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…
Author: Dora Maria Abreu
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…
June 2022 – Reyna Grande & Cleyvis Natera
Book of the Month A BALLAD OF LOVE AND GLORY Author: Reyna Grande Publisher: Atria Books ISBN-10: 198216526X / ISBN-13: 978-1982165260 SUMMARY: The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to…
May 2022 – Teresa Palomo Acosta & Zoraida Córdova
Book of the Month TEJANALAND Author: Teresa Palomo Acosta Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN-10: 1623499887 / ISBN-13: 978-1623499884 SUMMARY: This collection by Teresa Palomo Acosta—poet, historian, author, and activist—spans three decades of her writing. The collection…