Los lectores dan sus impresiones de “La última canción para mi padre” por Edwin Fontánez. Mas reseñas
Continue readingFor the avid reader, the experience of reading a biography is to delve into the subject’s life through a journey full of discoveries. Well, the task of this genre is to illustrate facts that reveal interesting data as well as anecdotes which reveal the character of the subject. That is the exclusive and pleasant experience of the reader. On the other hand, for the author who decides to write his own memoirs, it is a…
Continue reading“Long-gone times will never repeat. The love we lived will be forever.” —Victoria, from the play One Last Song for My Father In March of 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and it marked worldwide seismic changes that resonated even more noticeably here in our American backyard. This momentous time in history marked a quantum leap that transformed our fundamental way of living, working, and creating. It was during the lockdown, in search of…
Continue readingI am six years old. The early brightness of the rising sun makes me squint. In my hands I hold the bright colored fruit my mother handed me for breakfast. As I admire its porous roundness, its citrusy sweet aroma penetrates my nostrils. I’m sitting alone on the stoop where Papa finds me before going to work to dig out sand to sell. “What are you doing here?” he asks, sitting by my side. And…
Continue readingThe play in development of One Last Song for My Father, following its participation in the Kennedy Center Local Theatre Residency program, has been invited back to presented at the Kennedy Center Local Theatre Festival on Saturday, August 24, 2024. This day of play readings, theatre workshops, and professional development highlights the Washington, DC area theatre scene and supports the development of new works. Attendance is free but requires pre-registration on the Kennedy Center website.
Continue readingIt finally saw the light of day! My new play adaptation of One Last Song for My Father was invited by the Kennedy Center to be workshopped as part of their Local Theatre Residency program, March 25-29, 2024. It was a brief yet intense week of rehearsals culminating in a captive audience getting a first glimpse of this adaptation of my recently published memoir. In yet another iteration in my creative career, this was my…
Continue reading“Somewhere, within the sweeping expanse and solitude of an imaginary tundra, its wild inhabitants come out to catch the oblique reflection of a distant sun hiding below the horizon. Winter, with its blistery winds rolling over snowy slopes, entices all the forest’s creatures to roam freely. Like magical apparitions out of a fairy tale, reindeer, fawns, snowshoe hares, arctic foxes, and snowy owls come out of their dens and from among the trees like luminous…
Continue readingEl Adoquín Timesagosto 19, 2023 Uno de los momentos más difíciles y dolorosos que puede pasar una persona es ver a uno de sus seres queridos perder la memoria -por alguna condición de salud- hasta el punto de ni poder reconocer sus familiares más cercanos. Así fue lo que vivió el autor puertorriqueño Edwin Fontánez, quien recientemente lanzo su libro La última canción para mi padre: Memorias de un hijo, un homenaje a su padre,…
Continue readingEdwin Fontánez was recently a guest on the Latino Book Chat podcast hosted by Christianne Meneses Jacobs. He discussed the inspirations for and lessons learned from writing his memoir One Last Song for My Father. >> Listen to the Episode
Continue readingAS SEEN IN Arlington Magazine, May/June 2023 The songs of nature and lazy Sundays were reminders of things unsaid. I could smell it in the charged air. Rain was about to come. The trees became agitated as the wind rolled vigorously through the persianas and into my room. Sitting on the side of the bed, I waited for the deluge as the pummeling sound of raindrops over the grove and the orange tree became a…
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