Latinx Life

2017·3.3 MB·English

by  Boston Public Library staff

Boston Public Library
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Books about the Latino Experience
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‘Latino Life’ is a list of recent books concerning
the Latino experience and is published as part of
the Boston Public Library's observance of Hispanic
Heritage Month each year.
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BIOGRAPHY/
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HOUSE BUILT ON ASHES: A MEMOIR
a CONNOLLY This portrait examines the
By José Antonio Rodriguez
Aificult peeions and lack of opportunity that
accompany the transition to adulthood for an Rodriguez plans to visit his childhood
undocumented child of immigrant parents. Mexican town. However, when he learns
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return in his memories.
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CARTEL WIVES: A TRUE STORY OF
DEADLY DECISIONS, STEADFAST LOVE,
AND BRINGING DOWN EL CHAPO _) | AM DURAN: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY/
YO SOY DURAN: MI AUTOBIOGRAFIA
by Mia Flores and Olivia Flores
The authors, now in witness protection, tell
byp F averte Duran with George Diaz
the story of how their husbands, now in prison,
were the highest level drug traffickers ever to The Panamanian boxer shares the story of
become US informants. how he became world champion at age
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earned the reputation as one of the greatest
boxers ever.
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El boxeador panamefo comparte la historia de
by Cheech Marin with John Hassan como se convirtid en campeon mundial a los
Marin, who grew up in poverty in Los Angeles, veintiun anos, luché durante muchas décadas
y se gano la reputacion de ser uno de los
went on to become a successful comedian,
movie actor, and passionate collector of mejores boxeadores de la historia.
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MY FIRST LIFE:
CONVERSATIONS WITH
IGNACIO RAMONET
PABLO ESCOBAR: MY FATHER/
by Hugo Chavez
PABLO ESCOBAR, MI PADRE: LAS
Many details of Hugo Chavez's
HISTORIAS QUE NO DEBERIAMOS
fascinating life are revealed
SABER _/ ®
through several years of interviews between
a French journalist and the late Venezuelan by Juan Pablo Escobar
president. The conflicted son reveals the two sides of
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and the loving family man.
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MY (UNDERGROUND) AMERICAN
El hijo con sentimientos encontrados revela
DREAM: MY TRUE STORY AS AN
las dos caras de su padre: el supervillano del
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO
negocio de la cocaina y el amante de la familia.
BECAME A WALL STREET EXECUTIVE
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by Julissa Arce with Mark Dagostino
Currently an advocate for immigrant students, | aAuLpBeErRrToO r.R. | TRUE FAITH AND
Arce reveals the physical, financial, and | — ALLEGIANCE: A STORY
emotional costs of keeping her immigrant OF SERVICE AND
status secret from even her closest friends. SACRIFICE IN WAR AND
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fame bY Alberto R. Gonzales
The first Latino to be Counsel to the President
NOW PERU IS MINE: THE LIFE AND
and Attorney General, Gonzales shares the
TIMES OF A CAMPESINO ACTIVIST
high and low points behind the scenes of
by Manuel Llamojha Mitma
George W. Bush's tenure.
with Jaymie Patricia Heilman
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Llamojha Mitma, a rural peasant, was
determined to bring socioeconomic justice
to a country with deep anti-indigenous
prejudice and extreme inequality.
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EXPRESSIONS/
EXPRESIONES 2 THE MISSION
meee by Dick Evans
Glorious color photographs
“558 reveal the people and public
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vibrant and diverse community facing the
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threat of gentrification.
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| by Dan Goldberg, Andrea
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A NEW AMERICA: HOW MUSIC
The vibrancy and spirit of Cuba's people,
culture, and cuisine are embodied in seventy- RESHAPED THE CULTURE AND FUTURE
five appealing recipes that are complemented OF a NATION AND REDEFINED MY LIFE
by captivating photographs.
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The music producer shares stories of his
relationships with Latin music and musicians
THE ENCHILADA QUEEN COOKBOOK:
and their powerful influence on him and
ENCHILADAS, FAJITAS, TAMALES, AND
American society.
