Via the phenomenon connecting every one of the 7.7 billion of us to most every other within a chain of 6 or fewer steps, Marcela Valdes is steps away from every artist encompassed by this matrix, and by logical extension, everybody on earth.
(1) "I CURATE! (◀ tap)" steps forward (curator indicated beneath incoming curations below). (2) "Marcela Valdes, curated" steps backward (curators indicated on respective pages).
I CURATE! (◀ tap)
Marcela Valdes
I CURATE!
- Curations by: The Matrix
Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Marcela Valdes
- City: Bethesda, Maryland
- Country: United States
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Marcela Valdes is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine who specializes in Latino and Latin American politics and culture. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, Bookforum, and NPR.org, among other publications. In 2010 she received a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism from Harvard University and the Roger Shattuck Award for Criticism from the Center for Fiction. A selection of her past publications may be found here.
Valdes was born in Massachusetts and grew up in California before moving to New York City and, later, Maryland. She has worked as a book review editor for Publishers Weekly and as a columnist for The Washington Post Book World. She was a founding editor of Críticas, an English-language magazine devoted to Spanish-language books, and has twice served on the Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle. She has appeared on “The Diane Rehm Show,” “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “The Kojo Nnamdi Show,” and “Morning Joe.”
My Media & Markets
- ▶ Twitter: valdesmarcela
- ▶ Website: http://www.marcelavaldes.com
- ▶ Articles: http://www.marcelavaldes.com/clip-file