Ayendy Bonifacio, PhD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Ayendy Bonifacio, PhD on X#Immigrant | #POC19 | #Periodicals | Asst. Prof. @UToledo | Bylines in @NYTimes @Slate @Truthout @CSPAN @LatinoRebels @TheBlackSchlr | he/him/él | Opinions Mine

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass (1852), “WHAT, TO THE SLAVE, IS THE FOURTH OF JULY” “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelly to which he is the constant victim.
Paperback, 2021
$4.99Member price:$2.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Something to Declare: Essays
Julia AlvarezTwitter friends: This fall, I am teaching a single-author course on la grande Julia Alvarez. What texts (short stories, poems, essays) would you recommend?
Paperback, 2014
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia RankineClaudia Rankine’s #Citizen makes clear how often racism is communicated without language in seemingly simple and quotidian motions & behaviors that render Black people invisible and hyper-visible all at once. https://t.co/rmxVXMXdJ8
Paperback, 2014
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Translating Blackness: Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspective
Lorgia García PeñaOur @UToledo community had the pleasure & honor of learning from Dr. Lorgia García Peña (@lorgia_pena). We listened attentively to her new research on histories & epistemologies of global Blackness from her must-read book Translating Blackness. Truly, a highlight of my career! https://t.co/YBxkg1VsVy
Paperback, 2022
$27.95Member price:$26.55 + Free shipping5% off
The Poet X
Elizabeth AcevedoThis summer, I’m helping one of our LatinX minors write an honors thesis on Elizabeth Acevedo’s brilliant The Poet X, which means that I get to re-read this book. 😃 https://t.co/UZSSb9MNjV
Paperback, 2020
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pardon My Heart: Poems
Marcus JacksonI’m incredibly honored & humbled to announce that I was awarded a $3k merit award by the @ArtsCommission for my new collection of poems tentatively titled "aguacero." Thank you to the review panel Jessica Hong, Marcus Jackson, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, & Arts of Commission of TOL! https://t.co/PtwBFOu8Po https://t.co/MITPoFxefI
Paperback, 2018
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People
T. Nicole ShockleyOur @UToledo community had the pleasure & honor of learning from Dr. Lorgia García Peña (@lorgia_pena). We listened attentively to her new research on histories & epistemologies of global Blackness from her must-read book Translating Blackness. Truly, a highlight of my career! https://t.co/YBxkg1VsVy
Paperback, 2016
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli@PhDJesus This course sounds awesome! Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive would be interesting to include.
Paperback, 2020
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Final Harvest: Poems
Emily DickinsonI incidentally coordinated with the Emily Dickinson Museum @DickinsonMuseum. The place pulsates with poems. https://t.co/HM56Iu5mtu
Paperback, 1964
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature & Art
Marisel C. MorenoHeart’s full of joy with the arrival of @marisel_moreno’s brilliant #CrossingWaters! Can’t wait to read, teach, and cite this book. https://t.co/0KKfa9V5vv
Paperback, 2022
$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)