THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   Elizabeth Nunez emigrated from Trinidad to the U.S. after completing high school. Nunez is provost at Medgar Evers College, the City University of New York, and the award-winning author of six novels, including PROSPERO’S DAUGHTER, the New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and 2006 Florida Center for the Literary Arts One Book, One Community selection at the Miami Book Fair. Nunez’ writing style has been compared to that of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. Winner of numerous awards, she is also a co-founder of the National Black Writers Conference, and was its director from 1986 thru 2000. She continues her work in support of writers of color with her radio program on WBAI 99.5FM and as chair of the PEN American Open Book committee. Her lastest novel, ANNA IN-BETWEEN (Akashic Books, 2010), is an emotional, heart-breaking story. SUMMARY: Anna, the novel's main character who has a successful publishing career in the United States, is the daughter of an upper-c...

   Paul Reyes is the former editor at large of The Oxford American and currently is a contributing editor with Virginia Quarterly Review. He began his career in journalism grinding it out as a fact-checker for such magazines as Lingua Franca, Talk, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, and GQ . His first book, EXILES IN EDEN: LIFE AMONG THE RUINS OF FLORIDA’S GREAT RECESSION (Henry Holt & Co., 2010), is a hard-hitting, personal, and poetic portrayal of his own family and the people and communities affected by the foreclosure crisis. BOOK SUMMARY :  While working with his father’s small company that “trashes out”—enters and empties—foreclosed homes in Florida, Reyes wrote EXILES IN EDEN. Grounded in Florida and Reyes family history, and with character-driven visits to the dark corners of this crisis (including with those who are calling for revolution) Reyes explores the human element of this frightening rattling of the American Dream. From examining the u...

MAY IS LATINO BOOK MONTH! To honor Latino Authors and books, we are giving away THREE books courtesy of the  Hatchette Book Group . TELL US:    WHAT LATINO BOOK ARE YOU READING OR LAST READ? Leave a comment --- AND your email address --- and you'll be entered to win THREE Latino Books from the selection below:  Try to Remember By Iris Gomez A stunning debut about a young girl who is her parent's translator, family peacemaker and brothers' keeper.  See how she gains confidence, educates herself and learns to walk the line between the traditional Latina woman and the modern one. Hot (broke) Messes By Nancy Trejos The true story of how this financial expert falls into so much debt that she must turn to her parent's for a loan.  Nancy writes about her journey towards financial freedom and how to avoid the pitfalls. Waking Up in the Land of Glitter By Kathy Cano-Murillo The Crafty Chica's debut novel about family,...