Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
I start my day before sunrise, throwing on running clothes and laying a pinch of semaa at the eastern base of a tree, where sunlight will touch the tobacco first. Prayers...
Category: Contemporary
L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
Like the city itself, L.A. Weather celebrates diversity and chaos as it follows a year in the life of a Mexican American family. Although each character won me over, María Amparo...
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Sydney Green is way beyond anxious and she has every right to be. Her neighborhood, Gifford Place in Brooklyn, no longer feels like home. Looking out from the top floor of...
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
When American Dirt was published by Flatiron books (a division of Macmillan), there was a storm of protest from hundreds of writers. One of their many concerns involved the discriminatory practices...
