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• ¡Ándale, Prieta!

  A Love Letter to My Family

  Ramírez, Yasmín

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  Returning home to El Paso, the author reconnects with her identity and the love and life lessons from her beloved grandmother.

• App Kid

  How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream

  Sayman, Michael

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  The son of immigrants from South America became a coding phenom who took Silicon Valley by storm, while also coming to terms with his homosexuality.

• App Kid (Spanish-language Edition)

  Sayman, Michael

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  Un hijo de inmigrantes sudamericanos se convierte en un fenómeno de la programación y arrasa en Silicon Valley, al mismo tiempo que acepta su homosexualidad.

• Black Ops

  The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

  Prado, Ric

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  After emigrating from Cuba as a child, Prado joined the CIA, where his missions saw him battling terrorists, assassins, and ultimately co-founding the Bin Laden Task Force.

• A Body Across Two Hemispheres

  A Memoir in Essays

  Buitron, Victoria

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  Struggling to find where she belonged, Buitron spent time in the U.S. before returning to Ecuador to care for her sick grandfather.

• Crying in the Bathroom

  A Memoir

  Sánchez, Erika L.

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  The daughter of working-class Mexican immigrants, Sánchez struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, ultimately finding her salvation through poetry and literature.

• Llorando en el baǫ/ Crying in the Bathroom

  Memorias/ Memories

  Sǹchez, Erika L.

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  Hija de inmigrantes mexicanos de clase trabajadora, Sánchez lucha contra la depresión y los pensamientos suicidas, y finalmente encuentra su salvación a través de la poesía y la literatura.

• The Death of My Father the Pope

  A Memoir

  Silva, Obed

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  In this moving memoir about grief, family, and the legacy of addiction, the author also details his struggle with his Mexican American identity.

• High-Risk Homosexual

  A Memoir

  Gomez, Edgar

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  Working through toxic masculinity, Gomez finds his own path while discovering his queer identity within the larger culture.

• In Search of Emma

  How We Created Our Family, A Memoir

  Correa, Armando Lucas

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  Against all odds Cuban-born Correa realizes his dreams;, both professionally as an editor of People Magazine, and personally via his journey to fatherhood.

• En busca de Emma

  Dos padres, una hija y el sueno de una familia

  Correa, Armando Lucas

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  Contra viento y marea, Correa, nacio en Cuba, hace realidad sus sueños; tanto profesionalmente como editor de la revista People, como personalmente a través de su viaje hacia la paternidad.

• In the Shadow of the Mountain

  A Memoir of Courage

  Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia

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  The author details her journey from childhood abuse to success in Silicon Valley, as well as her struggles to live an authentic life while climbing some of the Earth’s highest mountains.

• Solito

  A Memoir

  Zamora, Javier

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  This poet recounts his hazardous solo journey as a young child from El Salvador to the U.S. to reunite with his parents.

• Solito

  Zamora, Javier

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  Este poeta relata su peligroso viaje en solitario cuando era niño desde El Salvador hasta los Estados Unidos para reunirse con sus padres.

• Who Do I Think I Am?

  Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams

  Johnson-Reyes, Anjelah

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  The comedian navigates her identity, family, and faith while realizing her dreams of being an actress and succeeding in show business.

• Brujas

  The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

  Monteagut, Lorraine

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  This introduction to 21st-century brujas promotes the power of ancestral magic, traditions, and healing arts as tools for community activism.

• The Crafty Chica Creates!

  Latinx-Inspired DIY Projects with Spirit and Sparkle

  Cano Murillo, Kathy

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  Award-winning blogger Cano-Murillo, “The Crafty Chica,” will awaken your inner artist with this collection of Mexican-themed crafts and projects.

• Cuíer

  Queer Brazil

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  This groundbreaking bilingual compilation features LGBTQ poetry, fiction, essays, and photography from queer Brazilian writers and artists.

• Finding Querencia

  Essays From In-between

  Fletcher, Harrison Candelaria, 1962-

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  Of mixed Latinx and white ethnicity, Fletcher explores growing up “in-between” two cultures with essays, poetry, and photographs on the theme of finding home.

• Gentefication

  Lopez, Antonio, 1994-

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  “Gentefication” is the word created by Lopez to evoke, in this collection of poems, the trauma, oppression, and displacement of residents due to gentrification.