Wild tongues can't be tamed : 15 voices from the Latinx diaspora

In Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 12-18. Flatiron Books.

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Eres un pocho / The price of admission / Caution song / The mark of a good man / #Julian4spiderman / Half in, half out / Haitian sensation / The land, the ghosts, and me / Paraíso negro / Cuban Imposter Syndrome / More than nervios / Alaiyo / Invisible / Abuela's greatest gift / A mi orden: a meditation on dichos

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages ; 22 cm

Genre:

Essays.

Subject Term:

Hispanic Americans -- Social life and customs.

Hispanic Americans in literature.

American literature -- Hispanic American authors.

Author(s):

Fennell, Saraciea J.,

Oshiro, Mark,

Coster, Naima, 1986-