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First National Latino Book Club is Launched!

Literanista May 9, 2008

Las Comadres set up latino book clubs with discussions at select borders to celebrate Latino literature. The 2008 slate of books are:

June: A Handbook to Luck by Cristina Garcia
July: The King’s Gold by Yxta Maya Murray
August: Mexican Enough by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
September: More Than This by Margo Candela
October: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
November: The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez (I have a galley of this and haven’t been able to put it down since yesterday)
December: Their Dogs Came with Them by Helena Maria Viramontes

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    This looks good. I will read along!

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