Book of the Month CENIZAS: POEMS Author: Cynthia Guardado Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN-10: 0816546177 / ISBN-13: 978-0816546176 SUMMARY: Cenizas offers an arresting portrait of a Salvadoran family whose lives have been shaped by the upheavals of…
Get ready for our Sweet Sixteen Comadrazo
Hola Comadres, Our Sweet Sixteen Comadrazo is just around the corner. Remember to mark your calendar and register. Invite other comadres to your home and have a party. Questions, contact us. Check out this Interview with Comadre Elvira Gonzalez, author…
March 2023 – Ingrid Rojas Contreras & Jennifer Givhan
Book of the Month THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS: A MEMOIR Author: Ingrid Rojas Contreras Publisher: Doubleday ISBN-10: 0385546661 / ISBN-13: 978-0385546669 SUMMARY: For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence…
February 2023 – Yasmin Ramirez & Yamile Saied Mendez
Book of the Month ÁNDALE PRIETA Author: Yasmin Ramirez Publisher: Lee & Low Books ISBN-13: 978-1947627550 / ASIN: B09SJ4BGP3 SUMMARY: This beautifully open coming-of-age memoir by a Mexican American debut writer doubles as a love letter to the…
January 2023 – Kali Fajardo-Anstine & Theresa Varela
Book of the Month WOMAN OF LIGHT Author: Kali Fajardo-Anstine Publisher: One World ISBN-10: 0525511326 / ISBN-13: 978-0525511328 SUMMARY: Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother,…