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The Forgery By Ave Barrera, Ellen Jones (Translator), Robin Myers (Translator) Cover Image
By Ave Barrera, Ellen Jones (Translator), Robin Myers (Translator)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781913867157
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Charco Press - July 26th, 2022

Who knew art forgery was so dark and dangerous??! A fun ride that you never want to end. Perfect beach read IMO! 


Review by Rosa

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The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir By Ingrid Rojas Contreras Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385546669
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Doubleday - July 12th, 2022

In this memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras examines the violence that has impacted her family since the Spanish invasion of pre-colonial Colombia, and the perseverance of her indigenous heritage in the magical practices that have been carried through the (male) generations. Meditations on memory, trauma, beliefs, and history are both lyrical and thought-provoking, especially when Rojas Contreras laser focuses on her relationship with her mercurial mother and their mirror-image experiences with amnesia and supernatural experiences. 

 


Review by Sarah C.

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Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse By Melissa Lozada-Oliva Cover Image
$23.00
ISBN: 9781662600593
Availability: Out of stock, usually available in 3-10 days
Published: Astra House - October 26th, 2021

Written as a novel in verse, our main character brings Selena back from the dead to fill the hole in her life that isn't being filled by romance. Beautiful hybrid of poetry and prose brimming with personality that will actually make you laugh out loud and tear you up. Will definitely be one I'll read over and over again!

 


Review by Emily

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The Town of Babylon: A Novel By Alejandro Varela Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781662601033
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Astra House - March 22nd, 2022

Its only March but this may just be the best book I've read in 2022! A beautiful novel about coming home, confronting the past, and embracing the future. This book put me in ALL MY FEELS and I havent been the same since. 


Review by Rosa

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All Day Is A Long Time By David Sanchez Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9780358572015
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Harper - January 18th, 2022

An unfiltered account of addiction that does not glamorize the disease of addiction. Some of the best writing I've read in a long time. 


Review by Rosa

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Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse By Melissa Lozada-Oliva Cover Image
$23.00
ISBN: 9781662600593
Availability: Out of stock, usually available in 3-10 days
Published: Astra House - October 26th, 2021

This is a novel in verse that tells the story of a young woman who decides to being back the singer Selena from the dead. But it's so much more than that. It's about loneliness, feminism, the culture behind fandom and queer/latinidad identity. TOP TEN BOOK 2021 OF FOR ME!  


Review by Rosa

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Certain Dark Things: A Novel By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250785589
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 7th, 2021

This "certain dark thing" broke through my reading slump, and made me excited about reading again. Set in a "neon noir" Mexico City where vampires hide from Sanitation sweeps, a modern detective with a Van Helsing reputation gets swept up in a blood drenched turf war, and somewhere, a dreamy young garbage picker rides the subway across from a beautiful ... woman. I got swept away—along with Domingo, Atl, and a worldly melange of mythologies—into a world of drug cartels, vampire clans and romance. 

 


Review by Kitri

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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: A Novel By Zoraida Córdova Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982102548
Availability: Out of stock, usually available in 3-10 days
Published: Atria Books - September 7th, 2021

This is one of the best books I've read in a while. Cordova's writing is straight epic and took me on a journey that I wont forget. If you need some magic in your life right now, pick this up now! 


Review by Rosa

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Thrown in the Throat (National Poetry) By Benjamin Garcia Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315212
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Milkweed Editions - August 11th, 2020

I stan HARD! This may be the best collection I've read in years. Pick this up ASAP!!

 


Review by Rosa

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Catrachos: Poems By Roy G. Guzmán Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450239
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Published: Graywolf Press - May 5th, 2020

I loved everything about this collection. There were so many lines I re-read over and over again in hopes I will remember them forever. 


Review by Rosa

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