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Las Madres: A Novel by Esmeralda Santiago
From the award-winning, bestselling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together.
“Esmeralda Santiago is already a legend. With Las Madres, a rich and deeply felt novel about friendship, family secrets, belonging, and the boundless love that survives devastation, she confirms her status as an absolute icon.”—Cristina Henriquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
Also Available in Spanish: Las madres
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Vampires of El Norte: A Novel by Isabel Cañas
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.
“Lush, captivating, and richly imagined. Here, monstrosity is both human and supernatural; Cañas reminds us that the real horror has always been colonialism. Vampires of El Norte will sink its teeth into you.”—Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief
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Untamed Shore: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In this dark coming-of-age noir, a “Patricia Highsmith-like tale of grifts and con artists” (Crime Time), a young woman becomes embroiled in a web of lies and deceit—with potentially deadly consequences—from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night.
“The Great Gatsby meets Night of the Iguana in this elegantly spare and darkly twisted story of undercurrents, deception, and colliding cultures. Rich in atmosphere and sinister in tone . . . a haunting lesson in the dangers of desire and the illusion of glamour and how dreams can be devoured by deceit.”―Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of The Murder List
Available September 19th in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.
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Vanishing Maps: A Novel by Cristina García
From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a follow-up novel that tracks four generations of the del Pino family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, the U.S., Germany, and Russia in the new millennium.
“Now here is a family saga for our time! Edgy, full of life, and compulsively readable, Vanishing Maps sends one Cuban family through the blender of history and brings it out miraculously whole. A triumph.”—Gish Jen, author of The Resisters
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
Also Available in Spanish: Mapas difusos
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A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens: A Novel by Raul Palma
A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the weight of the devil’s bargain, following the lengths one man will go to for the promise of freedom.
“Metaphors that would be heavy-handed in another writer’s hands, Palma deploys with ease, swirling together ghosts, debt, colonialism, and guilt to create something greater . . . A masterful tale of demons, trauma, and debt.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Available October 3rd in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
Available November 21st in Spanish: Un fantasma en Hialeah Gardens
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An American Immigrant: A Novel by Johanna Rojas Vann
A Colombian American journalist tries to save her career by taking an assignment somewhere she never thought she’d go—Colombia—in this heartwarming debut novel about rediscovering our family stories.
“A beautiful homage to a mother’s bravery and to the grace and grit that is our inheritance.”—Alicia Menendez, MSNBC anchor and creator and host of the Latina to Latina podcast
“Johanna Rojas Vann takes readers on a journey that brings about knowledge, empathy, relatability, connection, and empowerment. The food and culture made me want to dig up recipes and follow in Melanie’s shoes in An American Immigrant and celebrate the blessings God brings us. Readers don’t want to miss this uplifting story!”—Toni Shiloh, Christy Award–winning author
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The Cuban Heiress: A Novel by Chanel Cleeton
In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle.
“Chanel Cleeton shows just what an exceptional talent she is in her new book, The Cuban Heiress . . . Take one heiress with more than a few secrets, throw in a roguish jewel thief and put them aboard a glittering cruise ship sailing from New York to Havana and you have the perfect historical novel. As soon as I’d finished it, I wanted to read it again. Do not miss this book.”—Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre
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Candelaria: A Novel by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in this sweeping, mystical novel following three generations of women as they grapple with muddled pasts and predetermined futures. Candelaria is a story of love that eats us alive.
A sweeping, mystical novel following three generations of women as they grapple with muddled pasts and predetermined futures, Candelaria is a story of love that eats us alive.
“Candelaria is a masterpiece from a writer destined to produce many.”—Jamie Loftus, author of Raw Dog
“Candelaria sticks to your soul and leaves you seeing the world and the people in it a bit differently.”—Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize Finalist and author of Olga Dies Dreaming
Available September 19th in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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Ana Maria and the Fox: A Novel by Liana De la Rosa
A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing Victorian season.
“Liana De la Rosa fulfilled every historical romance craving I had and then some with Ana María and the Fox. The Luna sisters are the headstrong, politically savvy, and intelligent Mexican heroines I have always dreamed of reading about!”—Isabel Cañas, author of The Hacienda
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Love of My Lives: A Novel by Yamile Saied Méndez
Brimming with the magic of old San Juan and la Isla del Encanto, this charmingly romantic new novel from Yamile Saied Mendez, acclaimed author of Twice a Quinceañera, is the perfect read for anyone who has longed for a legendary love story that transcends time and distance—and the powerful magic of steering their own dreams.
“Yamile Saied Méndez writes straight from the heart. Love of My Lives is a heartwarming and honest exploration about the people and places that make us who we are. Don’t miss this book!”—Zoraida Córdova, author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
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Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer: A Novel by Jamie Figueruoa
A fableistic, “beautifully crafted, poetic” (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel of enormous power and grace about a sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange.
“Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer is so full of voice. It is utterly bright and original.”—Tommy Orange, author of There There
“In language that is blade-sharp and sun-bright, Jamie Figueroa weaves a story of generations of love and loss that is powerful and aching and utterly new. Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer will never, ever leave me.”—Ramona Ausubel, author of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty and No One Is Here Except All of Us
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
Available October 3rd in Trade Paperback.
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En no ficción y poesía:
Si, Se Puede: The Latino Heroes Who Changed the United States by Julio Anta; Illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez
Meet the unsung Latino rebels, artists, and activists who changed the United States—from Dolores Huerta to Desi Arnaz to Lin Manuel Miranda—in this bold and entertaining graphic history.
Sí, Se Puede shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked Latino heroes throughout US history, bringing their stories to life through the sequential action, illustrated characters, and lush color palette of a graphic novel.
Available October 10th in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.
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Tarta Americana by J. Michael Martinez
A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desire.
“This book is Gen X ecstatic in its ambitious formal range and showcases Martinez’s love affair with the sublimity of language at all its registers. Tarta takes us into “You language,” as a discourse meant to deliver us more deeply into a new form of lyric autohistoria-teoria in what is Martinez’s best work yet.”—Carmen Giménez
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The Border Simulator: Poems by Gabriel Dozal; Translated by Natasha Tiniacos
A world-bending, lyrically rich poetry collection that reimagines the U.S.-Mexico border as both a real place and a living simulation—and tells the story of a pair of siblings trapped between the two.
“Word coyote Gabriel Dozal is crossing borders with this story. It’s his job: narrative poetry discovering a new language.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of Woman Without Shame
“This multilingual romp that Dozal and Tiniacos have given us is so smart and savvy in its multivalent, trailblazing, translational forms, so adept in its deadly playful linguistic experimentation, in its many genres of detainment. This book is a one-of-a-kind stunner.”—Daniel Borzutzky, National Book Award–winning author of The Performance of Becoming Human
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Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte
A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture, home, and belonging—for fans of Jasmine Mans and Fatimah Asghar.
“Melania Luisa Marte’s Plantains and Our Becoming is a shape shifting work of magic. It is a siren song, a battle cry, an anthem for Afro-Latine centered acts of self-love and revolution. Each line offers us the sharpened blade of a machete to cut away what is rotten. To plant ourselves again. To cultivate our truest, most beautiful selves.”—Cleyvis Natera, author of Neruda on the Park
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