** Connecting
Readers All Over The World
Through Latino
Literature **
9th
ANNUAL
SUMMER READING
LIST
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- JUNE 21, 2023
CONTACT: Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager
tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com
New
York, NY—Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is
pleased to announce the release of its ninth annual Summer Reading List on
this the first day of the summer.
The Las Comadres & Friends Book Club is celebrating its Sweet Sixteen, and they have selected 16 books in commemoration. The Summer Reading List includes a new Pulitzer Prize Winner; a celebrity memoir; a self-help book from the Boogie Down Bronx and a career guide for Latino Leadership; two wonderful children’s books; a poetry collection; two short stories collections; mysteries and thrillers; and a classic novel with a “masterful translation.”
“Did you know,” asks Las Comadres National / International Founder Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, “reading helps put your consciousness on another plane? It helps you move into a fictional world, easing tension and helping you relax. Our readers will have a hard time selecting which book to read first because all 16 books are delicious and enticing.”
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, donate copies to neighborhood libraries, and enjoy Reading Latino Lit.
Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club
2023
Summer Reading List
1. ALBORADA (DAWN): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry by Nylda Dieppa (Orange Blossom Publishing) - poetry
2. CALL ME CASSANDRA by Marcial Gala (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) –
LGBTQ+ fiction
3. *CHITA:
A MEMOIR by Chita Rivera (HarperOne) - biography
4. DULCINEA by Ana Veciana-Suarez (Blackstone Publishing) –
historical fiction
5. *FRIZZY
by Claribel A. Ortega (First Second) – children’s fiction
6. GOOD NIGHT, IRENE by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown & Co.) –
historical
fiction
7. HOLLOW
BEASTS by Alisa Lynn Valdés (Thomas & Mercer) - thriller
8. LOTERÍA
by Cynthia Pelayo (Agora Books) – short stories
9. THE LUIS ORTEGA SURVIVAL CLUB by Sonora Reyes (Balzer & Bray) –
young adult
fiction
10. MR. PRESIDENT by Miguel Ángel Asturias, translated by David Unger
(Penguin Classics) - fiction
11. NINE STRAY SHOTS by Jesús Miguel Soto (Disaster Books) –
short stories
12. OUR OTHERNESS IS OUR STRENGTH: Wisdom from the Boogie Down
Bronx by Andrea Navedo (Broadleaf Books) – motivational self-help
13. PLÁTANOS ARE LOVE by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris (Atheneum Books
for Young Readers) – bilingual, children’s fiction
14. THE POWER OF LATINO LEADERSHIP: Culture, Inclusion, and
Contribution by Juana Bordas (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2nd edition) –
career guide
15. RED QUEEN by Juan Gómez-Jurado (Minotaur Books) – mystery
16. *TRUST by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books) – fiction,
2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner
*Book
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.
The interviews are recorded and uploaded to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel
(@LasComadresParaLasAmericas).
For more information on Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, to register for the monthly teleconference, and to submit your book for consideration, visit www.latinolit.com.
For more information on the 2023 Summer Reading List, email Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager, at tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com.
Las Comadres & Friends National
Latino Book Club
Twitter: @ReadLatinoLit
YouTube: @LasComadresParaLasAmericas
Hashtags:
#ReadLatinoLit, #LasComadres, #LCBC
Leadership Team
Maria C. Ferrer, Executive Director
Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager
Dora M. Abreu, Social Media
Coordinator
Karen D. Gonzales, Assistant
Coordinator
and
Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, National
/ International Founder
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