September 27, 2021 — Book of the Month MY BROKEN LANGUAGE: A MEMOIR Author: Quiara Alegría Hudes Publisher/imprint: One World Synopsis: The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an…
Author: Dora Maria Abreu
July 2021 Esmeralda Santiago & Patricia Engel
July 2021 Book of the Month America’s Dream By: Esmeralda Santiago Published by: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Perennial ISBN 13: 978-0063074132 SYNOPSIS: “Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.” —…
June 2021 John Lantigua & Juan Felipe Herrera
June 2021 Book of the Month Remember My Face By: John Lantigua Published by: Arte Público Press ISBN 13: 978-1-55885-907-4 SYNOPSIS: Willie Cuesta, former Miami Police Department detective turned private investigator, returns in a new novel in John Lantigua’s…
May 2021 Gabriela Garcia & Gabriella Burnham
May 2021 Book of the Month Of Women and Salt By: Gabriela Garcia Published by: Flatiron Books ISBN 13: 978-1250776686 SYNOPSIS: A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family…
April 2021 Carlos Andrés Gómez & Emma Otheguy & Michael Zapata
April 2021 Book of the Month FracturesBy: Carlos Andrés Gómez Published by: University of Wisconsin PressISBN 13: 978-0299329945 SYNOPSIS:In his landmark debut, Carlos Andrés Gómez interrogates race, gender, sexuality, and violence to explore some of the most pressing issues of…