MORE CLASSIC RECIPES FROM TEXAS-
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MEXICO BORDER KITCHENS /)
by Sylvia Casares with Dotty Griffith
THE PANIC FABLES: MYSTIC
The chef and restaurateur shares her expertise
in creating many flavorful versions of “the TEACHINGS AND INITIATORY TALES ¢)
comfort food of Mexico” as well as soups, by Alejandro Jodorowsky
stews, and desserts.
The filmmaker’s spiritual and artistic
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transformation was represented in his comics
published in Mexico's E/ Heraldo from 1967
to 1973, now translated into English.
JUAN O'GORMAN:
GRAPHIC PANIC FABLES
A CONFLUENCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ©)
by Catherine Nixon Cooke
This is the life story of the Mexican artist
and his creation of a spectacular mural
for the 1968 World's Fair.
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SAM IS NOT MY UNCLE:
THE USA IN CUBAN
POSTER AND BILLBOARD
ART &
VEGAN MEXICO: SOUL-SATISFYING
by Alfons Gonzalez Quesada
REGIONAL RECIPES FROM TAMALES
This striking compilation of TO TOSTADAS
Cuban propaganda denouncing the American by Jason Wyrick
enemy in the decades following Castro's rise
A multiplicity of flavors from Mexico's
epitomizes image as history.
many regions reflects centuries of savory
Esta sorprendente recopilacion de la
influences, including Mayan, Spanish, and
propaganda cubana que denuncia al enemigo
Afro-Caribbean, brought together in this
estadounidense durante las décadas
delectable collection.
posteriores ala subida de Castro, simboliza
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la imagen como historia.
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mm THE WANDERING SONG:
wg CENTRAL AMERICAN
A SIMPLE STORY:
™ WRITING IN THE
THE LAST MALAMBO ()
by Leila Guerriero
The winner of the traditional Argentinian
mm Linares, Rubén Martinez,
malambo dance competition earns national
and Héctor Tobar
acclaim. Guerriero follows one special dancer's
preparation for this most crucial contest This multinational anthology brings
of his life. together disparate voices of writers from
Central America and includes poetry,
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short stories, and nonfiction.
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iTACO LOCO! MEXICAN
STREET FOOD FROM SCRATCH
by Jonas Cramby
Mouthwatering flavors infuse these authentic
recipes for tacos, drinks, snacks, and sweets
such as calaveras de azucar (sugar skulls).
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HISTORY &
ASSASSINATION OF A SAINT: THE
CONTEMPORARY PLOT TO MURDER OSCAR ROMERO
AND THE QUEST TO BRING HIS
ISSUES/
KILLERS TO JUSTICE J
HISTORIA Y TEMAS by Matt Eisenbrandt
This investigation into the long unsolved
CONTEMPORANEOS murder of a beloved Salvadoran archbishop
exposes the political climate that led up to
and followed the murder.
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ALL THEY WILL CALL YOU:
CRUDE NATION:
THE TELLING OF THE PLANE WRECK
HOW OIL RICHES RUINED
AT LOS GATOS CANYON
VENEZUELA/
by Tim Z. Hernandez
éCUANDO SE JODIO VENEZUELA?:
In newscasts about this 1948 airplane SOBRE COMO EL PAIS CON LAS
crash, which inspired a Woody Guthrie song, RESERVAS PETROLERAS MAS RICAS
passengers were identified only as Mexican DEL MUNDO ACABO SUMIDO EN LA
deportees. This book rectifies that injustice.
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by Raul Gallegos
Gallegos demonstrates how governmental
7, ANGELS WITH DIRTY mismanagement has left the nation with
the largest oil reserves in the world with a
FACES: HOW
struggling economy and proposes solutions.
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CHANGED THE GAME Los gallegos demuestran como la mala
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JONATHAN LSON FOREVER administracién gubernamental ha dejado a la
nacion con las mayores reservas de petrdleo
by Jonathan Wilson
del mundo con una economia en dificultades y
The story of Argentinian soccer and its proponen soluciones.
most iconic players reveals an intricate link
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between the sport and the country’s social
and political dispositions.
