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3 days ago
5 min

Why Blood Vessels Are So Swollen in Covid-19 Long-Haulers and What We Can Do About It

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or medical researcher. I am a trained journalist and author who has recovered from the novel coronavirus af...

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Alisa Valdes

4 days ago
3 min

How Trees Helped Me Defeat Long-Haul Covid-19

Almost every day for the past five months, I have done the same seemingly crazy thing: In spite of having been severely ill with "long-ha...

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Alisa Valdes

Jul 31
5 min

I Finally Fully Recovered From Long-Haul Covid-19. Here's How.

Two months ago, I wrote a post chronicling my first 80 days - yep, 80 days - with Covid-19. You can read that post here, if you like. Aft...

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Alisa Valdes

May 31
24 min

I Haven't Been Blogging Because I've Had Covid-19 for 80 Days. Here's What It's Been Like.

I don’t want to write about this disgusting virus, for two reasons. One, to write a thing down is to give it power. I don’t want this vir...

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Alisa Valdes

Apr 17
3 min

Release Negative Stories for Inner Peace in Stressful Times

Welcome the the third post in my series WE CAN DO THIS: A Latina's Guide to Mindful Presence in Stressful Times. To hear this post as a p...

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Alisa Valdes

Apr 14
3 min

The High Price of Machismo During a Pandemic

Welcome to the second post in my series, WE CAN DO THIS: A Latina's Guide to Mindful Presence During Stressful Times. My friend Carlos, w...

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Alisa Valdes

Apr 10
5 min

Why Latinas Face Special Challenges During Times of Stress

Hello, and welcome! I'm Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, an author, counselor and mindfulness coach. This is the introductory post for my ongoing ...

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Alisa Valdes

Mar 18
11 min

My Dad Fled Cuba's Socialism in 1961. In 2007, That Socialism Saved My Life When the US Wouldn't

It was 2007, and I was sick. I was 36 years old. Until then, I'd been healthy. A fitness instructor. Organic-food buyer. Water-drinker. R...

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Alisa Valdes

Mar 3
4 min

I Work Harder Than Anyone I Know, And It's All My Immigrant Dad's Fault

First, before I get into the meat of this story, I want to say hello, hello, hellooooo! You might have noticed I've been off the blog for...

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Alisa Valdes

Feb 10
11 min

Dear Hollywood Execs: Stop Saying These Six Things to Latinx Writers - Like, Immediately. Thanks.

It's been a long 15 years. Fifteen years ago, I wrote an American novel that did what no other has done. Told in the first person, from s...

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Alisa Valdes

Feb 7
10 min

Why Literary Agencies, Not Publishers, Are Mostly to Blame for Lack of Diverse Authors

The past two weeks have exposed massive problems with the lack of diversity in US books, much in the same way Pee-Wee Herman once exposed...

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Alisa Valdes

Feb 5
1 min

I Got Interviewed About Why Ethnicity is Not A Freaking Genre. Here's What I Said.

Hey everyone! I haven't been blogging much the past few days because I'm trying to write a brand-new novel, from scratch, in, you know, t...

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Alisa Valdes

Feb 2
6 min

Editors Finally Want to See a New Novel From Me Again - But I'd Still Be Okay If They Didn't

I still get to say I'm a bestselling author, but it's not exactly true. I'm not a bestselling author. Not at the moment. I was, a long ti...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 30
8 min

This US Latina Author Got a $6 million Advance. Why Do Latinx Activists Pretend She Doesn't Exist?

Yesterday, the public radio show "Latino USA" aired an interview its longtime host Maria Hinojosa (make sure you pronounce her last name ...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 29
4 min

Sorry, Not Sorry: Why I Won't Apologize for Calling Sandra Cisneros' Agent the C Word

In the past couple of days, to no one's amazement more than my own, a post I wrote about Sandra Cisneros and her agent, Susan Bergholtz, ...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 27
12 min

Auntie Sandra's Cabin: Why No One Should Be Surprised Sandra Cisneros Endorsed American Dirt

Well, hello again, you big, beautiful world. You might have noticed I seem a bit nervous right now. That's just because I've got performa...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 24
5 min

Here's What Would Happen If Stephen King Were Treated Like a Latina Writer

INT. CONFERENCE CENTER BALLROOM - DAY Stephen King, a gangly WHITE MAN of UNKNOWN AGE (for having sold his soul to the devil) lopes onto ...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 24
5 min

Dear Media: Try Again. American Dirt Isn't Cultural Appropriation. That's Not the Issue. This is.

Yesterday, the BBC ran a piece about how US Latinos are backlashing Oprah's latest book club pick, American Dirt. NPR's Morning Edition a...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 23
5 min

Dear Oprah: Latina Author here. My family was actually kidnapped by cartel. It was hilarious.

So, yesterday I told y'all I didn't exactly want to jump into the middle of the American Dirt kerfuffle. But I did. I jumped in. Jumped l...

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Alisa Valdes

Jan 22
7 min

Dude. Oprah's Love of "American Dirt" Sucks Colonialist Ass

Let me begin by saying: This is the last thing I want to be writing about. This? Right. This: Oprah (and other media heavies) slobbering ...

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Bestselling Author, Screenwriter, Producer

Why Blood Vessels Are So Swollen in Covid-19 Long-Haulers and What We Can Do About It

How Trees Helped Me Defeat Long-Haul Covid-19

I Finally Fully Recovered From Long-Haul Covid-19. Here's How.

I Haven't Been Blogging Because I've Had Covid-19 for 80 Days. Here's What It's Been Like.

Release Negative Stories for Inner Peace in Stressful Times

The High Price of Machismo During a Pandemic

Why Latinas Face Special Challenges During Times of Stress

My Dad Fled Cuba's Socialism in 1961. In 2007, That Socialism Saved My Life When the US Wouldn't

I Work Harder Than Anyone I Know, And It's All My Immigrant Dad's Fault

Dear Hollywood Execs: Stop Saying These Six Things to Latinx Writers - Like, Immediately. Thanks.

Why Literary Agencies, Not Publishers, Are Mostly to Blame for Lack of Diverse Authors

I Got Interviewed About Why Ethnicity is Not A Freaking Genre. Here's What I Said.

Editors Finally Want to See a New Novel From Me Again - But I'd Still Be Okay If They Didn't

This US Latina Author Got a $6 million Advance. Why Do Latinx Activists Pretend She Doesn't Exist?

Sorry, Not Sorry: Why I Won't Apologize for Calling Sandra Cisneros' Agent the C Word

Auntie Sandra's Cabin: Why No One Should Be Surprised Sandra Cisneros Endorsed American Dirt

Here's What Would Happen If Stephen King Were Treated Like a Latina Writer

Dear Media: Try Again. American Dirt Isn't Cultural Appropriation. That's Not the Issue. This is.

Dear Oprah: Latina Author here. My family was actually kidnapped by cartel. It was hilarious.

Dude. Oprah's Love of "American Dirt" Sucks Colonialist Ass

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