The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia AlvarezThe Cemetery of Untold Stories
Poverty, by America

Our Migrant Souls

In Our Migrant Souls, the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Héctor Tobar delivers a definitive and personal exploration of what it means to be Latino in the United States right now.

“Latino” is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States, and also one of the most rapidly growing. Composed as a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as “Latino,” Our Migrant Souls is the first account of the historical and social forces that define Latino identity.

Taking on the impacts of colonialism, public policy, immigration, media, and pop culture, Our Migrant Souls decodes the meaning of “Latino” as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and gives voice to the anger and the hopes of young Latino people who have seen Latinidad transformed into hateful tropes and who have faced insult and division―a story as old as this country itself.

More Non-Juvenile Books

  • A searching, startling new collection of poems from the author of The Möbius Strip Club of Grief and Someone Else’s Wedding Vows

  • Why does astrology appeal to so many people? What makes its prognostications seem persuasive? Is there any harm to believing in astrology anyway?

  • New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye.

  • In When We Flew Away, critically acclaimed author Alice Hoffman tells the poignant story of Anne Frank during the harrowing times of World War II. As the Nazi occupation forces Anne and her family into hiding, she discovers her own identity and voice amidst the chaos, ultimately becoming a symbol of resilience and hope.

    Read More about "When We Flew Away"...