20 Best Books By Latinx Authors (2023 Update)

An “erudite, comprehensive” analysis of latinx identity in the united states as it relates to american culture, society, and politics (eduardo bonilla-silva, author of racism without racists) “latinx” (pronounced “la-teen-ex”) is the gender-neutral term that covers one of the largest and fastest growing minorities in the united states, accounting for 17 percent of the country. over 58 million americans belong to the category, including a sizable part of the country’s working class, both foreign and native-born. their political empowerment is altering the balance of forces in a growing number of states. and yet latinx barely figure in america’s ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity. remarkably, the us census does not even have a racial category for “latino.” in this groundbreaking discussion, ed morales explains how latinx political identities are tied to a long latin american history of mestizaje—“mixedness” or “hybridity”—and that this border thinking is both a key to understanding bilingual, bicultural latin cultures and politics and a challenge to america’s infamously black–white racial regime. this searching and long-overdue exploration of the meaning of race in american life reimagines cornel west’s bestselling race matters with a unique latinx inflection.

College can be a complex time for latinas, who are traditionally expected to leave home when they get married. in her essay “only daughter,” author sandra cisneros remarks, “after four years in college and two more in graduate school, and still no husband, my father shakes his head even now and says i wasted all that education.” wise latinas is a collection of personal essays addressing the varied landscape of the latina experience in higher education. for some latinas, college, where they are vastly underrepresented, is the first time they are immersed in american culture outside their homes—and where the values of two cultures often clash. wise latinas is in part a response to this widening gap. featuring acclaimed writers such as sandra cisneros, norma cantú, and julia alvarez, to name a few, wise latinas shows that there is no one latina college experience. with thoughtful and engaging pieces, wise latinas provides a platform for latina writers to share their experiences in higher education and gives a voice to the many latina women who have taken risks; embraced the new, confronted change; and maintained (and in some cases found) their roots.

Latinx in social work is a book is about space. this book is a revolutionary step in creating a movement that is committed to owning our own narratives, naming common but unspoken struggles and challenges, and driving our own healing from the past while highlighting our successes and creating a space for hope for the future.

Independent publisher book awards, silver medalfor anthology – national indie – excellence awards, finalist in the anthology category – international latino book awards, gold medal for best fiction (multi-author)international latino book awards, honorable mention, best nonfiction (multi-author)a powerful collection of contemporary voices showcasing a variety of voices shaped in and by a place that has been for them a crossroads and a land of contradictions, home in florida presents a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness by some of the most talented contemporary latinx writers who have called florida home. – featuring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by richard blanco, jaquira díaz, patricia engel, jennine capó crucet, reinaldo arenas, judith ortiz cofer, and many others, this collection of renowned and award-winning contributors includes several who are celebrated in their countries of origin but have not yet been discovered by readers in the united states. the writers in this volume–first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants to florida from cuba, mexico, honduras, perú, argentina, chile, and other countries–reflect the diversity of latinx experiences across the state. – editor anjanette delgado characterizes the work in this collection as literature of uprootedness, literatura del desarraigo, a spanish literary tradition and a term used by reinaldo arenas. with the heart-changing, here-and-there perspective of attempting life in environments not their own, these writers portray many different responses to displacement, each occupying their own unique place on what delgado calls a spectrum of belonging. – together, these writers explore what exactly makes florida home for those struggling between memory and presence. in these works, as it is for many people seeking to make a new life in the united states, florida is the place where the uprooted stop to catch their breath long enough to wonder, "what if i stayed? what if here could one day be my home?"

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Latinos across the united states are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. many—afrolatino, indigenous, muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million latinos in the u.s. has been represented. no longer. in this empowering cross-country travelogue, journalist and activist paola ramos embarks on a journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, “latinx.” she introduces us to the indigenous oaxacans who rebuilt the main street in a post-industrial town in upstate new york, the “las poderosas” who fight for reproductive rights in texas, the musicians in milwaukee whose beats reassure others of their belonging, as well as drag queens, environmental activists, farmworkers, and the migrants detained at our border. drawing on intensive field research as well as her own personal story, ramos chronicles how “latinx” has given rise to a sense of collectivity and solidarity among latinos unseen in this country for decades.a vital and inspiring work of reportage, finding latinx calls on all of us to expand our understanding of what it means to be latino and what it means to be american.

