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Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Daniel A. Olivas
Waiting for Godínez humanizes the plight undocumented people face in a country that both needs and disdains them. Through a darkly comic absurdist lens, it implores us to reconsider this country’s policies.

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International Latino Book Award WINNER! Waiting for Godínez by Daniel A. Olivas won the 2026 Gold Medal for the Luis Valdez Best Play or Collection of Plays! This is "Waiting for Godot" in a modern retelling with Borderlands immigration and ICE in the mix.

International Latino Book Award WINNER! Waiting for Godínez by Daniel A. Olivas won the 2026 Gold Medal for the Luis Valdez Best Play or Collection of Plays!
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International Latino Book Award WINNER! Voces del Pueblo by Ray Hernández-Durán & Irene Vásquez won the 2026 Gold Medal for Best Arts Book! This long overdue art catalog for the New Mexican Chicano movement of the 1970s showcases the work of six New Mexico artists.

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To read this remarkable collection is to enter a time machine and travel into a world where neighbors help neighbors as they celebrate life and confront life’s tragedies and heartaches side by side. These connected stories serve as an elegy for an era too important to relegate to the forgotten past.

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International Latino Book Award WINNER! Martíneztown, 1945 by Nasario García won the 2026 Bronze Medal for the Dolores Huerta Best Cultural & Community Themed Book. A poignant memoir of the struggles and joys of growing up in Albuquerque's oldest barrio. It's a testament to our shared humanity.

International Latino Book Award WINNER! Martíneztown, 1945 by Nasario García won the 2026 Bronze Medal for the Dolores Huerta Best Cultural & Community Themed Book. A poignant memoir of the struggles and joys of growing up in Albuquerque's oldest barrio.
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TONIGHT! Ray E. Boomhower celebrates the release of his new book, Wallace Terry: From Selma to Saigon to Bloods, at the NYU John Brademas Center in D.C. He will be joined in conversation with and Lisa Terry; Marvin Kalb—Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus; and moderator A’Lelia Bundles.

TONIGHT! Ray E. Boomhower celebrates the release of his new book, Wallace Terry: From Selma to Saigon to Bloods, at the NYU John Brademas Center in D.C. Boomhower will be joined in conversation with and Lisa Terry—writer, lawyer, and Wallace Terry’s daughter; Marvin Kalb—Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus; and moderator A’Lelia Bundles—author and journalist.
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International Latino Book Award WINNER! Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra by Oswaldo Estrada, translated by Sarah Pollack, won the 2026 Bronze Medal for Best Fiction Book Translation – Spanish to English! Twelve stories of Latinx immigrant life in the US.

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In this luminous debut collection, Hindley explores small creatures, big landscapes, and the shimmering connections between aquatic life and the human experience. Across eighteen lyrical essays, Love and Other Fish weaves together meticulously researched natural history with deeply personal stories.

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Hannah Hindley is a creative science writer and a wilderness guide. On October 22, the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World hosts a Zoom event with Hindley to discuss her beautiful new book, Love and Other Fish: Essays on Wonder, Loss, and Transformation.

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World Virtual Reading Series Hosts Hannah Hindley for a Book Talk and Reading Hannah Hindley is a creative science writer and wilderness guide. Her essays have garnered multiple awards and have appeared in a number of publications, including Bay Nature, Grist, Terrain.org, and The Sun. Her new book, Love and Other Fish, is the winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize.
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