Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Recent Nonfiction
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15), enjoy these recent nonfiction titles by Latinx and Latine authors, selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Aug 2023)
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The Soul of A Woman
Allende offers up an intimate memoir on the impact of feminism on her unique and fulfilling life. - Library Journal
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You Sound Like A White Girl
A personal narrative that dismantles the myth of assimilation as a pathway to belonging and success for people of color... This is an important book that challenges the idea of American exceptionalism with equal parts passion, fury, intimacy, and ignored history. - Kirkus
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¡Hola Papi!
Host of the popular advice column "¡Hola Papi !" on Substack, Brammer offers a memoir-in-essays, tracking what it's like to grow up as a queer, mixed-race Chicano kid in America's heartlands. - Library Journal
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My Book of the Dead
No aspect of life is left unexamined in the piercing poems of Ana Castillo’s new collection... With a sharp eye and even sharper wordplay, the poems radiate with emotion, from anger to heartbreak. - Foreword Reviews
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Woman Without Shame
In her first collection in nearly three decades, MacArthur fellow Cisneros undergoes a journey of rebirth, considering her role as a woman artist and finding her place both within herself and in her ancestral Mexico. - Library Journal
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Latinx Photography in the United States
Ferrer … celebrates American Latinx photographers in the U.S. in this discerning and timely illustrated history … [i]ntroducing readers to more than 80 photographers and photojournalists who have helped document Latinx culture - Publishers Weekly
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High-risk Homosexual
In this crackling debut, Gomez recounts his coming-of-age as a queer man, passionately exploring what it means to celebrate one’s identities and to make space for joy in the most unlikely places. - Publishers Weekly
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Harvest of Empire
A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States. - Publisher description
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Abuela in Shadow, Abuela in Light
A poignant homage to the author’s Indigenous grandmother as well as an exploration of deep-seated family abuse. An alternately touching and shocking narrative of a dysfunctional yet resilient Mexican American family. - Kirkus
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My Broken Language
Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Hudes delivers a love letter to her Puerto Rican heritage in her astonishing debut memoir. - Publishers Weekly
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