I know I’m not alone in wishing for a time-traveling machine that would take me back to those days when life seemed more “benign” and living was easier. But that is just a fallacy, a way of romanticizing the past to find a secure space to hide from the hard times we are facing today as a society. To live in the past is a fool’s errand, but to ignore it also obscures the path…
Continue readingThe story behind my inspiration for One Last Song for My Father Those who experience this memoir, my most personal work to date, will discover messages of longing, loss, and ultimately love. When unforeseeable circumstances threaten to tear apart the family fabric, we all have feelings of hopelessness. Facing my father’s illness compelled me to take on this personal examination of my father’s life. Since his passing at age 92, I sought to find the…
Continue readingAs a young man, like many others my age, I could not wait to get away from the judgmental constraints of my small island. Life seemed bigger on the other side. It was a time to look ahead and not be held back by sentimentality, a feeling that wouldn’t overcome me until I was much older. Nothing could match my endless optimism and youthful arrogance. I was hungry for a new existence. But I never…
Continue reading“Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más;Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.Golpe a golpe, verso a verso…” Joan Manuel Serrat En este bellísimo verso de la gloriosa canción del legendario cantautor catalán, Joan Manuel Serrat, el artista evoca la nostalgia de tiempos pasados y la examinación de nuestro paso por la vida. Como también elude a la importancia de hacer nuestro propio camino y luchar contra las vicisitudes de la…
Continue readingEs con gran orgullo que les presento mi nueva creación literaria, Aroma de azucenas. Este nuevo trabajo se compone de tres historias inspiradas en hechos reales. Esta trilogía representa para mí un logro especial lleno denostalgia e imaginación dedicado a mi islita: especialmente a los pueblos de Hormigueros y San Germán. Es mi deseo que puedas descubrir por ti mismo todos los sentimientos por tu tierra que se encuentran en su lectura. Aroma de azucenas…
Continue readingExit Studio Publishing, continuing its history of excellence, is proud to announce Edwin Fontánez AWA was awarded two awards for his newest illustrated novel El bosque iluminado. The book was given First Place for Best Cover Design and Second Place for Best Young Adult Novel in Spanish. The International Latino Book Awards ceremony took place Sep. 9 in Carson, CA and was attended by almost 100 Latino/a authors. The following day was the LA Latino…
Continue readingEl bosque iluminado, la original novela ilustrada del escritor puertorriqueño Edwin Fontánez, acaba de ser seleccionada en 2 categorías: Mejor Libro de Ficción para Jóvenes Adultos en español y Mejor Diseño de Portada al Premio Internacional del Libro Latino 2017 (International Latino Book Awards). La edición original de su novela, The Illuminated Forest, fue tambien Finalista al ILBA 2015 como Mejor Novela de Ficción para Jóvenes Adultos en inglés. Al enterarse de las varias nominaciones,…
Continue readingExit Studio is proud to announce that El bosque iluminado (the Spanish edition of The Illuminated Forest) has received two nominations for the 2017 International Latino Book Awards: Best Young Adult Novel (Spanish) and Best Cover Design. The awards will be presented in Los Angeles, CA on September 9, 2017. In conjunction with the awards, author and illustrator Edwin Fontánez will appear at the Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival on Sunday, September 10…
Continue readingThere are the gimmicks and there are the ones with heart. Sometimes one overpowers the other. For me there has always been only one choice. I always go for the heart. This has not been an arbitrary or strategic decision, but one that I have arrived at naturally throughout my career/adventure/writing life. Unabashedly I will admit, I am an old-fashioned story teller. Simply because as an artist and writer, I must find the heart and…
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