UNC Latina/o Studies Program Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Luis Alberto Urrea
Check out what our LSP staff members have been listening to, reading, & watching! Meleena: Tres Cuentos: Literary Podcast Nicole: Encanto on Disney + Walt: Chicano Batman Kevin: The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea https://t.co/qliyizWvXM
Paperback, 2005
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Verging Cities
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Join us next Friday from 3:30-4:30 EST as we host Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Natalie will perform work from her books Lima ::Limón (2019) and The Verging Cities (2015). Be sure to register before the event here: https://t.co/yLOOOJrNHx @UNC_CLC @UNCECL https://t.co/0LacwbhjhX
Paperback, 2015
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lima:: Limón
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Join us next Friday from 3:30-4:30 EST as we host Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Natalie will perform work from her books Lima ::Limón (2019) and The Verging Cities (2015). Be sure to register before the event here: https://t.co/yLOOOJrNHx @UNC_CLC @UNCECL https://t.co/0LacwbhjhX
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Muse Found in a Colonized Body
Yesenia Montilla
Join us TOMORROW 4/22 @ 6 PM EST as we host poet Yesenia Montilla! @yeseniamontilla will be reading poems from her debut collection The Pink Box as well as her upcoming collection Muse Found in a Colonized Body, followed by a Q&A. Register: https://t.co/uPGsO4Eoa2 https://t.co/nV7S6xrRij
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cruel Futures: City Lights Spotlight No. 17
Carmen Giménez Smith
Wondering what to read over the winter break? we're looking forward to Carmen Giménez Smith's 2018 poetry collection _Cruel Futures_ Do you have something on your shelf you've been waiting to read? Share a recommendation in the comments! https://t.co/oyxLrqdVzd
Paperback, 2018
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Native Gardens
Zacarías
Have you seen Native Gardens @playmakersrep? Don't miss out on the closing weekend of Karen Zacarías' play, assistant directed by LSP Undergrad Ambassador Talitha Morena Moniz McMillian 📸 HuthPhoto Pictured: Sarita Ocón, Alejandro Rodriguez, Julia Gibson, Jeffrey Blair Cornell https://t.co/KPu4IRg83s
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
The countdown to the 2021 Undergrad Symposium is on! Meet X. Ramos-Lara who will present on religion and revolution in Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies. Learn more about @saltywindow and register here: https://t.co/hQpkVdZh82 See you Tues. 2/16 from 4-6 PM! https://t.co/LTwYC0Rl4E
Paperback, 2010
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Native Gardens
Zacarías
In Dr. Lawton’s course, “Students will be guided through the process of creating new works,” while reading plays such as Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias and Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage. For information on Fall LSP-associated courses check out our site here (https://t.co/cFfnE7XpSo). https://t.co/uwArD3ACGu
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pink Box
Yesenia Montilla
Join us TOMORROW 4/22 @ 6 PM EST as we host poet Yesenia Montilla! @yeseniamontilla will be reading poems from her debut collection The Pink Box as well as her upcoming collection Muse Found in a Colonized Body, followed by a Q&A. Register: https://t.co/uPGsO4Eoa2 https://t.co/nV7S6xrRij
Paperback, 2015
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book