Book of the Month THE NEOPOLITAN SISTERS: A Novel of Heritage and Home Author: Margo Candela Publisher: Alcove Press / Crooked Lane Books ISBN-10: 1639100849 / ISBN-13: 978-1639100842 / ASIN: B09LH8KZGH SUMMARY: A TODAY.COM MOST ANTICIPATED LATINX BOOK…
Author: Dora Maria Abreu
October 2022 – Rodrigo Blanco Calderón & Natalia Sylvester
Book of the Month The Night Author: Rodrigo Blanco Calderon Publisher: Seven Stories Press ISBN-10: 644210401 / ISBN-13: 978-1644210406 SUMMARY: Recurring blackouts envelop Caracas in an inescapable darkness that makes nightmares come true. Real and fictional characters, most…
SEPTEMBER 2022 – Julissa Arce, Alex Segura and Tania de Regil
Book of the Month YOU SOUND LIKE A WHITE GIRL: THE CASE FOR REJECTING ASSIMILATION Author: Julissa Arce Publisher: Flatiron Nooks ISBN-10: 1250787017 / ISBN-13: 978-1250787019 SUMMARY: “You sound like a white girl.” These were the words spoken…
AUGUST 2022 – Silvia Vasquez-Lavado & Adriana Herrera
Book of the Month IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN: A MEMOIR OF COURAGE Author: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. ISBN-10: 1250776740 / ISBN-13: 978-1250776747 / ASIN: B092T9SNLP SUMMARY: Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of…
JULY 2022 – Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa & Alejandro Varela
Book of the Month A WOMAN OF ENDURANCE Author: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa Publisher: Amistad ISBN-10: 0063062224 / ISBN-13: 978-0063062221 SUMMARY: A Woman of Endurance, set in nineteenth-century Puerto Rican plantation society, follows Pola, a deeply spiritual African woman who is…