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TELL ME HOW IT ENDS:
AN ESSAY IN FORTY QUESTIONS |
HAVANA: A
by Valeria Luiselli
“4 SUBTROPICAL DELIRIUM
An interpreter who helps refugee children
NAI by Mark Kurlansky
from Central America translate their stories
Kurlansky explores the history, ruminates on the disparity between the
music, literature, and sports American Dream and reality.
of Havana, a place which he’s
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This travelogue features vignettes of the
by Dan Slater
Argentinian/Spanish author's 2009 book
tour of cities in Central and South America A detective questions the value of the war
as well as his reflections on local literary on drugs after discovering that two once-
luminaries. promising boys had become sicarios for
the Zetas cartel.
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Un detective cuestiona el valor de la guerra
PUERTO RICO: WHAT contra las drogas después de descubrir que
EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW dos chicos prometedores se habian convertido
by Jorge Duany en sicarios para el cartel de los Zetas.
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and culture of this commonwealth is revealed
in this in-depth exploration of the island
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by Daniel José Older
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In this final book of the series, half-dead Carlos
Delacruz fights against his corrupt employer,
New York City’s Council of the Dead. CERTAIN DARK THINGS J) »))
SCIFI FANTASY OLDER D by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Atl, a beautiful vampire in Mexico City, finds
help from trash-picking street kid Domingo
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when rivals in another vampire gang come
by Claudia Salazar Jiménez looking for her.
BLOOD OF THE DAWN SCIFI FANTASY MORENOGA S
| In 1980s Peru, three women's
lives become intertwined and
then torn apart during the peak
Claudia Salazar Jimenez of the Shining Path insurgency. DEATH GOING DOWN /)
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by Maria Angélica Bosco
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In post-World War || Buenos Aires, a woman
is found dead in the elevator of a luxury
BODIES OF SUMMER apartment building. Was it suicide or murder?
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In a future'Where reincarnation is made
possible by the internet, Ramiro finds himself
settling an old score inside the body of an EVERY KIND OF WANTING
overweight, middle-aged woman.
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Miguel and Chad's desire
to become fathers involves
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by Michel Stone
turns dark and dangerous as the pregnancy
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hoping to reunite with the young daughter
they lost crossing the border.
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GLAXO
by Hernan Ronsino
Four men who grew up in the same
isolated Argentinian town become involved
in a mysterious murder after one discovers
his wife's infidelity.
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THE GRINGO CHAMPION/
CAMPEON GABACHO
by Aura Xilonen
After an unhappy childhood in Mexico,
Liborio heads north to the United States,
where he struggles to find himself until
he enters the boxing ring.
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Después de una infancia infeliz en México,
Liborio se dirige hacia el norte, alos Estados
Unidos, donde lucha por encontrarse, hasta
que entra al cuadrilatero.
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HERETICS
by Leonardo Padura
A Jewish family loses their
Rembrandt painting in 1939
when their refugee ship is
refused asylum in Havana.
Years later their son hires Mario Conde
to investigate.
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by Juan Pablo Villalobos
This comic novel features 78-year-old aspiring
artist and taco seller Teo, who retires to LONG STORIES CUT SHORT:
Mexico City and spends his days drinking and BASINS FROM THE BORDERLANDS
antagonizing his neighbors.
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Esta novela comica habla de Teo, un This bilingual collection explores
esperanzador artista de 78 anos y vendedor racism, police brutality, poverty, and
de tacos, quien se jubila y se va ala Ciudad tensions between the haves and have-nots.
de México y pasa sus dias bebiendo y
Esta coleccion bilingtie explora el racismo, la
antagonizando a sus vecinos.
brutalidad policial, la pobreza y las tensiones
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THE INFINITE
by Nicholas Mainieri LUCKY BOY / »))
After becoming pregnant in the United by Shanthi Sekaran
States, undocumented teenager Luz returns
When single mom and undocumented
to Mexico to raise the baby and is unwillingly
Mexican immigrant Soli ends up in a detention
drawn into a drug cartel.
center in Berkeley, a childless Indian American
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edited by Matthew David Goodwin
| by Julianne Pachico
Aliens, ghosts, zombies: they’re all here in
Wealthy schoolgirls
twenty-four short stories by well-known
and their parents, teachers,
writers living in the United States.
Rue Meme and housekeepers all find
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corrupt Colombia.
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