Latine / Latinx Nonfiction
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15), enjoy these recent memoirs and nonfiction by Latine authors, selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (August 2024)
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The Man Who Could Move Clouds
[A] lyrical meditation on her family's history and the legacy of colonialism in Colombia. Fusing the personal and political, this rings out as a bold case against forgetting in a forward-facing age. (Publishers Weekly)
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Feels Like Home
The renowned musician digs deep for her roots - familial, cultural, musical, and culinary. A lively, lovely exaltation of the dry, cactus-studded, indelible Sonoran Desert. (Kirkus)
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12 Trips in 12 Months
Approaching 30, an attorney slowly transitions out of her office job to fulfill her dream of becoming a full-time travel blogger and influencer. A mostly inspiring tale of solo adventure. (Kirkus)
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Our Migrant Souls
A pensive examination of the many ways there are to be Latinx in America. Tobar's travels and meditations are altogether provocative and thoroughly well thought through, his account sharply observed and elegantly written. A powerful look at what it means to be a member of a community that, though large, remains marginalized. (Kirkus)
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Solito
The harrowing journey of a 9-year-old Salvadoran boy through Guatemala and Mexico to rejoin his parents in the U.S. Beautifully wrought work that renders the migrant experience into a vivid, immediately accessible portrayal. (Kirkus)
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