Ruth Behar
@ruthbehar
Author of THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER, LUCKY BROKEN GIRL, LETTERS FROM CUBA, TÍA FORTUNA'S NEW HOME, PEPITA MEETS BEBITA, ACROSS SO MANY SEAS
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"Across So Many Seas" is the latest middle grade novel by Ruth Behar. She told Latino USA how she connected to her late grandmother and Sephardic ancestors through writing the book. Produced by Elisa Baena. Listen ↘️ latinousa.org/2024/07/19/dan…
"Henry Russel Lecturer, award winners named for 2024...Ruth Behar, cultural anthropologist who has spent decades building bridges across political and cultural chasms, has been selected as the University of Michigan’s 2024 Henry Russel Lecturer" Ruth Behar record.umich.edu/articles/henry…
What I'm listening to: astrologer Isa Nakazawa reads Maria Hinojosa 🥑's chart and an interview with the "dancing anthropologist" Ruth Behar on Latino USA, on LAist 89.3
For Cuban-American writer Ruth Behar, her experiences on the dance floor translate to the page. After taking salsa classes as an adult, dance helped her build a new relationship with her body and start a new creative practice outside the classroom. latinousa.org/2024/07/19/dan…
Writer Ruth Behar tells us about the power of improvisation on the page—and on the dance floor. In this Latino USA, she invites us into the creative process behind her latest novel for young readers, “Across So Many Seas.” Produced by Elisa Baena. latinousa.org/2024/07/19/dan…
Last Week to Enter The Book Giveaway! New and current subscribers to Latino Book Chat. These awesome books need a loving home. Send a picture of your subscription to Latino Book Chat to enter. #BookGiveaway Diana Lopez Ruth Behar ProfessorLatinx
.Ruth Behar changed the anthropology field as we know it with THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER in 1996. To this day, we still talk about how she struck down the myth of objectivity in cultural anthropology. Latino USA buff.ly/3YnzTYA
Ruth Behar Your work has been a guiding light for so many of us! Brava!
bit.ly/3A60NtX Get students excited about a new novel! Author Ruth Behar reads the first chapter of #AcrossSoManySeas. Add the book to your Titlewave list: bit.ly/3WWSZnz. . #FirstChapterFriday #AuthorInterview #EdChat #TLChat #BackToSchool Penguin Books USA
The wait is over! #LKBF24 schedule is live! Kicking things off with 1️⃣ for #educatorsoftwitter Join our conversation on fiction playing a key role in connecting readers to the past, the present, & future. 🗓️Tuesday, September 17, 2024 7:00 PM 8:30 PM latinxkidlitbookfestival.com/2024-festival/…
.Elisa Baena has been fascinated with Ruth Behar’s work since she first read THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER. The book helped her develop a poetic voice as a journalist. Latino USA buff.ly/3YnzTYA
Like dance, Ruth Behar says, “You have to be humble when you’re writing. You don’t know how the writing is going to happen sometimes. You have to take each step as it goes.” Words to live by! Latino USA Elisa Baena buff.ly/3YnzTYA
This will be a great conversation with one of my favorite contemporary Sephardic authors! Ruth Behar will be the guest for the American Ladino League (ALL) authors series on Monday, September 16th at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT. Free registration here: americanladinoleague.org/programs/ #Ladino
“This book breaks all the stereotypes and lets us see Jewishness as an identity that is always evolving and connected to a vast range of communities around the world.” - Ruth Behar, one of 36 figures profiled in “What Jewish Looks Like” jweekly.com/2024/09/03/wha…
What fun to see #MGLit represented in Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard HarperKids WHAT JEWISH LOOKS LIKE 9/24/24)-- Ruth Behar is included!!!
In ACROSS SO MANY SEAS, a bittersweet historical novel for middle grade readers, Ruth Behar tells of the Sephardi experience of exile, mourning, family love, grief, memory-keeping and resilience. Highlighted in my #KidLit round-up in Lilith Magazine lilith.org/articles/new-b…
Looking forward to this exciting event with Latinx KidLit Book Festival ❤️
“I love being brought inside such a capacious tent where there is space for so many different definitions of what Jewish looks like.” - Ruth Behar jweekly.com/2024/09/03/wha…