Esmeralda Santiago is Back in the Book Case
Aug 10, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
We talked to the renowned bilingual author Esmeralda Santiago a few months about her incredible trilogy of memoirs. So when she sent us her new novel, Las Madres, we couldn’t wait. Turns out she is just as good of a fiction writer as she is a memoirist. This is a searing, funny and fascinating portrait of mothers and daughters, the connection Puerto Ricans feel to their island, whether we are made up of more than our memories….and so much more. It sounds like a lot, but she does it all and she does it all well. We also talk to Lynne Phillips of Wordsworth Books, one of the plaintiffs in the case against Arkansas Act 372. She will give us her recommendations and talk about why her fight is so important.
Books mentioned in this week's podcast:
Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago
Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago
America’s Dream by Esmeralda Santiago
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
The Turkish Lover by Esmeralda Santiago
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Firm by John Grisham
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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