Join the #ModernLatinaBookClub as we read the In the Dream House: A Memoir by the award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado. In this revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse, Machado recounts an engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Save the date for … [Read more...] about In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado #ModernLatinaBookClub
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Latinas & Libros Event | March 17, 2020
In collaboration with the SJSU Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, we are so excited to bring together local Latina authors, students, and the community at the third Latinas & Libros event on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at San Jose State University. Join us for an evening to celebrate contributions of Latinas in literature and our Latino heritage. This complimentary event … [Read more...] about Latinas & Libros Event | March 17, 2020
The Cost of Our Lives by Linda González #ModernLatinaBookClub
This month the #ModernLatinaBookClub will read The Cost of Our Lives by Linda González. In this memoir, Linda explores the multiple layers of her family history as she intertwines the stories of her father’s two families: one known to her, and the one kept secret for much of her life. Join us as we read this beautiful story of families uniting across physical and emotional … [Read more...] about The Cost of Our Lives by Linda González #ModernLatinaBookClub
Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero #ModernLatinaBookClub
Jean Guerrero's Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir is the story of a child’s quest to under her troubled and elusive father. Marco Antonio was a self-taught genius at fixing, creating and conjuring things – and capable of transforming himself into a shaman, dreamcaster, or animal whisperer in his enchanted daughter’s eyes. He gradually began to lose himself to drug and … [Read more...] about Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero #ModernLatinaBookClub
Juana Briones of 19th Century California by Jeanne Farr McDonnell #ModernLatinaBookClub
We are excited to have the Inspired by Juana: La Doña de la Frontera exhibit co-curator Dr. Perlita Dicochea lead the Modern Latina Book Club this month as we read Juana Briones of Nineteenth-Century California. Meet Juana Briones: 19th Century Healer, Pioneer y una Voz By: Perlita Dicochea, Ph.D. The story of an ordinary Afro-mestiza who led an extraordinary life … [Read more...] about Juana Briones of 19th Century California by Jeanne Farr McDonnell #ModernLatinaBookClub