Erika L. Sánchez Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Erika L. Sánchez on XErika 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

How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi...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
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honoree Fanonne JeffersOh 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
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn WardI 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
Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)
Jesmyn WardI 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
Random Minis: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika L. SánchezI’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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Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Celia C. PérezSo 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
Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir
Erika L. SánchezThis 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
Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo AnayaI 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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For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
Prisca Dorcas Mojica RodríguezIt’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
Woman Without Shame: Poems
Sandra CisnerosThe 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