Latinx poetics: essays on the art of poetry collects personal and academic writing from latino, latin american, latinx, and luso poets about the nature of poetry and its practice. at the heart of this anthology lies the intersection of history, language, and the human experience. the collection explores the ways in which a people's history and language are vital to the development of a poet's imagination and insists that the meaning and value of poetry are necessary to understand the history and future of a people. the latinx community is not a monolith, and accordingly the poets assembled here vary in style, language, and nationality. the pieces selected expose the depth of existing verse and scholarship by poets and scholars including brenda cárdenas, daniel borzutzky, orlando menes, and over a dozen more. the essays not only expand the poetic landscape but extend latinx and latin american linguistic and geographical boundaries. writers, educators, and students will find awareness, purpose, and inspiration in this one-of-a-kind anthology.

An extensive introduction by the editor and a preface by the noted critic of latin american literature, jean franco, serve to contextualize these acclaimed writers and their work

For readers who love great short-short stories, this bountiful anthology is the best of latin american and u.s. latino writers.following on the success of the flash fiction and sudden fiction series, robert shapard and james thomas join with ray gonzalez in selecting works that each present a complete story in less than 1,500 words. luisa valenzuela, one of latin america’s most lauded writers, provides the introduction. readers will delight in finding stars such as junot díaz, sandra cisneros, and roberto bolano alongside recognized masters like gabriel garcía márquez, isabel allende, and jorge luis borges. they will discover work from andrea saenz, daniel alarcón, and alicita rodriguez, as well as other writers on the rise. in julio ortega’s “migrations,” a peruvian writer explores how immigrant speech and ethnic origins are a force of meaning that evolves beyond language. in “hair,” by hilma contreras, a caribbean pharmacist is driven mad by a young woman’s luxuriant tresses. these stories stretch from gritty reality to the fantastical in a mix that is moving, challenging, humorous, artful, sometimes political, and altogether spectacular.

Você sabe se comunicar com seu adolescente? como os adultos, os adolescentes precisam desesperadamente se sentir amados. contudo, transmitir essa verdade aos filhos pode ser um grande desafio. as pessoas dão e recebem amor de formas distintas e muitas vezes conflitantes, e as falhas de comunicação podem se tornar dramáticas nessa fase tão confusa da vida que é a adolescência. pesquisas demonstram que os pais exercem a influência mais significativa na vida de seus filhos. a porta dessa influência é o amor, e, de acordo com o dr. gary chapman, a chave para abri-la está em aprender a expressar esse amor numa linguagem que faça sentido para seu filho ou sua filha adolescente. além de contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento da comunicação, as 5 linguagens do amor dos adolescentes discute alternativas para evitar que seu filho entre na onda de violência e imoralidade que tanto ameaça a juventude de hoje.

2020 international latino book awards honorable mention in best nonfiction (multi-author)latinx writing los angeles offers a critical anthology of los angeles’s most significant english-language and spanish-language (in translation) nonfiction writing from the city’s inception to the present. contemporary latinx authors, including three pulitzer prize winners and writers such as harry gamboa jr., guillermo gómez-peña, and rubén martínez, focus on the ways in which latinx los angeles’s nonfiction narratives record the progressive racialization and subalternization of latinxs in the southwestern united states. while notions of racial memory, coloniality, biopolitics, internal colonialism, cultural assimilation, mexican or pan-latinx cultural nationalism, and transnationalism permeate this anthology, contributors advocate the idea of a contested modernity that refuses to accept mainstream cultural impositions, proposing instead alternative ways of knowing and understanding. featuring a wide variety of voices as well as a diversity of subgenres, this collection is the first to illuminate divergent, hybrid latinx histories and cultures. redefining los angeles’s literary history and providing a new model for english, spanish, and latinx studies, latinx writing los angeles is an essential contribution to southwestern and borderland studies.

Latino literature combines an engaging and diverse selection of latino/a authors with tools for students to read, think, and write critically about these works. the first anthology of latino literature to offer teachers and students a wide array of scholarly and pedagogical resources for class discussion and analysis, this thematically organized collection of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay presents a rich spectrum of literary styles. providing complete works of latino/a literature vs excerpts written originally in english, the anthology juxtaposes well-known writers with emerging voices from diverse latino communities, inviting students to examine latino literature through a variety of lenses.

