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Tías and Primas
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2024
The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.
4.05
1k+
Tías and Primas Summary
Tías and Primas 91%
The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2024
4.05
1k+ ratings
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
by Daisy Hernández • 2014
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
4.12
2k+
A Cup of Water Under My Bed Summary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed 90%
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
by Daisy Hernández 2014
4.12
2k+ ratings
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life
by Rosie Pérez • 2014
She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.
4.12
1k+
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life Summary
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life 90%
She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.
by Rosie Pérez 2014
4.12
1k+ ratings
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2021
Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.
4.46
4k+
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts Summary
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts 90%
Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2021
4.46
4k+ ratings
My Beloved World
by Sonia Sotomayor • 2013
Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.
4.09
34k+
My Beloved World Summary
My Beloved World 90%
Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.
by Sonia Sotomayor 2013
4.09
34k+ ratings
My Broken Language
by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
4.18
4k+
My Broken Language Summary
My Broken Language 90%
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021
4.18
4k+ ratings
Perfectly You
by Mariana Atencio • 2019
Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.
3.97
244
Perfectly You Summary
Perfectly You 90%
Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.
by Mariana Atencio 2019
3.97
244 ratings
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 89%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas • 2022
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
4.28
310
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough 89%
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
by Christopher Rivas 2022
4.28
310 ratings
Aesthetics of Excess
by Jillian Hernandez • 2020
Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.
4.26
42
Aesthetics of Excess Summary
Aesthetics of Excess 88%
Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.
by Jillian Hernandez 2020
4.26
42 ratings
Unbreakable
by Jenni Rivera • 2013
Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.
4.47
2k+
Unbreakable Summary
Unbreakable 88%
Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.
by Jenni Rivera 2013
4.47
2k+ ratings
Living Beyond Borders
by Margarita Longoria • 2021
Where are you from? Mexican American teens navigate two cultures in search of their own voice.
4.09
1k+
Living Beyond Borders Summary
Living Beyond Borders 88%
Where are you from? Mexican American teens navigate two cultures in search of their own voice.
by Margarita Longoria 2021
4.09
1k+ ratings
Poesía completa
by Idea Vilariño • 2008
No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.
4.57
3k+
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa 88%
No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.
by Idea Vilariño 2008
4.57
3k+ ratings
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros • 1984
On Mango Street, a girl named Hope starts writing the home she cannot yet live in.
3.68
238k+
The House on Mango Street Summary
The House on Mango Street 88%
On Mango Street, a girl named Hope starts writing the home she cannot yet live in.
by Sandra Cisneros 1984
3.68
238k+ ratings
Mother Tongue
by Demetria Martínez • 1990
An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.
3.82
672
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue 88%
An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.
by Demetria Martínez 1990
3.82
672 ratings
The Mexico Reader
by Gilbert M. Joseph • 2002
Five hundred years of Mexico, from conquest to maquiladoras, told by the people who lived it.
4.09
325
The Mexico Reader Summary
The Mexico Reader 88%
Five hundred years of Mexico, from conquest to maquiladoras, told by the people who lived it.
by Gilbert M. Joseph 2002
4.09
325 ratings
Malinche
by Laura Esquivel • 2006
Born under omens, sold into slavery, a Nahua woman becomes the voice that remakes a world.
3.36
7k+
Malinche Summary
Malinche 88%
Born under omens, sold into slavery, a Nahua woman becomes the voice that remakes a world.
by Laura Esquivel 2006
3.36
7k+ ratings
Big Chicas Don't Cry
by Annette Chavez Macias • 2022
Four Latina cousins swore they'd stay close forever. Adulthood, it turns out, had other plans.
4.22
15k+
Big Chicas Don't Cry Summary
Big Chicas Don't Cry 88%
Four Latina cousins swore they'd stay close forever. Adulthood, it turns out, had other plans.
by Annette Chavez Macias 2022
4.22
15k+ ratings
Racial Innocence
by Tanya Katerí Hernández • 2022
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
4.32
332
Racial Innocence Summary
Racial Innocence 88%
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
by Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022
4.32
332 ratings
Solito
by Javier Zamora • 2022
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
4.48
81k+
Solito Summary
Solito 87%
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
by Javier Zamora 2022
4.48
81k+ ratings
Children of the Days
by Eduardo Galeano • 2012
A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.
4.18
4k+
Children of the Days Summary
Children of the Days 87%
A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.
by Eduardo Galeano 2012
4.18
4k+ ratings
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson • 2001
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
4.12
50
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair Summary
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair 87%
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson 2001
4.12
50 ratings
The Greatest Salesman in the World II
by Og Mandino • 1968
A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.
4.33
6k+
The Greatest Salesman in the World II Summary
The Greatest Salesman in the World II 87%
A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.
by Og Mandino 1968
4.33
6k+ ratings
Colonize This!
by Bushra Rehman • 2002
Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.
4.20
3k+
Colonize This! Summary
Colonize This! 87%
Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.
by Bushra Rehman 2002
4.20
3k+ ratings
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 87%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
4.37
28k+
The Undocumented Americans Summary
The Undocumented Americans 87%
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020
4.37
28k+ ratings
The Distance Between Us
by Reyna Grande • 2012
Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.
