Chantel Acevedo (All reviews)
- Sep 8 2017
An Amazon dreaming of Arcadia
— Bookanista - Aug 21 2017
27 of the Best Books to Read This Fall
— Elle - Aug 1 2017
The Living Infinite
— Booklist - Jul 11 2017
Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2017 Book Preview
— The Millions - Jan 19 2016
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books, 2015.
— Booklist - Nov 13 2015
A magical Cuba full of romance
— The New Tropic - Nov 13 2015
30 QUESTIONS FOR 30 WRITERS AT THE MIAMI BOOK FAIR
— Literary Hub - Oct 28 2015
Nota Benes
— World Literature Today - Oct 5 2015
Stories About the Storm
— The Brooklyn Rail - Sep 23 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS has been long listed for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction!
— American Library Association - Sep 1 2015
"For the first USpeak Flash Fiction & Poetry Performance Series of the 2015/16 year, students and the community at large were in for a treat: Chantel Acevedo reads!"
— The Miami New Times - Jul 4 2015
"Maria speaks in a poetic tongue, as if to make her words into legend."
— Consequence Magazine - Jul 1 2015
Blog Talk Radio's "Literary New England": An Interview With Chantel Acevedo
— Blog Talk Radio - Jun 26 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS picked as the July read for BooksAMillions’ Book Club.
— BooksAMillions’ Book Club - Jun 20 2015
Read Latino Lit’s “First Annual Summer Reading List”: #4 THE DISTANT MARVELS - Jun 19 2015
Christina Nosti's Best Summer Books 2015: THE DISTANT MARVELS - Jun 15 2015
The Distant Marvels
— INKWOOD's Official Book Club - Jun 10 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS is a top seller at Laguna Beach Books. 6/2015 - Jun 10 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS is Book of the Month at the Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane. 6/2015 - Jun 3 2015
25 Featured Books by Authors of Color at BEA: THE DISTANT MARVELS - May 22 2015
"“The Distant Marvels” ends with a shocking plot twist that hinges on the failure of translation"
— New York Times Sunday Book Review - May 4 2015
Chantel Acevedo hits the Big Apple with The Distant Marvels - Apr 28 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS was included in a Kirkus selection of “10 Novels to Lose Yourself In.”
— Kirkus Reviews - Apr 12 2015
Chantel Acevedo interviewed on NPR: In 'Distant Marvels,' A Witness To Revolutions Tells Cuba's Story - Apr 10 2015
The Miami Herald: "With baroque detail, intense pacing and a melodramatic plot, Acevedo depicts pivotal moments in Cuba’s history through the eyes of a humble but hardly ordinary woman." - Apr 9 2015
"This is a wonderful story about the stories we tell each other and what they reveal about ourselves."
— SF Chronicle - Apr 9 2015
Laura Farmer of The Cedar Rapids Gazette: "In her latest novel, The Distant Marvels, Acevedo takes a great story to another level with her remarkable storytelling."
— The Cedar Rapids Gazette - Apr 8 2015
"The novel, filled with exciting and multilayered action, offers insights into a country which remains full of mysteries to the present day."
— Seeing the World Through Books - Mar 23 2015
Contributor Spotlight on Chantel Acevedo
— Prairie Schooner - Mar 19 2015
The Latin Post: "Author Chantel Acevedo Learned the Art of Narration from her Cuban Grandmother" - Mar 1 2015
Booklist (Starred Review)- "This is a major, uniquely powerful, and startlingly beautiful novel that should bring Acevedo’s name to the top echelon of this generation’s writers." - Feb 16 2015
Kirkus (Starred Review)- "Irresistible moments of rebellion and bravery define this tale. Perfect timing for a Scheherazade-style account of Cuban history."