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Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Adult Nonfiction Reads

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Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month is celebrated September 15 - October 15. In honor of the month, check out these nonfiction titles by some of our favorite Latinx authors. Whether you're interested in the intimacy of a memoir, the carefully honed truths of poetry, or the bigger picture of identity and political theory, there's a read here for you. (Annotations by B.H. and Novelist unless otherwise noted.) (B.H.)

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Crying in the Bathroom

Crying in the Bathroom

A Memoir

by Sánchez, Erika L.

Book - 2022

Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-...Show more Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she’s now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she’s still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez reveals an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-...Show more Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she’s now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she’s still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez reveals an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

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Our Migrant Souls

Our Migrant Souls

A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"

by Tobar, Héctor

Book - 2023

"Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race a...Show more "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people. Investigating topics that include the US-Mexico border "wall," urban segregation, gangs, and queer Latino utopias, Tobar journeys across the country to expose something truer about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

"Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race a...Show more "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people. Investigating topics that include the US-Mexico border "wall," urban segregation, gangs, and queer Latino utopias, Tobar journeys across the country to expose something truer about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

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¡Hola Papi!

¡Hola Papi!

How to Come Out in A Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

by Brammer, John Paul

Book - 2021

What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column "¡Hola Papi!&q...Show more What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column "¡Hola Papi!", launching his career as the Cheryl Strayed for young queer people everywhere - and some straight people too. JP had his doubts at first - what advice could he really offer while he himself stumbled through his early 20s? Sometimes the best advice to dole out comes from looking within, which is what JP has done in his column and book - and readers have flocked to him for honest, heartfelt wisdom, and of course a few laughs. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column "¡Hola Papi!&q...Show more What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column "¡Hola Papi!", launching his career as the Cheryl Strayed for young queer people everywhere - and some straight people too. JP had his doubts at first - what advice could he really offer while he himself stumbled through his early 20s? Sometimes the best advice to dole out comes from looking within, which is what JP has done in his column and book - and readers have flocked to him for honest, heartfelt wisdom, and of course a few laughs. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

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In the Dream House

In the Dream House

A Memoir

by Machado, Carmen Maria

Book - 2019

Shares the story of the author's relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation, and inacc...Show more Shares the story of the author's relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation, and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma. (Novelist) This title is available in print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

Shares the story of the author's relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation, and inacc...Show more Shares the story of the author's relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation, and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma. (Novelist) This title is available in print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

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Trejo

Trejo

My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

by Trejo, Danny

Book - 2021

For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fam...Show more For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood’s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, and in print, and e-book formats. Show less

For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fam...Show more For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood’s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, and in print, and e-book formats. Show less

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The Complete Memoirs

The Complete Memoirs

Expanded Edition

by Neruda, Pablo

Book - 2021

The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize. Now expanded to inclu...Show more The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize. Now expanded to include newly discovered material, The Complete Memoirs is the definitive edition of Neruda’s classic memoir—a moving, revealing record of his life as a poet, a patriot, and one of the twentieth century’s true men of conscience. (Novelist) Show less

The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize. Now expanded to inclu...Show more The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize. Now expanded to include newly discovered material, The Complete Memoirs is the definitive edition of Neruda’s classic memoir—a moving, revealing record of his life as a poet, a patriot, and one of the twentieth century’s true men of conscience. (Novelist) Show less

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Promises of Gold

Promises of Gold

Promesas De Oro

by Olivarez, José

Book - 2023

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural--is birthed, shaped, and complicated...Show more A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural--is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on. Written in English and combined with a Spanish translation by poet David Ruano. (Novelist) Show less

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural--is birthed, shaped, and complicated...Show more A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural--is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on. Written in English and combined with a Spanish translation by poet David Ruano. (Novelist) Show less

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Solito

Solito

A Memoir

by Zamora, Javier

Book - 2022

A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous ...Show more A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous ...Show more A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as print, e-book, and e-audiobook formats. Show less

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Chingona

Chingona

Owning your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice

by Zaragoza-Petty, Alma

Book - 2022

Mexican American activist Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Badassery can be an asset, e...Show more Mexican American activist Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Badassery can be an asset, especially when we face personal and collective trauma. Unleashing our inner chingona will help us imagine a just and healed world from the inside out. (Novelist) Show less

Mexican American activist Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Badassery can be an asset, e...Show more Mexican American activist Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Badassery can be an asset, especially when we face personal and collective trauma. Unleashing our inner chingona will help us imagine a just and healed world from the inside out. (Novelist) Show less

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Magical Realism for Non-believers

