PRESS RELEASE
LAS
COMADRES & FRIENDS
NATIONAL LATINO
BOOK CLUB
** Connecting Readers All Over The World
Through Latino
Literature **
8th
ANNUAL
SUMMER READING
LIST
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 21, 2022
CONTACT:
Maria Ferrer, Project Manager
mferrer.lcbookclub@gmail.com
New
York, NY—Las Comadres &
Friends National Latino Book Club is pleased to announce the release of its
eighth annual Summer Reading List on this the first day of the summer.
We encourage readers of all ages to purchase our Summer Reading List selections and add them to their TBR piles, give copies to family and friends, order copies at your neighborhood library, and enjoy Reading Latino Lit.
2022 Summer Reading List
1.
*Areli is a Dreamer by Areli Morales (Random House)—children's book
2.
*Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (Penguin Classics)—classic, fiction
3.
Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt
(Knopf Books)—fiction, YA
4.
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Mojica
Rodriguez (Seal Press)—nonfiction
5.
High-Risk Homosexual by Edgar Gomez (Soft Skull)—memoir
6.
Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness edited by Anjanette
Delgado (University of Florida Press)—nonfiction, anthology
7.
*Just Help!: How to Build a Better World by Sonia Sotomayor
(Philomel Books)—children's books
8.
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel & Friends)—fiction, YA
9.
The Latin American Cookbook by Virgilio Martinez (Phaidon
Press)—nonfiction, cookbook
10.
Luther, Wyoming by Tomas Alamilla and Mario
Acevedo (Five Star Publishing)—fiction, western
11.
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez (William
Morrow)—fiction, thriller
12.
My Book of the Dead by Ana Castillo (High Road Books)—poetry
13.
Somewhere We Are Human edited by Reyna Grande and Sonia
Guiňansaca (HarperVia)—nonfiction, anthology
14.
You Sound Like a White Girl by Julissa Arce (Flatiron Books)—nonfiction,
anthology
15.
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World)—fiction
* This book is also available in Spanish
Las Comadres & Friends National
Latino Book Club started in 2007 and is currently in
15 cities, with more cities to follow. All
books are in English, written by Latino authors. Membership is free and open to
all readers. Each
month, Las Comadres & Friends Book Club features a Book of the Month
selection and one or two additional “Conversations with” books. At the
end of the month, there is a LIVE zoom teleconference with the author(s), plus
a simultaneous TwitterChat on @ReadLatinoLit. Registration is free and open to all
readers.
For more information on the 2022 Summer Reading List, email Maria Ferrer, Project Manager, at mferrer.lcbookclub@gmail.com.
www.readlatinolit.blogspot.com
Twitter: @ReadLatinoLit
Hashtags: #ReadLatinoLit,
#LasComadres, #LCBC
Leadership
Team
Maria C. Ferrer, Project Manager
Tess Tobin, Submissions Coordinator
Dora M. Abreu, Social Media
Coordinator
Karen D. Gonzales, Assistant
Coordinator
and
Dr. Nora de
Hoyos Comstock, Founding Director
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