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Centro Store Mothers Day Sale
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Centro Store Mothers Day Sale
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Centro Store Mother’s Day Sale
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11. Let Centro help you make it extra special for mami, abuelita or any
other significant person in your life with a passion for Puerto Rican heritage and history.
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Centro is offering 30 percent off from now to Mother’s Day for purchases totaling $50 or more at our
online store. [3] To get the discount, type madres2014 in the coupon code box that appears on the order
confirmation at the secure checkout. Educational and cultural items include books, artwork,
documentaries and posters highlighting the many stories of the Puerto Rican experience in the United
States.
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[4]One of our current hot items is the new book The AmeRícan Poet: Essays on the
Work of Tato Laviera, a collection of 13 essays, an introduction and a foreword by 15 established and
emerging scholars on the writings of Nuyorican poet Tato Laviera, who is more appropriately celebrated
as an AmeRícan writer of national and international prominence. Other notable books include The
Stories I Read to the Children: The Life and Writing of Pura Belpré; Soy Gilberto Gerena Valentin:
memorias de un puertorriqueño en Nueva York (book is available in English as well as an e-book in
Spanish); Pioneros II: Puerto Ricans in New York City 1948-1998 and Pioneros: Puerto Ricans in New
York City 1896-1948.
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Check out the DVD collection in our store too, which features videos about prominent Puerto Ricans
who have made a difference. Documentaries available include A Revolt Through Letters: Clemente Soto
Vélez on the Puerto Rican revolutionary poet, journalist, and activist in New York and Puerto Rico; Pura
Belpré: Storyteller on New York City’s first Puerto Rican and Latina librarian and innovative children’s
storyteller; and The Legacy of Frank Bonilla, a leading figure in Puerto Rican Studies and founder of
Centro.
For the art lovers in your life, Centro’s limited edition nu-YO-Rican portfolio is one of our most popular
products. The portfolio showcases the work five well-known artists: Diogenes Ballester, Marcos Dimas,
Sofia Maldonado, Rodriguez Calero, and Adrian ‘Viajero' Roman. It consists of five fine silk-screen
prints of art with strong Nuyorican flavors, a set of which the artists donated to the Centro Library and
Archives. These exciting prints help Centro expand what is already one of the largest collections of
Puerto Rican-centered artworks on paper.
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The pieces in the portfolio are Ballester’s Newyorican Manifestation/Manifestación Nuyorican, which
explores Puerto Rican identity with a focus on East Harlem; Dimas’ Areito Jam, a Taino-inspired piece
celebrating music and heritage; Maldonado’s Un Verano en Nueva York, which was inspired by her love
of New York; Rodriguez Calero’s Amanece, an acrollage painting that she considers a fitting image
because the imagery is multi-layered and is as simple and complex as Puerto Ricans; and Roman’s print
based on his installation Aguas De Libertad, which was inspired by the abolitionist movement in Puerto
Rico.
You can order the full portfolio or the individual prints of your favorite art pieces from the collection.
For moms with a love for scholarly writings on Puerto Ricans, you can sign her up for a subscription of
the CENTRO Journal, one of the Centro's most important links to the public. A multidisciplinary, peer
reviewed publication, the Journal regularly features scholarly articles in the humanities and the social
and natural sciences, as well as interpretive essays, interviews, fiction, reviews and art. It also reflects
developments in the field of Puerto Rican studies. The Journal is published twice a year (spring and fall)
and yearly subscriptions include both numbers. For those who purchase the Journal subscription, you
will also get a free copy of Centro’s new research publication The State of Puerto Ricans 2013.
The State of Puerto Ricans 2013 collects in a single report the most current data on social, economic, and
civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental
sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report presents a picture of endurance and resiliency
in the midst of declining opportunity. The 30 percent off sale will run from now until Mother’s Day.
Gift certificates are also available for purchase for those who prefer their moms to pick their own
favorite items.
Visit www.centropr-store.com [6] to browse our shop.
Happy Mother’s Day from Centro. Centro les desea un feliz día de las madres.
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