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Remezcla Reads: ‘This Train Is Being Held’ Is a YA Romance Novel About Latinos Unlearning Their Biases

Roxanne Guzman — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:14:41 +0000

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of being a reader of young adult literature is the surge of authors of color getting their chance to tell their story. The vast community that enjoys these varied and amazing books push for boundaries to be expanded and diverse voices to be heard. This Train is Being Held by

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10 Latina Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives

Nia Ita — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:41:39 +0000

Most people have that one book that changed their life forever. It isn’t necessarily a Pulitzer Prize-winner or even the most epic narrative of all time. The significance of the title is usually tied to a place, feeling or moment in time. It is a book that helped them see life from a new perspective,

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‘American Dirt’ Fails to Understand the Border. Here Are 7 Books that Get it Right

Alejandra Oliva — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:02:30 +0000

Jeanine Cummins’ book American Dirt was guaranteed to go big ever since she sold it at a multi-publisher auction for seven figures. Since the sale of the manuscript, the book has only ballooned: a film in production, Oprah’s Book Club picks and excerpts and interviews in major newspapers and magazines. In some of the publicity

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15 Books by Latino & Latin American Authors to Add to Your 2020 Reading List

Alejandra Oliva — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:22:57 +0000

A new year is here, and with it comes the promise of a fresh crop of fantastic books by Latino authors for you to read. Because of publisher schedules, we mostly know about what’s coming in the first half of the year, and we can say that 2020 is already promising to be a fantastic

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New Year, New You: 6 Books by Latinos to Get You Inspired & Replenished in 2020

Alejandra Oliva — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:19:05 +0000

There’s something about a new year that feels like a brand new notebook, an opportunity to create something from scratch. Whether that looks like polishing up goals and dreams for your career, creative life or even the way that you relate to the world or yourself, a new decade and a new year is an

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Remezcla Reads: Daniel José Older’s ‘Shadowshaper Legacy’ Blends Fantasy & Activism for YA Readers

Claire Jimenez — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 20:46:15 +0000

Fans of Daniel José Older’s acclaimed young adult trilogy Shadowshaper Cypher will not be disappointed with the series’ third and final novel, Shadowshaper Legacy. In the newest book, which was published on Tuesday, Older deepens the history of the Shadowshapers, traveling back in time to Puerto Rico to explain the origins of their magic. For readers

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This New Mexico Bookstore Started a Drive to Bring Bilingual Literature to Immigrants on the Border

Raquel Reichard — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:15:45 +0000

In New Mexico, Latina author Denise Chavez started a book drive to provide bilingual titles to children and adults awaiting their immigration cases on the U.S.-Mexico border. Libros Para el Viaje, or books for the journey, aims to provide people with literature that could inspire and comfort them on their immigration journeys. “Our commitment is

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Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez’s New Essay Collection Looks at the Growing Violence Against Latinos

Claire Jimenez — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:54:25 +0000

Luis Rodriguez’s collection of essays From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings From a Native Xicanx Writer does not begin with his own words but rather those of a reader he overheard speaking about his 2003 short story collection The Republic of East LA: “You teach Mexicans a little English and now

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In ‘The Truth Is,’ NoNieqa Ramos Shares the Complicated Story of a Young Queer Latine Love

Claire Jimenez — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:35:24 +0000

NoNieqa Ramos’ second young adult novel The Truth Is centers on a young queer Puerto Rican teenager named Verdad. In the text, published on September 3, the protagonist is struggling with the loss of her best friend, who died in a mass shooting, and falling in love with a new student in her class named

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Arm Your Mind With 2019’s Best Latino & Latin American History Books

Alejandra Oliva — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:05:47 +0000

The year 2019 has been deeply challenging for Latino communities. With several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in political revolt, hate crimes against Latinos on the rise in the U.S., families being separated in their homes and at the border and leaders and advisers in the White House who are worsening, rather than

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