Season 9, Episode 189 Hispanic Heritage Month is Lit

This week we are featuring books by Latino authors in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson

2- Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (short story)

3- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

4- Fever by Mary Beth Keane

5- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

6- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

7- Why Didn’t You Tell Me by Carmen Rita Wong

8- Ghetto Klown by John Leguizamo

9- The Last Cuentista by Barbara Donna Higuera

10- The Murmur of Bees by Sophía Segovia

11- The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez

12- The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

13- Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña

14- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

15- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

16- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

17- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

18- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

19- I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

20- Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

21- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

22- Leech by Hiron Ennes

5 Star Book Recommendation by a Fellow Book Lover - Ciera Oldham @Disappearherebookblog

- Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Movies mentioned--

1- Arrival (2016)

2- The Afterparty (Apple + TV, 2022 - present)

Article about Cuban community in Louisville:
www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/cub…lle-kentucky.html

Article about wasps and figs:
www.bonappetit.com/story/figs-and-wasps

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