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Amaris Castillo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Amaris Castillo is a contributor at Poynter and NPR. Out here trying to mother and write and — | @NPRPublicEditor reporter & @Poynter contributor | Creator of @BodegaStories | Book reviewer |

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Book Cover for: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, Angie Cruz

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz
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I don’t think I’ve ever owned swag related to a book, but I’m so happy with my HOW NOT TO DROWN IN A GLASS OF WATER bottle. Thank you @WordUpBooks! Can’t wait for my signed copy of the book. ✨ https://t.co/Cfu6iBJNN3

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Inheritance: A Visual Poem, Elizabeth Acevedo

Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Elizabeth Acevedo
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What do you ask Elizabeth Acevedo that hasn’t already been asked about her most famous poem? The NYT-bestselling author answered my questions for @DomWriters, about her new book INHERITANCE & the movement to rock natural hair in the Dominican community: https://t.co/T7aPSwe2Lb https://t.co/4sv41df6TC

Hardcover, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Bright Star

Yuyi Morales
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Tonight I read BRIGHT STAR by @yuyimorales to my toddler. It’s one of those books that make you go “Ahhh… I understand!” And then you need to reread it in a new light. Thank you @NealPorterBooks/@HolidayHouseBks for sending me a copy! #kidlit https://t.co/zx3Id6L31S

Hardcover, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan, Samantha Barbas

Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan

Samantha Barbas
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My Q&A with Barbas on her new book, “Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan” -- out now from @ucpress: https://t.co/q550yRKpGk

Hardcover, 2023

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Until Someone Listens: A Story about Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission, Estela Juarez

Until Someone Listens: A Story about Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission

Estela Juarez
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Thank you @lissettejnorman for speaking with me about working on this picture book with Estela Juarez. My writeup about UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENS, out now from Roaring Brook Press👇🏽 https://t.co/fn7IA9EQrr

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Like

Annie Barrows
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My 4-year-old saw our family in this one while reading LIKE by Annie Barrows with Leo Espinosa. “You’re brown,” he told me. #childrensbooks #RepresentationMatters #kidlit https://t.co/oXVvSAnGlb

Hardcover, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel, Elisabet Velasquez

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel

Elisabet Velasquez
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Elisabet Velasquez's WHEN WE MAKE IT began as a memoir. She says having the energy and the space to write that in the full way that prose requires was not going to happen. "Poetry allows you to tell a full story in a very concise way." #Kweli22VIRTUAL

Paperback, 2022

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner): One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, Robert Samuels

His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner): One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Robert Samuels
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A fascinating Q&A between my boss @kellymcb and Pulitzer Prize winners @newsbysamuels & @ToluseO on writing HIS NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD: https://t.co/bqE21TnOC6

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding, Karina Nicole González

The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding

Karina Nicole González
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This book is so beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful. I loved it.

Hardcover, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Plátanos Go with Everything, Lissette Norman

Plátanos Go with Everything

Lissette Norman
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Happy Book Birthday to @lissettejnorman and PLÁTANOS GO WITH EVERYTHING! I adored this tender ode to the plátano and the special meaning it holds to one Dominican community. Had a blast speaking with the author recently for @DomWriters: https://t.co/GmuZmU7vtE

Hardcover, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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