Cristina García, author portrait
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Cristina García

CRISTINA GARCÍA is the author of eight novels including Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador’s Hotel, King of Cuba and Here in Berlin. García’s work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fifteen languages. She’s taught at universities nationwide and was a resident playwright at Central Works Theater in Berkeley.
Vanishing Maps
A Handbook to Luck
Bordering Fires
Monkey Hunting
Dreaming in Cuban

Books

Vanishing Maps
A Handbook to Luck
Bordering Fires
Monkey Hunting
Dreaming in Cuban

Books for Native American Heritage Month

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Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

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