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Beyond Hispanic Heritage Month: Contemporary Latinx Writers
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Mouthful of birds : stories
by Samanta Schweblin
A first English-language collection of stories by the Man Booker International Prize-finalist author of Fever Dream incorporates themes of high suspense, psychological tension, unearthly restlessness and distortions in reality
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The inheritance of Orquídea Divina : a novel by Zoraida CórdovaSeven years after their matriarch Orquidea passed away, blessing them with her special gifts, the Montoya family journeys to Ecuador to uncover the truth behind their inheritance to stop a hidden figure from killing off Orquidea’s line one-by-one. 100,000 first printing. Also available on OverDrive
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L.A. weather by María Amparo EscandónFollows the Los Angeles-based Alvardo family as they take critical looks at their internal and external relationships while struggling with a fierce local drought, impending evacuations, secrets, deception, betrayal and making some tough decisions. 150,000 first printing. Also available in OverDrive
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Trejo : my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood by Danny TrejoRedemptive and painful, poignant and real, this memoir from one of the most recognizable, prolific and beloved character actors traces his journey from crime, prison, addiction and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood’s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold. 150,000 first printing. Also available on OverDrive and Cloud Library
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One of the good ones : Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough? by Maika Moulite"When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered." Also available on Hoopla
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What's mine and yours : a novel by Naima CosterIntegrated into a predominantly white high school, an anxious young Black student and a half-Latina whose mother would have her pass as white join a bridge-building school play that shapes the trajectory of their adult lives. 50,000 first printing. Also available on OverDrive
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The five wounds : a novel by Kirstin Valdez QuadeA first novel by the award-winning author of Night at the Fiestas finds a man accepting the role of Jesus in his New Mexico community’s Good Friday procession, before his personal goals of redemption are challenged by a daughter’s pregnancy. Also available on OverDrive and Hoopla
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The president and the frog
by Carolina De Robertis
The former president of an unnamed Latin American country receives a journalist in his famed gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe, and wonders if he should share a strange secret of a long-ago imprisonment and a loud-mouth frog.
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Once I was you : a memoir of love and hate in a torn America by Maria HinojosaThe Emmy Award-winning journalist and anchor of NPR’s Latino USA documents the story of immigration in America through the human lens of her family’s experiences and her decades in the media. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. Also available on Cloud Library
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In the Heights : finding home by Lin-Manuel MirandaGives readers an inside look at In the Heights, a breakout Broadway debut, soon to be a Hollywood blockbuster. Illustrations Also available on OverDrive and Cloud Library
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Things we lost in the fire : stories by Mariana EnriquezA U.S. release of an anthology of stories by a debut writer from Buenos Aires explores macabre dimensions of life in contemporary Argentina, from women who set themselves on fire to protest domestic violence to a 9-year-old serial killer who acts out in gruesome ways in her classroom. Also available on Hoopla
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Where we come from by Oscar CásaresMoving to his godmother's volatile Texas border town after his mother's sudden death, a 12-year-old Mexican-American boy discovers a young illegal immigrant taking shelter in his godmother's home before their shared desire for independence puts all of them at risk.
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Crux : a cross-border memoir
by Jean Guerrero
The author chronicles her quest to find and save her charismatic, troubled and elusive father, a self-mythologizing Mexican immigrant who travels across continents—and across the borders between imagination and reality—fleeing real and invented persecutors. A PEN America Literary Award winner.
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Sudden death by Alvaro EnrigueIn a mind-bending novel in which a myriad of worlds collide, time bends and traditions break down, a tennis match in the 16th century between the Italian artist Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Quevado, played with a ball made from beheaded Anne Boleyn's hair, decides the fate of the world. Also available on Hoopla
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Gods of jade and shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaA dark fairy tale inspired by folklore is set against the Jazz age in Mexico’s underworld, where a young dreamer is sent by the Mayan God of Death on a life-changing journey. By the award-winning author of Signal to Noise. Also available on OverDrive
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Carved in bone
by Michael Nava
"Set in San Francisco in 1984, Henry Rios is hired by an insurance company to investigate the apparently accidental death by carbon monoxide poisoning of Bill Ryan in his Castro Street apartment, but Rios becomes convinced Ryan's death was no accident, and that his young lover is implicated"
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