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ALONSO'S CURSE
Currently, I am (slowly) working on "Alonso's Curse," a historical fiction novel with elements of time-travel, fantasy, and romance, largely taking place in Spain and Scotland.
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"Everything that happens down here is written first in the universe, M'am,” he said.
“Do you really believe our fate is already written?” she asked the brujo.
“Our journey is traced in the stars, Señora,” he said. “It is all inscribed up there. All you have to do is raise your gaze to the night sky ... and read.”
- Alonso’s Curse (WIP), Copyright 2019-21 Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini
News Archive
Presentations, book club discussions, and articles ARCHIVE
~ Below is representative coverage following the 2014 launch of Antonio's Will.~
The Latina Book Club, New York. (9/27/2015) (Online Conversation via Skype)
The Genealogical Research Behind the Novel Antonio's Will, (Presentation). CENTRO, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY, New York. (4/22/2015)
Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini and her books Antonio's Will and Antonio's Grace featured in Latina Style Magazine. (12/2015)
The book launch of "Antonio's Grace: An Island's Plea for a Native Son," featured by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty as a 13th World Day event. (10/8/2015)
Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini is featured in The Latino Author, "a platform for Latino writers, Latino authors, and all readers to come together around the world."
First Hispanic Executed in Electric Chair Returns After 100 Years, Press Release. (2/17/2015)
Read "Adiós," a chapter of "Antonio's Will," featured in "Centro Voices" the e-magazine of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, New York
"Antonio's Will," Rave Reviews, Latina Style Magazine
Tecnología ayuda a los boricuas a repasar su herencia, El Diario.com. (6/13/2015)(Technology helps Boricuas to study their heritage.)
Novelan drama del primer puertorriqueño ejecutado en la silla eléctrica, La Prensa - Orlando, FL. (3/5/2015) (The drama of the first Puerto Rican executed in the electric chair turned into a novel.)
Love, Murder and the Death Penalty: The Story of ‘Antonio’s Will’, Orlando Latino (2/14/2015)
"Antonio's Will," Girl Who Reads. (11/7/2014).
