Latinx Studies

Book Recommendations

Recommended books by Latinx authors:

The best Latino books, according to Latinx writers
These Latino books include poetry collections, memoirs and novels from Angie Cruz, Jennine Capó Crucet, Carmen Maria Machado and more. From NBC News.
Latinx Fiction Staff Picks
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Fiction for Adults
Check out these recent releases from authors of Hispanic or Latine background.
New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers
From NPR, recommended Latinx fiction for children and teens.
The Literary Canon Is Mostly White. Here’s an Alternative Latin American Reading List
A list of nine books that you can read in addition to the canonical texts on your curriculum.

Poet-to-Poet: Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera reading "Five Directions to My House," as part of Poet-to-Poet, the Academy of American Poets' educational project for National Poetry Month 2014.

U.S. Latinx Voices in Poetry
Exploring Latino/a American poetry and culture with the Poetry Foundation

Literary Criticism

Gale Literature
Search for literary work overviews and author biographies plus scholarly literary criticism and analysis of authors and their works - novels, short stories, poetry, and drama including Shakespeare plays.
JSTOR
Search the full text of scholarship and reviews in literary studies, film studies, and other relevant disciplines.

Books at Holman Library

Half of the World in Light

Poetry - Main Collection

The Norton anthology of Latino literature

Main Collection

Mexican Gothic

Fiction - eBook Collection

Latino Literature in America

Main Collection

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Fiction - Main Collection

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Fiction - Main collection

Literary cultures of Latin America : a comparative history

Reference Collection--in-library use only

Chica Lit

Main Collection

Laughing Out Loud, I Fly

Poetry - Main Collection

Breaking Through

Memoir - Main Collection

Bless Me, Ultima

Main Collection

The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros

Ebsco Academic eBook Collection - Collection of criticism

In the Dream House

Fiction - Main Collection

Bordering fires : the vintage book of contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a literature

Main Collection

The Carrying

Main Collection

From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón

Growing up Latino: Memoirs and Stories

Main Collection

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