Magical Realism for Non-believers

A Memoir of Finding Family

by Fajardo, Anika

Book - 2019

Magical Realism for Non-Believers is set against the backdrops of Colombia and the United States (particularly Minneapolis) of the mid-1990s, and flashes ...Show more Magical Realism for Non-Believers is set against the backdrops of Colombia and the United States (particularly Minneapolis) of the mid-1990s, and flashes back to the unsettled freedoms of the 1970s. It's the story of a half-Colombian, half-Minnesotan exploring her past and discovering her future, taking readers on a journey from the US to Fajardo's birthplace in Colombia and the discovery of a half-brother she never knew existed, to the creation of her own family in Minneapolis. (Novelist) Show less

Magical Realism for Non-Believers is set against the backdrops of Colombia and the United States (particularly Minneapolis) of the mid-1990s, and flashes ...Show more Magical Realism for Non-Believers is set against the backdrops of Colombia and the United States (particularly Minneapolis) of the mid-1990s, and flashes back to the unsettled freedoms of the 1970s. It's the story of a half-Colombian, half-Minnesotan exploring her past and discovering her future, taking readers on a journey from the US to Fajardo's birthplace in Colombia and the discovery of a half-brother she never knew existed, to the creation of her own family in Minneapolis. (Novelist) Show less

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The Poems of Octavio Paz

The Poems of Octavio Paz

by Paz, Octavio

Book - 2012

A collection of poems spanning the career of Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Octavio Paz. (Novelist) A collection of poems spanning the career of Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Octavio Paz. (Novelist) Show less

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Finding Latinx

Finding Latinx

In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity

by Ramos, Paola

Book - 2020

The host of VICE’s “Latin-X” examines the growing influence and power of the estimated 32.5 million Latinos in the U.S. under the age of 40 and how they are redefining Latino identity. (Novelist) The host of VICE’s “Latin-X” examines the growing influence and power of the estimated 32.5 million Latinos in the U.S. under the age of 40 and how they are redefining Latino identity. (Novelist) Show less

The host of VICE’s “Latin-X” examines the growing influence and power of the estimated 32.5 million Latinos in the U.S. under the age of 40 and how they are redefining Latino identity. (Novelist) The host of VICE’s “Latin-X” examines the growing influence and power of the estimated 32.5 million Latinos in the U.S. under the age of 40 and how they are redefining Latino identity. (Novelist) Show less

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For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

A Love Letter to Women of Color

by Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas

Book - 2021

For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding La...Show more For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy universal white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement. (Novelist) Show less

For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding La...Show more For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy universal white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement. (Novelist) Show less

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My Broken Language

My Broken Language

A Memoir

by Hudes, Quiara Alegría

Book - 2021

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright shares her lyrical coming-of-age story against a backdrop of her devastated barrio home and the idiosyncratic, troubled and fiercely loving Puerto Rican family that inspired her literary voice. (Novelist) A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright shares her lyrical coming-of-age story against a backdrop of her devastated barrio home and the idiosyncratic, troubled and fiercely loving Puerto Rican family that inspired her literary voice. (Novelist) Show less

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright shares her lyrical coming-of-age story against a backdrop of her devastated barrio home and the idiosyncratic, troubled and fiercely loving Puerto Rican family that inspired her literary voice. (Novelist) A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright shares her lyrical coming-of-age story against a backdrop of her devastated barrio home and the idiosyncratic, troubled and fiercely loving Puerto Rican family that inspired her literary voice. (Novelist) Show less

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You Sound Like A White Girl

You Sound Like A White Girl

The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

by Arce, Julissa

Book - 2022

Combing through history and her own story, this powerful cultural commentary delves into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging, off...Show more Combing through history and her own story, this powerful cultural commentary delves into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging, offering a bold new promise: Belonging only comes through celebrating yourself, your history, your culture, and everything that makes you uniquely you. (Novelist) Show less

Combing through history and her own story, this powerful cultural commentary delves into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging, off...Show more Combing through history and her own story, this powerful cultural commentary delves into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging, offering a bold new promise: Belonging only comes through celebrating yourself, your history, your culture, and everything that makes you uniquely you. (Novelist) Show less

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Children of the Land

Children of the Land

by Hernandez Castillo, Marcelo

Book - 2020

An award-winning poet chronicles his experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States, describing how his family and his attempt to establish a...Show more An award-winning poet chronicles his experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States, describing how his family and his attempt to establish an adult life were heartbreakingly complicated by racist policies. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-audiobook formats. Show less

An award-winning poet chronicles his experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States, describing how his family and his attempt to establish a...Show more An award-winning poet chronicles his experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States, describing how his family and his attempt to establish an adult life were heartbreakingly complicated by racist policies. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-audiobook formats. Show less

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The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos

The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos

by Castellanos, Rosario

Book - 1988

A collection of poems by Mexican author and poet, Rosario Castellanos. (Novelist) A collection of poems by Mexican author and poet, Rosario Castellanos. (Novelist) Show less

