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Erika L. Sánchez Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Erika L. Sanchez is a fiction author and poet. Daughter of immigrants. LESSONS ON EXPULSION, I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER, CRYING IN THE BATHROOM ‘22. #1 NYT bestseller @DePaulU Rep @shipman_agency

12 books
Book Cover for: How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

...I love how accessible the book is like he's talking about really, you know, quote unquote academic concepts, but it doesn't feel that way and anyone can read it, anyone can learn from it and change and be better, so I find it very exciting.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

Oh my goodness, it blew me away. It was devastating, but I couldn’t stop reading it. It still haunts me.

Paperback, 2022

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

I loved the protagonist and her family so much and was afraid of what would happen to them all through the novel.

Paperback, 2012

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club), Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)

Jesmyn Ward
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

I believe @jesmynward is one of the best writers of all time. I just started this and it’s already broken my heart. She is the truth. I adore her.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Random Minis: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, Erika L. Sánchez

Random Minis: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

I’m so happy I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER is included in this fantastic list! Parents Alternate Summer Reading List: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's Antiracist Book Recommendations https://www.parents.com/fun/entertainment/books/alternate-summer-reading-dr-kendi/

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Book Cover for: Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers, Celia C. Pérez

Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers

Celia C. Pérez
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

So happy to review Strange Birds by ⁦@CeliaCPerez⁩ for ⁦@nytimes⁩ !! Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers - The New York Times https://t.co/qRxgcGGwgF

Paperback, 2020

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir, Erika L. Sánchez

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir

Erika L. Sánchez
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

This is written for brown women—for all women of color. I hope they feel seen by it and I hope they feel somewhat freer after reading it.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya

Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

I wrote the foreword for the 50th anniversary edition of Bless Me, Ultima. I was so happy to write about this classic with the lens of a Chicana writer, but also a new mother. On Rudolfo Anaya’s Expansive, Aching View of Childhood https://t.co/TvzIjOxK9h via @lithub

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Book Cover for: For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

It’s the first book of nonfiction that really breaks down the trauma that many of us, the children of immigrants, experience and can’t articulate.

Paperback, 2022

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Woman Without Shame: Poems, Sandra Cisneros

Woman Without Shame: Poems

Sandra Cisneros
Erika L. SánchezErika L. Sánchez

The poems of @officialsandracisneros changed the course of my life when I was a punk ass kid in Cicero. Her poems gave me the gift of language and possibility. I’ve been waiting for this book for a long time. I can’t wait to read it in one sitting!

Paperback, 2023

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book