Ernesto Mestre-Reed’s historical novel is set in Cuba in the late 1990s, where a displaced young man learns the limits of family, trust, and community. Rafa is an orphan. He moves to Havana, where Cecilia, a restaurant owner, becomes... Read More

Teresa Lim’s memoir "The Interpreter’s Daughter" reveals hidden family secrets amid accounts of love, loss, migration, and memory. In 1935, Law traveled from his adopted home in Singapore to his native village in Canton to die.... Read More

Edited by Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido, "Nonwhite and Woman" is an intimate, honest collection of microessays by women of color. These 131 essays distill the life experiences of one hundred women authors and poets. They spotlight the... Read More

Rubén Degollado’s resonant novel "The Family Izquierdo" maps three generations within a Mexican family on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. A family tree orients the reader among the book’s large, mixed ensemble, whose members are... Read More

Jennifer L. Wright’s intelligent and arresting historical novel focuses on two girls who witness the atomic bomb test in New Mexico. In 1944, the US Army claims Olive’s family ranch through eminent domain. Against her will, she’s... Read More

In the science fiction novel "Faded Glimpses of Time", relationships are strained when temporality becomes muddled. Nyah Nichol’s science fiction novel "Faded Glimpses of Time" toys with the consequences of time travel and... Read More

Celebrate the Hindu festival of lights with a family whose parents teach their children about the tradition as they shop, clean, and snack. There are a few interruptions to their joyful planning, but these surprises do not dampen the... Read More

In her latest book, Leslie Kern deconstructs various myths about gentrification, revealing the harm that they cause—on top of gentrification itself. For middle- and upper-class white people, gentrification–when poor urban areas are... Read More