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Latinx

Latinx

The New Force in American Politics and Culture

by Morales, Ed

Book - 2018

A landmark discussion of “Latinx”—a gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the U.S.—explains how Latin political identities are ti...Show more A landmark discussion of “Latinx”—a gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the U.S.—explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin history of “mixedness” or “hybridity,” which is the key to understanding Latin cultures and politics. (Novelist) Show less

A landmark discussion of “Latinx”—a gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the U.S.—explains how Latin political identities are ti...Show more A landmark discussion of “Latinx”—a gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the U.S.—explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin history of “mixedness” or “hybridity,” which is the key to understanding Latin cultures and politics. (Novelist) Show less

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My Beloved World

My Beloved World

by Sotomayor, Sonia

Book - 2013

Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to achieve this high judicial office. My Beloved World offers a moving por...Show more Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to achieve this high judicial office. My Beloved World offers a moving portrait of her gritty South Bronx neighborhood and her extended Puerto Rican family, as well as details of the many challenges she has faced during her formative years and early career. This open, eloquent memoir describes how she overcame poverty, her father's early death, and even the onset of her own early health issues to excel in school, attend Princeton and Yale Law School -- while still remaining true to her heritage. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as in print and e-book formats Show less

Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to achieve this high judicial office. My Beloved World offers a moving por...Show more Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to achieve this high judicial office. My Beloved World offers a moving portrait of her gritty South Bronx neighborhood and her extended Puerto Rican family, as well as details of the many challenges she has faced during her formative years and early career. This open, eloquent memoir describes how she overcame poverty, her father's early death, and even the onset of her own early health issues to excel in school, attend Princeton and Yale Law School -- while still remaining true to her heritage. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English, as well as in print and e-book formats Show less

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The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

Notes on A Latin American Journey

by Guevara, Che

Book - 2004

The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. (Goodreads) The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. (Goodreads) Show less

The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. (Goodreads) The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. (Goodreads) Show less

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I, Rigoberta Menchú

I, Rigoberta Menchú

An Indian Woman in Guatemala

by Menchú, Rigoberta

Book - 2009

Interviews with a Guatemalan national leader offer reflections on her life and discuss her country's political situation and the resulting violence, which has claimed the lives of her brother, mother, and father. (Novelist) Interviews with a Guatemalan national leader offer reflections on her life and discuss her country's political situation and the resulting violence, which has claimed the lives of her brother, mother, and father. (Novelist) Show less

Interviews with a Guatemalan national leader offer reflections on her life and discuss her country's political situation and the resulting violence, which has claimed the lives of her brother, mother, and father. (Novelist) Interviews with a Guatemalan national leader offer reflections on her life and discuss her country's political situation and the resulting violence, which has claimed the lives of her brother, mother, and father. (Novelist) Show less

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In the Country We Love

In the Country We Love

My Family Divided

by Guerrero, Diane

Book - 2016

Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents an...Show more Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family. In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country. There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories haven't been told. Written with Michelle Burford, this memoir is a tale of personal triumph that also casts a much-needed light on the fears that haunt the daily existence of families likes the author's and on a system that fails them over and over. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English. Show less

Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents an...Show more Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family. In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country. There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories haven't been told. Written with Michelle Burford, this memoir is a tale of personal triumph that also casts a much-needed light on the fears that haunt the daily existence of families likes the author's and on a system that fails them over and over. (Novelist) This title is available in both Spanish and English. Show less

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Tell Me How It Ends

Tell Me How It Ends

An Essay in Forty Questions

by Luiselli, Valeria

Book - 2017

Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expans...Show more Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear--both here and back home. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expans...Show more Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear--both here and back home. (Novelist) This title is available in both print and e-book formats. Show less

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Before Night Falls

Before Night Falls

by Arenas, Reinaldo

Book - 1993

The Cuban-born novelist describes his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba, his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, his suppression as a writer, his imprisonment for his homosexuality, and his flight from Cuba. (Novelist) The Cuban-born novelist describes his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba, his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, his suppression as a writer, his imprisonment for his homosexuality, and his flight from Cuba. (Novelist) Show less

The Cuban-born novelist describes his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba, his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, his suppression as a writer, his imprisonment for his homosexuality, and his flight from Cuba. (Novelist) The Cuban-born novelist describes his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba, his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, his suppression as a writer, his imprisonment for his homosexuality, and his flight from Cuba. (Novelist) Show less

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The Book of Rosy

The Book of Rosy

A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

by Pablo Cruz, Rosayra

Book - 2020

Written by a mother who was separated from her children and the American who helped reunite the family, shares timely insights into the injustices of today’s migrant experience. (Novelist) Written by a mother who was separated from her children and the American who helped reunite the family, shares timely insights into the injustices of today’s migrant experience. (Novelist) Show less

Written by a mother who was separated from her children and the American who helped reunite the family, shares timely insights into the injustices of today’s migrant experience. (Novelist) Written by a mother who was separated from her children and the American who helped reunite the family, shares timely insights into the injustices of today’s migrant experience. (Novelist) Show less

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