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Tue, Sep 10, 2019 4:25 p.m.Should we abolish Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day?
From: Michela DellaMonica [mailto:michela.dellamonica@smithpublicity.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:34 AM
Subject: Should we abolish Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day?
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:34 AM
Subject: Should we abolish Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day?
The state of Vermont is one signature away from abolishing Columbus Day altogether and permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day — a trend gaining traction in states nationwide as Americans reckon with the colonization and harm intertwined with Christopher Columbus's legacy.
I am working with Marlen Supaya Bodden, a lawyer at The Legal Aid Society in New York City – the nation's oldest law firm for the poor – and an anti-war, anti-slavery, and anti-death penalty activist. She drew on her knowledge of modern and historical human rights abuses to write her forthcoming historical fiction Arrows of Fire, which is about the European conquest of Mexico releasing this October.
An immigrant from Honduras, Marlen is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Tufts University. Her novel will resonate with those who love historical and multicultural fiction and the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for people who follow current controversial topics such as immigration, Native American rights, modern day slavery, and the death penalty.
Would you be interested in taking a look at Arrows of Fire for editorial consideration? Marlen Bodden is also available for interviews or contributed articles on this subject matter. Her second novel, and The Wedding Gift, an international and Wall Street Journal bestseller, was named a recommended summer read by the ladies of The View in June.
Thanks,
Michela DellaMonica
Smith Publicity / michela.dellamonica@smithpublicity.com / 917.685.4412
"Bodden writes with delicacy, allowing layers of meaning to unfold slowly[.]" -- Booklist
Arrows of Fire takes the reader inside the conquest of Mexico and the brutality of both Cortés and Moctezoma to illustrate the mightiness of the human spirit and the resilient power of hope…
It's November 1519, and Cortés has invaded Moctezoma's empire, part of the Triple Alliance that rules one of the most advanced civilizations in history. In this story, Moctezoma orders his henchmen to kidnap a girl named Flower from her family and imprison her so she can learn to impersonate a warrior goddess and, unbeknown to her, ultimately be sacrificed to the God of War. Moctezoma becomes obsessed with the beautiful Flower and is torn between keeping her as a concubine or offering her to the God of War. But now Cortés nears Tenochtitlan, the Mexican capital, and Moctezoma commands Flower be brought to him so he can perform the cold-blooded ritual sacrifice.
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Publisher: Roatan Hall Press
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