Winner, outstanding scholarly contribution award of the section on children and youth, given by the american sociological associationfinalist for the 2021 c. wright mills award, given by the society for the study of social problemslatinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided america an estimated sixty million people in the united states are of latinx descent, with youth under the age of eighteen making up two-thirds of this swiftly growing demographic. in growing up latinx, jesica siham fernández explores the lives of latinx youth as they grapple with their social and political identities from an early age, and pursue a sense of belonging in their schools and communities as they face an increasingly hostile political climate.drawing on interviews with nine-to-twelve-year-olds, fernández gives us rare insight into how latinx youth understand their own citizenship and bravely forge opportunities to be seen, to be heard, and to belong. with a compassionate eye, she shows us how they strive to identify, and ultimately redefine, what it means to come of age—and fight for their rights—in a country that does not always recognize them. fernández follows latinx youth as they navigate family, school, community, and country ties, richly detailing their hopes and dreams as they begin to advocate for their right to be treated as citizens in full. growing up latinx invites us to witness the inspiring power of young people as they develop and make heard their political voices, broadening our understanding of citizenship.

Puerto rico : the ascent and decline of an american colony / pedro cabán — borders and crossings : lessons of the 1980s central american solidarity movement for 2010s sanctuary practices / susan coutin — "a cartel built for love" : "medellín," pablo escobar, and the scripts of global colombianidad / maria elena cepeda — geographies of race and ethnicity iii : settler colonialism and nonnative people of color" / laura pulido — disposable strangers : mexican americans, latinxs, and the ethnic label "hispanic" in the twenty-first century / suzanne oboler — querying central america(n) from the u.s. diaspora / maritza cárdenas — more than christian and mestizo : race, culture, and identity within latino/a theology and religious studies / michelle a. gonzalez — dna latinx : complicando the double helix / nelly rosario — guatemalan-origin children's transnational ties / cecilia menjívar — placing text : culture, place, and the affective dimension of vernacular ambient text / rebio diaz-cardona — (re)claiming public space and place : maya community formation in westlake/macarthur park / alicia ivonne estrada — health brokers, shrinks, and urban shamans revisited : networks of care among argentine immigrants in new york city / anahi viladrich — #familiesbelongtogether : central american family separations from the 1980s to 2019 / leisy abrego and ester hernandez — colonial projects : public housing and the management of puerto ricans in new york city, 1945-1970 / vanessa rosa — puerto rico, palestine, and the politics of resistance and surveillance at the university of illinois chicago circle / sara awartani — now why do you want to know about that?' : heteronormativity, sexism, and racism in the sexual (mis)education of latina youth" / lorena garcia — refashioning afro-latinidad : garifuna new yorkers in diaspora / paul joseph lópez oro — the life and times of trans activist sylvia rivera / lawrence la fountain-stokes — '"blossom as the rose" : exploring a politics of worthiness for millennial latina/o latter day saints / sujey vega — guillermo alvarez guedes and the politics of play in cuban america / albert sergio laguna — urban designers and the politics of latinizing the built environment / johana londoño — the bronx in focus : the visual politics of en foco, inc. / sebastián pérez — racialized hauntings of the devalued dead / lisa marie cacho — "citizenship takes practice" : latina/o youth, jrotc, and the performance of citizenship / gina perez — in pursuit of property and forgiveness : lin-manuel miranda's hamilton and in the heights / elena machado sáez — leaving lima behind : the immigration of peruvian professionals to miami / elena sabogal — latino anti-black bias and the census categorization of latinos : race, ethnicity, or other? / tanya katerí hernández — regulating space and time : the disciplining of latina and black sheltered-homeless women in nyc / odilka s. santiago — the afterlife of u.s. disciplining institutions : transnational structures of (im)mobility among peruvian deportees / ulla d. berg — wars, diasporas, and un/re-rooted familial geographies : from springfield, massachusetts, to são paulo, brazil, and beyond / bahia munem — regeneration : love, drugs and the remaking of hispano inheritance / angela garcia — blackness, latinidad, and minority linked fate / jennifer jones — chongivity activity : latinx hyperfemininity as iconography, performance, and praxis of belonging / jillian hernández — capturing the church familia : scriptural documents and photographs on the agricultural labor circuit / lloyd barba — aguanile : critical listening, mourning, and decolonial healing / frances r. aparicio — the power and possibilities of a latinx community-academic praxis in civic engagement / mari castañeda & joseph krupczynski — bridging activism and teaching in latinx studies / lorgia garcia peña — on being a white person of color : using autoethnography to understand puerto ricans' racialization / salvador vidal-ortiz — brujx : an afro-latinx queer gesture / aisha m. beliso-de jesús.

