We could not end Poetry Month without offering some recommended titles to read. On this list, we have included titles for children and adults, with a mix of both older and newer titles. We hope you enjoy the power of poetry and leave you with one question: How can you incorporate more poetry in your day-to-day life?   Plantains and Our Becoming by Melania Luisa marte Poet and musician Melania Luisa Marte opens PLAINTAINS AND OUR BECOMING by pointing out that Afro-Latina is not a word recognized by the dictionary. But the dictionary is far from a record of the truth. What does it mean, th ..read more

  Writers Mentorship Program mentee Ayling Zulema Dominguez sat down with mentor Ariana Brown to discuss her poetry collection, We Are Owed. Continue reading for this insightful conversation and do not forget to grab your copy before the end of 2025! This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. Ayling Zulema Dominguez (AZD): We Are Owed. is your debut poetry collection, and it is such a thorough work of confronting anti-Blackness in nationalist identities, as well as writing about Black kin in very venerative and beloved ways. How did you arrive at the core questions and inve ..read more

Spring is officially here and what better way to enjoy the weather than reading a book outside? Check out some of April’s most anticipated titles and head to your local bookstore or library to add them to your TBR!   The Black Girl Survives in This One |Edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell | On Sale April Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters ..read more

In A Maleta Full of Treasures, a young girl named Dulce is watching her abuela pack maletas through a screen. Her paternal grandmother is traveling from Peru soon to visit her in Miami. Dulce hasn’t seen her in three years. Abuela wants to know: “What would you like me to bring you, mi dulce?”  “Just you,” Dulce responds. But Abuela promises a surprise. And soon, Dulce is reunited with her grandmother who arrives with suitcases piled high as mountains. They settle at home and begin to open the maletas. Inside them, Dulce finds all kinds of treasures and a sweet, earthy smell. Abuela tell ..read more

Latinx in Publishing is very excited to partner with Macmillan Publishers to bring you an exclusive excerpt from Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (on sale June 18, 2024), written by inaugural Work-In-Progress fellow, Ananda Lima. Keep reading below for an exclusive sneak peak! TROPICÁLIA                                I’m only interested in what is not mine. —Oswald de Andrade, The Cannibalist Manifesto, 1928                             Fr ..read more

One summer day, the scent of buttery vanilla fills Lucía’s family kitchen. Her fingers become coated in cinnamon sugar. Before her are trays of churros. “Mamá’s work begins before the sun is up,” the girl narrates. “Each churro is made with love and destined for a hungry belly.” Lucía’s mother stands in front of the stove, cradling a large pot of the pastry dough. A half-dozen churros sizzle in a pan. Soon, it’s time to head out into the streets of New York City. Lucía, her brother Santiago, and Mamá are hoping to sell churros today.  From award-winning author-illustrator duo Karina N. G ..read more

  On Sale April 2   The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell | YOUNG ADULT A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end. Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who ..read more

Latinx in Publishing is pleased to share an exclusive excerpt from Jamie Figueroa’s forthcoming memoir Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico publishing March 19th from Pantheon Books. Read on for a glimpse of this highly anticipated book! In my late twenties, during my saturn return—when, according to astrology, the transition into adulthood is fully realized—I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a place I’d been regularly visiting for nearly eight years. I rented a room in the home of an elderly woman, a divorcée from Texas. Her eastside condo faced north. Floor-to-ceiling windows showcase ..read more

March has so many amazing books coming out this month. Take a look at some of our most anticipated list to add to your TBR!   Buy now Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez |On Sale March 5 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feel ..read more

Life sucks when you’re twelve. That’s according to Manuela “Mani” Semilla, the main protagonist of Anna Lapera’s debut middle grade novel, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice. “And what sucks even more than being a half-Chinese-Filipino-American half-Guatemalan who can’t speak any ancestral language well?” Mani asks. “When almost every other girl in school has already gotten her period except for you and your two besties, Kai and Connie. And everybody’s looking at you like you’re still some little girl with no real-life knowledge to go with those big, stupid, purple-framed glasses.” Right no ..read more