addition to the literature of the Latino immigrant experience. The Distance Between Us is a book that deserves to be celebrated for its […]

Reyna Grande’s Acclaimed Memoir THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US has been ...

January 28, 2013 in news / Reyna Grande by STAFF

In the epilogue of her memoir, The Distance Between Us (just nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award), she reminds us “that studies show that 80 percent of Latin American children in U.S. schools have been separated from a parent in the process of migration.” In this work as […]

Reyna Grande on Immigration’s Toll by Sandra Tarling

January 23, 2013 in Reyna Grande by STAFF

LA Times: National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Awards

January 16, 2013 in news / Reyna Grande by STAFF

Reyna Grande’s “The Distance Between Us” Nominated For National Book ...

January 16, 2013 in news / Reyna Grande by STAFF

Empathy. Intuition. Warmth. Charisma. Not words one normally associates with a successful entertainment attorney – but Leon Gladstone has them all in abundant supply. In fact, it may well be those very qualities, in addition to his formidable legal expertise, that contributed decisively to wins in a number of high-profile […]

Entertainment Attorney Leon Gladstone

January 3, 2013 in Leon Gladstone / news by STAFF

THR: Hollywood’s 10 Most Gripping Legal Dramas of 2012

January 3, 2013 in news by STAFF