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…
April 2022 – Carlos Aguasaco & Kirstin Valdez Quade & Silvia Lopez
Book of the Month The New York City Subway Poems / Poemas del Metro de Nueva York Author: Carlos Aguasaco Publisher: Ashland Poetry Press ISBN-10: 0912592850 / ISBN-13: 978-0912592855 / SUMMARY: THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY POEMS is…