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New York Review of Books, March 1, 2013
...a surprise to her mother, a former high school honors student. As Hanes told The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia in 2001, sometimes Denisa came home crying because she thought she was stupid. “No, baby, you’re not stupid,” Leslie told her....
Booktv, December 17, 2012
...Manuel Roig-Franzia joined Book TV to discuss his book, "The Rise of Marco Rubio," and take viewer questions. This interview was conducted during the Miami Book Fair International, where Mr...
Washington Times, July 27, 2012
...AN AMERICAN SONBy Sentinel, $26.95, 320 pages THE RISE OF MARCO RUBIO By Manuel Roig-FranziaSimon & Schuster, $25, 291 pages The Republican Party next month will give Mitt Romney its de jure recognition at its convention in Tampa, Fla. ? a swing...
Pagosa Springs Sun, July 20, 2012
...leaving Singapore to make a new life in England. Biographies and memoirs “The Rise of Marco Rubio” by Manuel Roig-Franzia is the story of the life of this key politician in the Republican Party by an independent biographer. “An American Son”...
La Repubblica, July 19, 2012
...was the subject last night at the 701 restaurant, site of a reception for the new book by Manuel Roig-Franzia. Tony Podesta, the founder of the Podesta Group, said he didn’t think Rubio, a junior senator from Florida and rising Republican star, would...
BusinessWeek, July 19, 2012
...was the subject last night at the 701 restaurant, site of a reception for the new book by Manuel Roig-Franzia. Tony Podesta, the founder of the Podesta Group, said he didn’t think Rubio, a junior senator from Florida and rising Republican star, would...
San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2012
...detached, and also fresh off the shelves, is “The Rise of Marco Rubio,” written by Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia. Just sat down with the San Joaquin Valley-raised Roig-Franzia for a riff about all things Rubio. He’ll be chatting...
AllGov, January 6, 2013
...precocious achiever, a high-energy persuader, an adjunct professor, a lawyer, a marathon runner, a lover of designer clothes,” Manuel Roig-Franzia wrote about her in The Washington Post . “She is a holder of many, many degrees—this she’s happy to...
Austin American Statesman, January 4, 2013
...of the next few years. A little more on this later in First Reading in an interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, the author of “The Rise of Marco Rubio.” But first a little more on Cruz’s debut. Opportunity conservatism In an Op-Ed in The...
Austin American Statesman, January 4, 2013
...of the next few years. A little more on this later in First Reading in an interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, the author of ?The Rise of Marco Rubio.? But first a little more on Cruz?s debut. Opportunity conservatism In an Op-Ed in The Washington Post,...
Fox News Latino, December 21, 2012
...Finally, for the political junkie in your life, The Rise of Marco Rubio by The Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia contains keen insights on the man who could be the first Latino President of the United States. Movies/DVDs: HBO’s The...
Booktv, December 17, 2012
...Manuel Roig-Franzia joined Book TV to discuss his book, "The Rise of Marco Rubio," and take viewer questions. This interview was conducted during the Miami Book Fair International, where Mr...
Booktv, December 17, 2012
...Manuel Roig-Franzia joined Book TV to discuss his book, "The Rise of Marco Rubio," and take viewer questions. This interview was conducted during the Miami Book Fair International, where Mr...
Washington Post, December 13, 2012
...Our Washington Post colleague Manuel Roig-Franzia penned a provocative story in Thursday’s Style section about new scholarly research confirming a link between slavery and the building of of the Smithsonian. It turns out the...

