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…
Seattle Escribe
Las Comadres & Friends Book Club and Seattle Escribe joined forces to launch the Club del Libro, which will be the first Spanish-language reading club to celebrate the work of Latin American authors who write in Spanish and reside in the United States. In addition to…
March 2022 – María Amparo Escandón & Juliet Menéndez
Book of the Month L.A. WEATHER Author: María Amparo Escandón Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN-10: 1250802563 / ISBN-13: 978-1250802569 / ASIN: B08QGL8XQ6 SUMMARY: L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family,…
February 2022 – Daniel Loedel & Kathleen Alcala
Book of the Month HADES, ARGENTINA Author: Daniel Loedel Publisher: Riverhead Books Penguin Publishing Group ISBN-10: 0593188640 / ISBN-13: 978-0593188644 / ASIN: B087PL8HXT SUMMARY: In 1976, Tomás Orilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he has moved…