Books

Mandy Gonzalez’s path to publishing her first book started in what may seem like an unusual place. As a child in California, she was a voracious reader and loyal library…

With her debut novel “The Five Wounds” out, author Kirstin Valdez Quade discusses with us the religious fraternity of penitentes in New Mexico, the inspiration behind the story, and the colonial violence that shapes our communities today.

In ‘Of Women and Salt,’ Gabriela García explores the complicated nature of identity as the novel shifts location, periods, and perspectives.

Patricia Engel is out with her fourth book this month, “Infinite Country” and we got on the phone with her to discuss her journey to become a writer, the barriers she faced, and how her latest book responds to the lies we’ve been told about immigration.

The first time I read This Bridge Called My Back, I was a junior in college. My favorite gender studies professor started a book club and bought everyone a copy…

The literary establishment may ignore Latinas, we saw the door open (just a creak!), thanks to Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X” and “With the Fire on High.”

Toni Morrison taught me to listen, to question, to demand more of myself and others but that change wasn’t instant.

I’ve always thought of Colorado as a white place. That is until I read “Sabrina & Corina,” Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s powerful collection of stories.