Wonderful news!
Illyanna Maisonet announced that her new book, DIASPORICAN, A Puerto Rican Cookbook will arrive Oct. 18, 2022. In the meantime, you can pre-order here.
In part, Illyanna writes in her newsletter,
“Why is it important to pre-order?
I wanted to talk about how important pre-orders are because…well…NO ONE TELLS YOU (or us!) this! “For an author, pre-orders can alert retailers and consumers that they should pay attention to your book. From the bookseller perspective, the pre-order quantity is a good early indicator of a book’s success, and can lead to retailers increasing their initial orders.” There’s been a lot of questions asking me if my book is for sale in such and such bookstores and the truth is, I have no idea! But, pre-ordering and calling your local bookstores is a good way to make it happen! The sellers see it as desirable and deem you worthy enough to carry. It also helps the publisher decide if they’re going a second round with you in a second edition. If you’re thinking “I’ll just wait until it gets closer to the actual release date which is far away,” please reconsider pre-ordering now. If you have the means!
What does the name of your book mean and how is it pronounced?
Some people say, DIE-ASS-PORE-AH. Some people say, DEE-AH-SPORA. The dispersion of any people from their original homeland. I live in the land of “ni de aqui, ni de alla.” When you’re apart of the bi-cultural paradox, you have your foot in two worlds and neither seem to claim you until it’s beneficial to them. Puerto Ricans de la Isla don’t consider me Puerto Rican. And maybe I’m not. But, I’m definitely a Diasporican; A Puerto Rican belonging to the diaspora.”
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