From award-winning poet margarita engle comes dreams from many rivers, an middle grade verse history of latinos in the united states, told through many voices, and featuring illustrations by beatriz gutierrez hernandez.from juana briones and juan ponce de león, to eighteenth century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted in this moving narrative speak to the experiences and contributions of latinos throughout the history of the united states, from the earliest known stories up to present day. it's a portrait of a great, enormously varied, and enduring heritage. a compelling treatment of an important topic.

Going against the false perception that all latinx views on the bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different hermeneutic perspectives to interpret the new testament. each chapter examines one of the twenty-seven documents thematically instead of following the traditional verse-by-verse commentary format.

Latinx literature now engages with a diverse collection of works in latinx literary studies, critical theory, and the philosophy of history, as well as a wide range of latinx literary texts, in order to offer readers an alternative model of how latinx literary scholarship and latinx literary criticism might go about doing their work. it encourages practitioners in the field to reflect on literature and latinidad together as both parallel and intersecting historical-cultural formations, and to assess from that reflection how literary works might uniquely condition and depict latinidad as something other than a fixed, stable category of identity, as instead an ongoing process of becoming, one always capable of promise, but also always vulnerable to risk, threat, precarity and even disappearance: that is, as always more prone to the performative flash of an evanescence than to the ontological solidity of an event.

It has been half a century since a few now-canonical latin american writers introduced magical realism to the world. in that time, new generations of latinx writers and artists have used that watershed moment as a springboard into new and bold explorations of speculative and fantasy forms. collectively, they have found exciting new ways to delve into latinx identities and cultures across genres. latinx rising, the first anthology of science fiction and fantasy by latinxs living in the united states, exuberantly displays the full range of their art. the new and established voices assembled here (including kathleen alcalá, carmen maria machado, ernest hogan, and other luminaries) invite us to imagine a latinx past, present, and future that have not been whitewashed by mainstream perspectives. as in the best mixtapes, this anthology moves satisfyingly through the loud and brash, the quiet and thoughtful. there are ghosts, space aliens, robots–and a grandmother who unwittingly saves the universe through her cooking. the result is a deeply pleasurable read that pushes beyond magical realism and social realism to demonstrate all the thrilling possibilities of what latinx literature can be.

It has been half a century since a few now-canonical latin american writers introduced magical realism to the world. in that time, new generations of latinx writers and artists have used that watershed moment as a springboard into new and bold explorations of speculative and fantasy forms. collectively, they have found exciting new ways to delve into latinx identities and cultures across genres. latinx rising, the first anthology of science fiction and fantasy by latinxs living in the united states, exuberantly displays the full range of their art. the new and established voices assembled here (including kathleen alcalá, carmen maria machado, ernest hogan, and other luminaries) invite us to imagine a latinx past, present, and future that have not been whitewashed by mainstream perspectives. as in the best mixtapes, this anthology moves satisfyingly through the loud and brash, the quiet and thoughtful. there are ghosts, space aliens, robots–and a grandmother who unwittingly saves the universe through her cooking. the result is a deeply pleasurable read that pushes beyond magical realism and social realism to demonstrate all the thrilling possibilities of what latinx literature can be.

Since 1999, the u.s. latino & latina wwii oral history project at the university of texas at austin has captured the untold stories of this wwii generation. altogether, the project videotaped more than five hundred interviews throughout the country and in puerto rico and mexico. this volume features summaries of the interviews and photographs of the individuals. among the people included are mexican american civil rights leaders such as pete tijerina and albert armendariz of the mexican american legal defense and educational fund (maldef) and virgilio roel of the league of united latin american citizens (lulac). others are community leaders such as pete and elena gallego of alpine, texas, and military leaders such as colonel hank cervantes and flying ace richard candelaria. women who served in the military are also included. there are academic trailblazers, too, such as frank bonilla, who became a major figure in puerto rican studies. and there are a few latinos who describe serving in segregated "colored" units during the war, as their physical features placed them in african american communities. overall, the vast majority of the men and women interviewed in a legacy greater than words led private lives, and their stories chronicle the everyday existence of latinos in the 1930s and 1940s—stories that generally have been omitted from historical accounts of either the great depression or world war ii.