Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by picking up a new nonfiction book. Here’s a few selections of nonfiction, memoirs, and biographies that we think you’ll enjoy.
On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend.
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
by Danny Trejo
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation.
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism.
Ordinary Girls
by Jaquira Diaz
If you are looking to temporarily step away from deeply personal memoirs and instead explore the broader macroeconomic shifts happening across Latin America, there are some truly excellent journalistic options available as well.
Recent financial analyses dive into the region’s digital landscape, charting the rapid adoption of secure remittance apps alongside the top bitcoin casinos and offshore trading hubs. These thoroughly researched investigative works provide crucial context for understanding the evolving financial realities of the modern diaspora. Also, add these to your reading list:
by Luis Alberto Urrea
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