{"id":919,"date":"2013-12-17T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/nclc\/?p=919"},"modified":"2013-12-17T17:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T17:47:52","slug":"cynthia-weills-new-book-is-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/12\/17\/cynthia-weills-new-book-is-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Weill&#8217;s new book is a hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia&#8217;s new work, <em>Mi Familia Calaca\/My Skeleton Family <\/em>was published by Cinco Puntos Press of El Pasa, Texas, in English and Spanish.\u00a0 &#8220;In Mexico, the skeleton is a beloved and humorous figure.\u00a0 Its origins go back to pre-Columbian times.&#8221; (jacket).\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-921\" alt=\"Mi Familia Calaca cover\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/nclc\/files\/2013\/12\/Familia-Calaca-cover-182x300.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" \/>The papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 skeletons used for the illustrations were created by Jesus Canseco Zarate, a young artist known as Chucho, from Oaxaca City, Mexico.\u00a0 Chucho won a six-month scholarship to the art school Taller Rufino Tamayo, where he honed his skills\u00a0in painting his figures and giving them more movement.\u00a0 The story is told by Anita, who introduces each family member, from\u00a0her &#8220;bratty&#8221; brother to her great-grandmother with her walker, not forgetting the pets.\u00a0 Congratulations, Cynthia and Chucho!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia&#8217;s new work, Mi Familia Calaca\/My Skeleton Family was published by Cinco Puntos Press of El Pasa, Texas, in English and Spanish.\u00a0 &#8220;In Mexico, the skeleton is a beloved and humorous figure.\u00a0 Its origins go back to pre-Columbian times.&#8221; (jacket).\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/12\/17\/cynthia-weills-new-book-is-a-hit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}