In “Family Lore,” Elizabeth Acevedo traces each of her character’s lives to create a single, overlapping, and powerful portrait of a family.
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Mujeres to Follow
With her Memoirs, Esmeralda Santiago Tells the Young Immigrant Story
by Ingrid Cruzby Ingrid CruzIn her memoirs, Esmeralda Santiago recounts her experiences in US in the 1950s and 60s and shares truths about the immigrant experience.
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Check out this interview with Chicana, Puerto Rican, and New Mexican Marisa Tirado on her “Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either.”
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What We're Watching
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” Brought Us Together… Again
by Ces Herediaby Ces HerediaGrowing up, my cousins and I devoured “The Summer I Turned Pretty” book series and now the show has us debating Belly’s choices again.
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“Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed” tells of cultural assimilation, cultural loss, and cultural reclamation, stories that can be affirmed by many.
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Known for “Jane the Virgin,” Andrea Navedo is sharing her experiences in her new self-help book and memoir, “Our Otherness Is Our Strength.”
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Justicia and CulturaMujeres to Follow
5 Must-Read Latinx Short Stories
by Sofía Garnerby Sofía GarnerShort stories are somehow gatekept in the literary world and overlooked by the masses. Novels remain overwhelmingly the most popular way to consume prose—but I don’t see why it has…
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Claire Jiménez’s debut novel, “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” follows the Ramirez family still reeling from daughter Ruthy’s disappearance.
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Not a day goes by that I don’t think about ‘My Broken Language,’ and I recommend it to anyone who asks me what they should read next.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and to celebrate holistic health, I am sharing some of the best-selling self-help books of all time.