Latinx books climbed new heights this year, and at Latino Stories, we were fortunate to have not one, not two, not three, but four of our staff members publish books in 2022. And not just any books. These are books that deserve to be gift-wrapped for anyone you want to impress. León Salvatierra‘s To the …
Latinx authors are again making waves, and this summer they are riding high on those waves. Check out these hot summer books that offer the best of what Latinx literature has to offer. Alvarado’s poetry collection is the best poetry debut of the year. It dances, and it dazzles. A Good Morning America Book Club …
Teresa Dovalpage interviews Alex Segura as part of a Latino Stories series with Latinx authors. Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful.” It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Dovalpage: …
Hay ocasiones felices en las que un libro me lleva de vuelta a La Habana. Me lleva de la mano, del pie o metiéndome, con todo y cabeza, en el ambiente cálido, gritón y el aire medio sucio de la ciudad. Es el caso de Muerte en La Habana (Vanilla Planifolia, 2021), del profesor de …
This interview is part of the Latinx Author Interview series and features Raquel V. Reyes, in which Reyes discusses her two novels, Mango, Mambo, and Murder and Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking. Dovalpage: Mango, Mambo, and Murder brings a lot to the table—food, culture, family and cubanidad. Speaking of food, how did you experience it while writing the …
