<p>What happens when rhetoric about immigrants escalates to an institutionalized population control system? The near-future, dark speculative novel INK opens as a biometric tattoo is approved for use to mark temporary workers, permanent residents and citizens with recent immigration history - collectively known as inks. Set in a fictional city and small, rural town in the U.S. during a 10-year span, the novel is told in four voices: a journalist; an ink who works in a local population control office; an artist strongly tied to a specific piece of land; and a teenager whose mother runs an inkatorium (a sanitarium-internment center opened in response to public health concerns about inks). The main characters grapple with ever-changing definitions of power, home and community; relationships that expand and complicate their lives; personal magicks they don’t fully understand; and perceptions of “otherness” based on ethnicity, language, class and inclusion. In this world, the protagonists’ magicks serve and fail, as do all other systems - government, gang, religious organization - until only two things alone stand: love and memory.</p>

Literature & Fiction

Vourvoulias, Sabrina

Literary

Crossed Genres Publications

<p><div> <div><b>Se celebran 30 latinas y latinos influyentes en la historia estadounidense con <i>Nuestra América</i>, una antología completamente ilustrada del Centro Latino Smithsonian.</b></div> <div><b><br /></b></div> <div><i>Nuestra América</i> resalta las historias inspiradoras de treinta latinas y latinos a lo largo de la historia y sus muchas contribuciones al carácter cultural, social y político de los Estados Unidos.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Las historias de cada figura dentro del libro relatan su herencia cultural, su niñez y los retos y oportunidades con las cuales se encontraron al perseguir sus metas. Un glosario de términos y una guía de lectura, creada por el Centro Latino Smithsonian, promueven más investigaciones y exploración. Veintitrés de las historias presentadas en esta antología serán también incluidas en la futura Galería Latina de la Familia Molina, la primera galería nacional dedicada a los latinos en el Smithsonian.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Este libro es imprescindible para maestros buscando crear un currículo más inclusivo, jóvenes latinos que necesitan verse representados como una parte importante de la historia estadounidense y todo padre queriendo que sus hijos tengan mejor entendimiento de la historia de los Estados Unidos. Con bellos retratos por Gloria Félix, jóvenes (y adultos) seguirán hojeando y aprendiendo de <i>Nuestra América</i> una y otra vez.</div> <div><br /></div> <div><i>Nuestra América</i> destaca las siguientes figuras notables:</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Sylvia Acevedo, Luis Álvarez, Pura Belpré, Martha E. Bernal, Julia de Burgos, César Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Roberto Clemente, Celia Cruz, Olga E. Custodio, Óscar de la Renta, Jaime Escalante, Macario García, Emma González, Laurie Hernández, Juan Felipe Herrera, Dolores Huerta, Jennifer Lopez, Xiuhtezcatl Martínez, Sylvia Méndez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, C. David Molina, Rita Moreno, Ellen Ochoa, Jorge Ramos, Sylvia Rivera, María Elena Salinas, Sonia Sotomayor, Dara Torres y Robert Unanue.</div> </div> <div><br /></div></p>

Nuestra América: 30 latinas/latinos inspiradores que han forjado la historia de Los Estados Unidos (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Biographies

Running Press Kids

<p><div> <div><b>Celebrate 30 influential Latinas/Latinos/Latinxs in U.S. history with <i>Nuestra América</i>, a fully-illustrated anthology from the Smithsonian Latino Center.</b></div> <div><b><i><br /></i></b></div> <div><i>Nuestra América</i> highlights the inspiring stories of thirty Latina/o/xs throughout history and their incredible contributions to the cultural, social, and political character of the United States.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>The stories in this book cover each figure's cultural background, childhood, and the challenges and opportunities they met in pursuit of their goals. A glossary of terms and discussion question-filled reading guide, created by the Smithsonian Latino Center, encourage further research and exploration. Twenty-three of the stories featured in this anthology will also be included in the future Molina Family Latino Gallery, the first national gallery dedicated to Latina/o/xs at the Smithsonian.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>This book is a must-have for teachers looking to create a more inclusive curriculum, Latina/o/x youth who need to see themselves represented as an important part of the American story, and all parents who want their kids to have a better understanding of American history. Featuring beautiful portraits by Gloria Félix, this is a book that children (and adults) will page through and learn from again and again.</div> <div><br /></div> <div><i>Nuestra América</i> profiles the following notable figures:</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Sylvia Acevedo, Luis Álvarez, Pura Belpré, Martha E. Bernal, Julia de Burgos, César Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Roberto Clemente, Celia Cruz, Olga E. Custodio, Óscar de la Renta, Jaime Escalante, Macario García, Emma González, Laurie Hernández, Juan Felipe Herrera, Dolores Huerta, Jennifer Lopez, Xiuhtezcatl Martínez, Sylvia Méndez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, C. David Molina, Rita Moreno, Ellen Ochoa, Jorge Ramos, Sylvia Rivera, María Elena Salinas, Sonia Sotomayor, Dara Torres, and Robert Unanue.</div> </div> <div><br /></div></p>

