Esther Cristina Alix

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TFW you see your book featured in a German bookstore! ☺️🌱✨

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Honored to join an amazing and talented group of writers in conversation tomorrow! Register via link in bio. ✨

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✨We're honored to kick off VONA Summer 22 panels with our Intersections of Self Series: LGBTQIA Writers, featuring panelists Nicole Shawan Junior], Charles], , and esthercristinaalix], and moderator Dr. Shokry Eldaly.

Join VONA tomorrow (06/28) at 5:30 pm EST as our panel offers insight into how they have authored, traversed, and written the intersections and borders of their identity and how they navigate the Self in ways that inform their craft and the worlds they invite us to enter.✨

Nicole Shawan Junior Nicole Shawan Junior] is an award-winning counter-storyteller, founder of — a literary revolution of BIPOC storytellers — and recipient of numerous prestigious residencies and fellowships.

Co-founder of , Charles Rice-González Charles] is a writer and community/LGBTQ activist. His novel, Chulito (Magnus Books 2011), has received numerous awards, including a 2013 Stonewall Book Award.

A twice recipient of the NYFA Fellowship, Pushcart Prize nominee, and author of the play Possessing Harriet — Kyle Bass is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the first-ever resident playwright at Syracuse Stage.

Esther Alix esthercristinaalix] is a Black Latina, writer, short film producer, and a founding member of the writing group Voxvocis. Her new novel, Stories Of Gabriel, debuted in February of this year via Heliotrope Books.

continues this week with virtual events, panels, workshops, and readings designed to nurture the next generation of BIPOC writers. Check out the scheduled events at the link in bio. Follow VONA] to stay in the loop!

It was so much fun talking with this past Monday ✨ Like Gloria said, keep it in the fam and buy your copy of Stories of Gabriel from Cafe con Libros]! Thank you to everyone who tuned in and for Cafe con Libros] for hosting. And remember to stay professionally curious! Link to replay in bio ✨

Check out the Replay of my recent conversation with Gloria Malone. Thank you Gloria for your thoughtful questions and laughter! And a warm thanks to Cafe con Libros, Bk for having us!

Stories of Gabriel | Esther Alix in conversation with Gloria Malone - Crowdcast Register now for Cafe con Libros's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Monday May 09, 2022 at 7:00 pm EDT.

My mommas. Mami 87 and Tía 96. Sisters. Deep in conversation about life. I’m so grateful. 😍

Honored to be in conversation with the talented and creative Gloria Malone next week with ! Did you catch her Afro-Latinx history videos for Black History month?! Go check out Gloria’s work and YouTube, and join us Monday, May 9th at 7pm for our virtual chat. Link to register in bio.

Gloria is an award winning communications professional who enjoys hosting, interviewing, and elevating the stories and accomplishments of underrepresented communities.

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Thank you all for supporting my page and book. Cheers to more reading, writing and resisting✨✨✨

Save the Date! May 9th at 7pm
Cafe con Libros, Bk

Stories of Gabriel | Esther Alix in conversation with Gloria Malone - Crowdcast Register now for Cafe con Libros's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Monday May 09, 2022 at 7:00 pm EDT.

Thank you to Lorena .de.nena for this great review and graphic! Thank you for reading and sharing!
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* book content warning - miscarriage, death, shooting/guns *

Esther wrote each short story so beautifully, describing each character so well. My heart felt so warm and so full, each character, each vecino, knowing each other & being connected with each other. Aveces necesitas las personas que están cercas de ti, as they’re the ones that are always around. I kept wondering, I kept asking, why is this book called Stories of Gabriel, quien es Gabriel?

But then I realized that these stories were of loses. Elli, Jorge, Matty, Eva, Marco all lost a baby. Lorenzo lost his baby & Pedro lost a friend, his youth, his neighborhood. They all lost something, leaving a hole in their heart, a void that couldn’t be filled. It was so bittersweet having Pedro return to the block years later, bringing back the memories. It felt sad. But it also felt like each person’s heart was whole again. Sometimes we have to lose things, people, places to become complete & full again - with the help & love of those around us.

I wanted so so much more from each story, I couldn’t put it down until I saw & red everyone’s perspective. I can’t wait for more of Esther’s writing! thank you so much for giving me an e-copy of this amazing book. 💗

Book friends - I know we all love the most recently released & popular books, but let’s give some love to this Black Latina author for the amazing writing she has given to us all!

So excited to join the conversation tomorrow! Thank you to for hosting and 🇩🇴Dominican Writers Assoc.🇩🇴] for having me!

