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“Fat Chance, Charlie Vega” Tackles Fatphobia and Struggling with Self-Love

Virginia IsaadFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 202101933

Crystal Maldonado, 32, is a first-time author who grew up yearning to see a girl who looked like her in the mainstream: plus size and a woman of color. Now she’s made her own dream come true with her debut...

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Elizabeth Acevedo on Her New Novel ‘Clap When You Land’

Johanna FerreiraMay 13, 2020July 15, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraMay 13, 2020July 15, 202006460

When most Americans think of the year 2001, the September 11 attacks immediately come to mind. But the Dominican community experienced not just one but two tragedies that year. The crash of Flight 587 took place just two months following...

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Author Angie Cruz Touches on Immigration, Identity, and Colorism in New Novel ‘Dominicana’

Johanna FerreiraNovember 7, 2019

by Johanna FerreiraNovember 7, 201901103

As she made her way passed Barnes and Noble on 183rd st in Manhattan, writer Angie Cruz she took a quick glance at the window and realized an interesting title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez....

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Kali Fajardo-Anstine Tells Stories of the Indigenous Latinas of the American West

Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2019July 29, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2019July 29, 202001613

Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut short story collection is about Latinas and their indigenous roots in the American West — a history almost completely missing from the canon of American Western literature. For Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina is also a form of...

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Elizabeth Acevedo Centers Cuisine and Culture in ‘With the Fire On High’

janelmartinezMay 21, 2019August 7, 2020

by janelmartinezMay 21, 2019August 7, 202002122

Dominican-American poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo is bringing Afro-Latinx narratives to the publishing world. The Afro-Latina, whose debut novel, The Poet X, won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the Printz Award for Best Young Adult Novel...

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12 Must-Read Latina Authors, According to Lin-Manuel Miranda

Irina GonzalezJanuary 18, 2018November 9, 2020

by Irina GonzalezJanuary 18, 2018November 9, 202011685

Another day, another wonderful and encouraging Twitter post from Lin-Manuel Miranda. The recent birthday boy was asked by a fan to name “some Hispanic women authors/poets/playwrights to read in class” and the Hamilton creator went to town with suggestions. The avid...