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Posts tagged with ‘Latino and Latina Writers’
DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
BIRD OF PARADISE: HOW I BECAME LATINA
Simon and Schuster/Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Dominican Republic, Latino and Latina Writers, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History
LIFE IN CUBA in the 70s and 80s, as captured in the diary of an intense young writer and artist. Fascinating.
Grade: B PLUS
EVERYONE LEAVES
Amazon Publishing
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cuba, Cuban Writers, Latino and Latina Writers, Novels
SWEET FABLE ABOUT love, loss, and neighborhood from Sandra Cisneros, with charming art by Ester Hernández.
Grade: SOLID B
HAVE YOU SEEN MARIE?
Knopf
2012
Tags: Art Books, Fiction, Latino and Latina Artists, Latino and Latina Writers, Solid B Reviews
GORGEOUS, GRITTY STORIES illuminate the nature of love, and bring Dominican-American culture vividly to life.
Grade: A MINUS
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER
Riverhead
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Latino and Latina Writers, Short Stories
INTIMATE BUT NOT GOSSIPY memoir of a writer’s complex time with her mentor/quasi-mother-in-law, Susan Sontag.
Grade: SOLID B
SEMPRE SUSAN
Atlas & Co.
2011
Tags: Asian-American Writers, Latino and Latina Writers, Literary History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Writers of Color
GRITTY NOIR with a richly detailed Belize setting offers heart-stopping plot twists, quirky/seedy characters.
Grade: B PLUS
MR. HOOLIGAN
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Latino and Latina Writers, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
ORANGE COUNTY through the eyes of the creator of “Ask A Mexican!”; well-researched, irreverent, poignant, and real. B PLUS
ORANGE COUNTY: A PERSONAL HISTORY by Gustavo Arellano
New York: Simon and Schuster
September 2008
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, California, History, Latino and Latina Writers, Mexican-American Writers, Non-Fiction, United States