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Super excited to announce that will join our Dominican Readers Event tomorrow on Zoom! She is the author of “Stories of Gabriel” our March Book Club Pick. Join us! If you weren’t able to read the entire book we still welcome you to the discussion. Link in bio for more info and to register! Shout out to where you’ll be able to purchase all our book club picks.

✨𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 ✨

To honor and the powerful matriarchs in the book, I am giving away 2 copies of 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡.

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Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 3rd.

Happy ! Sharing a favorite poem by Lupe Mendez titled “𝑳𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒂”. Enjoy ✨

Thank you UrbanLatino for this glowing review! 🤩

http://urbanlatino.com/esther-alixs-stories-of-gabriel/

Esther Alix's Stories of Gabriel - Urban Latino Haunting and intricate, 'Stories of Gabriel' isn't just any love story, but merely a peak into several interconnected characters, with loves lost or found, new or lasting. All taking place within a few street corners of each other, the vibrant Latino Caribbean culture of a 1990's Bronx neighborhood....

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Qotd: Where do you find your books to read?

The third book I finished in March was Stories of Gabriel by Esther Alix (). It was a collection of short stories that was hard to put down.

I picked up the book because is having a book club event at the end of this month. I can't go to the virtual event because of a prior engagement, but I still wanted to read the book. The book was short, under 150 pages, and that was exactly what I wanted. I wanted something shorter that I could read while also reading larger books. It was great and honestly hard to put down. being an E-book made it so I could read it at any time thanks to my Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle app on my phone.

The stories were all related which was amazing. I loved being able to get all the different perspectives and different time frames. At first I thought it would be jarring, but the transitions were smooth. I loved being able to see different parts of Dominican culture shine. There were many references to various foods which I always enjoy. Really makes me want to figure out ways to incorporate food into my writing more.

✨Book Review✨
📚“Esther has written a beautifully and carefully considered book with complex characters whose stories and lives are deeply interconnected. The stories envelop your senses and you really feel the sense of community the stories weave. loved the vivid storytelling and felt like I could connect with many of the characters and scenes. "Stories of
Gabriel" will tug at your heart and keep you reading until the last story! Loved this book and can't wait to share it with more readers.”📚

To quote my friend , “I went outside.”

✨Book Review Love ✨
📚 “Beautiful story about the waves of loss and love that can ripple throughout a community of color. I loved that the book starts off with those on the periphery of the incident and slowly zooms in. The characters were deep and I wanted to continue to follow them post the ending. Maybe there will be a second book?”
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Happy Friday!
✨All smiles this pub week!✨
Check out my conversation with on today.

Tune in Fam! Tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 11th I'll be on Bronxnet talking with Rhina Valentin about Stories of Gabriel.

OPEN BXRx Friday on BX OMNI, channels 67 Optimum/2133 FiOS in the Bronx and online at bronxnet.tv on the following dates and times:

PREMIER- Friday, 2/11 at 7:00 AM
Friday, 2/11 at 10:00 AM
Friday, 2/11 at 5:00 PM
Friday, 2/11 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, 2/12 at 10:00 AM
Saturday, 2/12 at 5:00 PM
Saturday, 2/12 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, 2/13 at 10:00 AM

OPEN BXRx Friday: Stories of Gabriel, Reclaiming Your Community and Much More | Bronxnet On this edition of OPEN BxRx, Host Rhina is joined by Metropolitan Museum of the Arts Curator of Chinese Art, Jason Sun as he explains the meaning behind 2022’s Lunar Year of The Tiger.

𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠

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Aaaaaannnnnd we’re back with our book club! Thank you for your patience as we searched for our new facilitator. Please welcome Mariela Regalado . Mariela is no stranger to the platform, as she was very involved with nurturing its initial years. She then took a hiatus, moved to DR, had a baby but still remained close. Mariela will initiate our book club this March via zoom with  book “Stories of Gabriel”. RSVP via link on flier. 

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Thank you to Dominican Writers for sharing!

✨One More Day✨
Thank you to the super talented and generous early reviews from Lana, Frank & Chris! Can’t wait for y’all to get your hands on the book!

Let's get into the beautiful cover art!

Llanor is an amazing artist and best of all, a great friend. She created the cover and edited 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡. She pushed me to dig deep, rewrite, rewrite and rewrite. I cannot thank her enough for her time, love and friendship.

Go check out and support her art!

Esther Cristina Alix added a Shop on Website button to their Page.

Pre-Order your copy of 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡. Now available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Links in bio!

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