Nuestra América: 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States

<p>In 1514 Hungary, peasants who rose up against the nobility rise again – from the grave. In 1633 Al-Shouf, a mother keeps demons at bay with the combined power of grief and music. In 1775 Paris, as social tensions come to a boil, a courtesan tries to save the woman she loves. In 1838 Georgia, a pregnant woman's desperate escape from slavery comes with a terrible price. In 1900 Ilocos Norte, a forest spirit helps a young girl defend her land from American occupiers.<br><br> These gripping stories have been passed down through the generations, hidden between the lines of journal entries and love letters. Now 27 of today's finest authors – including Tananarive Due, Sofia Samatar, Ken Liu, Victor LaValle, Nnedi Okorafor, and Sabrina Vourvoulias – reveal the people whose lives have been pushed to the margins of history. <br><br> TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br> Sofia Samatar - "Ogres of East Africa"<br> Thoraiya Dyer - "The Oud"<br> Tananarive Due - "Free Jim's Mine"<br> S. Lynn - "Ffydd (Faith)"<br> Sunny Moraine - "Across the Seam"<br> Rion Amilcar Scott - "Numbers"<br> Meg Jayanth - "Each Part Without Mercy"<br> Claire Humphrey - "The Witch of Tarup"<br> L.S. Johnson - "Marigolds"<br> Robert William Iveniuk - "Diyu"<br> Jamey Hatley - "Collected Likenesses"<br> Michael Janairo - "Angela and the Scar"<br> Benjamin Parzybok - "The Colts"<br> Kima Jones - "Nine"<br> Christina Lynch - "The Heart and the Feather"<br> Troy L. Wiggins - "A Score of Roses"<br> Nghi Vo - "Neither Witch Nor Fairy"<br> David Fuller - "A Deeper Echo"<br> Ken Liu - "Knotting Grass, Holding Ring"<br> Kemba Banton - "Jooni"<br> Sarah Pinsker - "There Will Be One Vacant Chair"<br> Nnedi Okorafor - "It's War"<br> Shanaé Brown - "Find Me Unafraid"<br> Nicolette Barischoff - "A Wedding in Hungry Days"<br> Lisa Bolekaja - "Medu"<br> Victor LaValle - "Lone Women"<br> Sabrina Vourvoulias - "The Dance of the White Demons"<br></p>

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History

Vo, Nghi

Dyer, Thoraiya

Samatar, Sofia

Due, Tananarive

Parzybok, Benjamin

Lynch, Christina

Scott, Rion Amilcar

Humphrey, Claire

Johnson, L.S.

Lynn, S

Moraine, Sunny

Jayanth, Meg

Iveniuk, Robert William

Hatley, Jamey

Janairo, Michael

Jones, Kima

Wiggins, Troy L

Bolekaja, Lisa

Short Stories & Anthologies

<p>Her name is Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me." America has lost its way. The strongest of people can be found in the unlikeliest of places. The future of the entire country will depend on them. All across the United States, people scramble to survive new, draconian policies that mark and track immigrants and their children (citizens or not) as their freedoms rapidly erode around them. For the “inked”—those whose immigration status has been permanently tattooed on their wrists—those famous words on the Statue of Liberty are starting to ring hollow. The tattoos have marked them for horrors they could not have imagined within US borders. As the nightmare unfolds before them, unforeseen alliances between the inked—like Mari, Meche, and Toño—and non-immigrants—Finn, Del, and Abbie—are formed, all in the desperate hope to confront it. Ink is the story of their ingenuity. Of their resilience. Of their magic. A story of how the power of love and community out-survives even the grimmest times.</p>

United States

Rosarium Publishing

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