4.37
18k+
The Distance Between Us Summary
The Distance Between Us 87%
Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.
by Reyna Grande 2012
4.37
18k+ ratings
Let Me Speak
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara • 1978
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
4.25
424
Let Me Speak Summary
Let Me Speak 87%
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1978
4.25
424 ratings
Don’t Come Back
by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas • 2017
A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.
4.14
73
Don’t Come Back Summary
Don’t Come Back 87%
A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.
by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas 2017
4.14
73 ratings
Poesía completa
by Alejandra Pizarnik • 2000
Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.
4.55
11k+
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa 87%
Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2000
4.55
11k+ ratings
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchú • 1984
Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.
3.86
7k+
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu Summary
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu 87%
Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.
by Rigoberta Menchú 1984
3.86
7k+ ratings
Gender and the Mexican Revolution
by Stephanie J. Smith • 2009
Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.
4.00
16
Gender and the Mexican Revolution Summary
Gender and the Mexican Revolution 87%
Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.
by Stephanie J. Smith 2009
4.00
16 ratings
American Like Me
by America Ferrera • 2018
Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.
4.32
6k+
American Like Me Summary
American Like Me 87%
Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.
by America Ferrera 2018
4.32
6k+ ratings
They Call You Back
by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2024
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
4.43
30
They Call You Back Summary
They Call You Back 87%
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
by Tim Z. Hernandez 2024
4.43
30 ratings
Summer of the Mariposas
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall • 2012
Five sisters smuggle a body into Mexico and stumble into a world of living folklore.
3.50
3k+
Summer of the Mariposas Summary
Summer of the Mariposas 87%
Five sisters smuggle a body into Mexico and stumble into a world of living folklore.
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall 2012
3.50
3k+ ratings
To Selena, With Love
by Chris Pérez • 2012
A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.
4.65
10k+
To Selena, With Love Summary
To Selena, With Love 87%
A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.
by Chris Pérez 2012
4.65
10k+ ratings
The Next Big Story
by Soledad O'Brien • 2010
From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.
3.70
239
The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story 87%
From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.
by Soledad O'Brien 2010
3.70
239 ratings
Forgotten Continent
by Michael Reid • 2007
The underachieving region that may decide the future of democratic capitalism worldwide.
3.89
767
Forgotten Continent Summary
Forgotten Continent 87%
The underachieving region that may decide the future of democratic capitalism worldwide.
by Michael Reid 2007
3.89
767 ratings
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
by Jonathan Blitzer • 2024
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
4.48
11k+
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Summary
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here 87%
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
by Jonathan Blitzer 2024
4.48
11k+ ratings
North from Mexico
by Carey McWilliams • 1969
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
4.10
49
North from Mexico Summary
North from Mexico 87%
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
by Carey McWilliams 1969
4.10
49 ratings
The White Hot
by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2025
Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.
3.72
3k+
The White Hot Summary
The White Hot 87%
Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.
by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2025
3.72
3k+ ratings
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
3.89
13k+
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country 87%
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
by Isabel Allende 2003
3.89
13k+ ratings
Julio Cortázar
by Robert Brody • 1976
The novel that made the reader an accomplice: its mechanisms and meanings, fully decoded.
4.37
8k+
Julio Cortázar Summary
Julio Cortázar 87%
The novel that made the reader an accomplice: its mechanisms and meanings, fully decoded.
by Robert Brody 1976
4.37
8k+ ratings
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
by Daniel Hernandez • 2011
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
3.61
657
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City 87%
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
by Daniel Hernandez 2011
3.61
657 ratings
Mañana o pasado
by Jorge G. Castañeda • 2011
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
3.62
358
Mañana o pasado Summary
Mañana o pasado 87%
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011
3.62
358 ratings
Bitita's Diary
by Carolina Maria de Jesus • 1960
Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.
4.49
10k+
Bitita's Diary Summary
Bitita's Diary 87%
Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960
4.49
10k+ ratings
Bad Feminist
by Roxane Gay • 2014
No pure feminist survives real life. An argument for staying in the fight, flaws included.
3.92
120k+
Bad Feminist Summary
Bad Feminist 87%
No pure feminist survives real life. An argument for staying in the fight, flaws included.
by Roxane Gay 2014
3.92
120k+ ratings
Central America's Forgotten History
by Aviva Chomsky • 2021
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
4.06
518
Central America's Forgotten History Summary
Central America's Forgotten History 87%
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
by Aviva Chomsky 2021
4.06
518 ratings
One in a Millennial
by Kate Kennedy • 2024
The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.
3.70
21k+
One in a Millennial Summary
One in a Millennial 87%
The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.
by Kate Kennedy 2024
3.70
21k+ ratings
Toda la felicidad del universo
by César Brandon Ndjocu • 2018
A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.
3.82
411
Toda la felicidad del universo Summary
Toda la felicidad del universo 87%
A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.
by César Brandon Ndjocu 2018
3.82
411 ratings
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