Conocimientos Press, LLC

09/02/2026

La Granja: Transforming Rural Education in Cuba, 1945-1961 tells the story of Escuela Agrícola e Industrial, a school rooted in the Cuban countryside and the lives it shaped.

Come join us for a book launch reading with Dr. Robert D. Milk and his new book, La Granja, Transforming Rural Education in Cuba, 1945- 1961.

Dr. Milk will be reading and signing copies of his book on October 3rd, from 6pm to 9pm.

Refreshments will be served.

09/02/2026

SAVE THE DATE!
Please add this reading of “Maria Antonia y sus retoños,” from our author Rosie Carbó to your calendar. On September 19th, from 2pm to 4pm.

09/01/2026

*************SAVE THE DATE****************............October 3, 2026 Galeria E.V.A (6pm - 9pm).................
Click this link to read about our upcoming publication, La Granja: Transforming Rural Education in Cuba 1945 - 1961!

La Granja: Transforming Rural Education in Cuba, 1945-1961 tells the story of Escuela Agrícola e Industrial, a school rooted in the Cuban countryside and the lives it shaped.

08/20/2026

Tonight!!

08/20/2026

Checkout what's happening with Conocimientos Press, author, Ana Maria Fores Tamayo is the executive director of the Refugee Support Network, a nonprofit staffed by volunteers who help refugees apply for asylum in the United States. She's also a poet. And she'll be reading from her most recent collection of poetry, the bilingual “Peregrina/Pilgrim,” on Thursday at 7p.m. at Eat My Words Bookstore in Minneapolis.

Poems in Ana Fores Tomayo’s new collection, “Peregrina/Pilgrim” are in both English and Spanish but are not straight translations because, she says, that’s “not poetry." Fores Tomayo is executive director of Refugee Support Network.

08/18/2026

Congratulations to author’s Richard T. Garcia, Rose Borunda, and Rosie Carbó for your books making the finals at The International Latino Book Awards!

06/28/2026

An amazing UPDATE from Rose Borunda!

06/26/2026

Author of San Jose to Viet`Nam and Back, Richard T. Garcia and his wife Deb were spotted out and about while wearing our Conocimientos Press logo T-shirts! They sure look sharp. We will restock these again soon. Stay tuned.
Happy Summer

05/15/2026

Fronteras: ‘It speaks to everyone, every migrant’ — New poetry collection highlights the refugee experience
By Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
(Published May 15, 2026)

Poet and author Ana María Fores Tamayo dedicates her non-writing career to working with immigrants as executive director of Refugee Support Network, which leads pro se asylum clinics.

Inspired by those stories and by her own experiences as a child Cuban refugee, Tamayo wrote “Peregrina/Pilgrim” — a bilingual collection of poems and photos that highlight the immigrant experience in the United States.

Fores Tamayo said the collection, published by Conocimientos Press, represents a conglomerate of different immigrant stories.

“It’s not one person, it’s not one feeling … it’s universal,” Fores Tamayo said. “It’s every woman, every child, every man. It speaks to everyone — every migrant who comes and how they feel as they’re coming here...”

https://www.tpr.org/podcast/fronteras/2026-05-15/fronteras-it-speaks-to-everyone-every-migrant-new-poetry-collection-highlights-the-refugee-experience