National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 (Memoirs and Essays)Like this list

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• Why Didn't You Tell Me?

  a Memoir

  Wong, Carmen Rita,

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  Rita Carmen Wong grew up in a Dominican family thinking that her father was Chinese, only to learn otherwise as an adult.

• Abuela in Shadow, Abuela in Light

  González, Rigoberto,

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  Rigoberto González's latest memoir is an exploration of the lives of his abuelas and his fragile connection to Purépecha (Indigenous Mexican) family.

• The Man Who Could Move Clouds

  a Memoir

  Rojas Contreras, Ingrid

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  In this memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras visits family in Columbia and unearths family and national histories in the midst of magic and art.

• Crying in the Bathroom

  a Memoir

  Sánchez, Erika L.,

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  In this collection of personal essays, Erika L. Sánchez writes about growing up in a Mexican immigrant family in Chicago.

• Solito

  a Memoir

  Zamora, Javier,

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  Poet and activist Javier Zamora tells the story of his difficult journey as a child from El Salvador north to the United States to reunite with his mother and father.

• Once I Was You

  a Memoir

  Hinojosa, Maria, 1961-

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  Journalist Maria Hinojosa offers a glimpse of life growing up Mexican American in Chicago and considers how mainstream narratives of immigration and of communities of color fail to capture the realities of her experiences.

• High-risk Homosexual

  a Memoir

  Gomez, Edgar (Writer),

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  In this memoir about coming out in various spaces, Edgar Gomez casts an eye on both anti-gay and gay-affirmative places where he grew up as a gay man.

• Linea Nigra

  An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes

  Barrera Velázquez, Jazmina, 1988-

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  In this book, Jazmina Barrera examines personal, literary, and cultural ideas about motherhood.

• The Soul of a Woman

  on Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches

  Allende, Isabel

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  This memoir by celebrated novelist Isabel Allende explores the author's feminism.

• Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed

  15 Voices From the Latinx Diaspora

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  In Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora.

• Thriving in the Fight

  a Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change

  Padín Collazo, Denise,

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  Social justice work is more crucial than ever, but it can be physically and emotionally draining. Longtime activist Denise Collazo offers three keys to help Latinas keep their focus, morale, and energy high.

• In the Shadow of the Mountain

  a Memoir of Courage

  Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia

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  When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latinx hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her…Read moreRead more of this annotation