#LatinxAuthors

[haveacupofjohanny]

Friday Feature: Meet Jonny Garza Villa – A Fresh New Voice in Latine Literature

¿Ya conoces a Jonny Garza Villa? 🌈📚 If not, you’re missing out! Their book Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun es una montaña rusa de feels—queer, Latinx, y full of heart. Perfecto pa’ #LatineHeritageMonth. Check it out, te va a encantar! 💖 #DiverseYA

As we celebrate Latine Heritage Month, I’m excited to spotlight an emerging author who’s quickly making waves in YA fiction: Jonny Garza Villa. If you haven’t yet discovered their work, this is your sign to fall into their heartfelt stories that bring queer, Mexican-American identity to the forefront in a refreshing and authentic way. Who is Jonny Garza Villa? Jonny Garza Villa is a newer voice…

[danny-pino-group-therapy]

nodarse: BLOOD IN THE CUT AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY @eldannypino IS AVAILABLE NOW ON @macmillan.audio.

#Bloodinthecut #friler #ThrilerBooks Street #DiverseReads #DiversifyBookstagram #DiversifyYourBookshelf #LatinxAuthors #DebutAuthor #Bookstagram #igreads #bookstagram #bookstagrammers #LiteraryThriller #305FullTime #305TilIDie #audiobook

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[thebookdragon217]

Happy New Year! My 2023 will continue to be mood reading what I want when I want. My first read is The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes which will be out 1/3. I'm in the mood for a mystery/thriller and this one already had me intrigued. Thanks you @duttonbooks for the gifted copy. QOTD: What is your first 2023 read going to be? 🏠🌲 SYNOPSIS 🏠🌲 Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend's sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed.... Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they'd been spending time with all summer. Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can't account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer--the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey. At her mother's house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father's book that didn't stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank's cabin.... Utterly unique and captivating, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home. #TheHouseInThePines #AnaReyes #DuttonPartner #currentlyreading #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #amreading #tbr #igreads #thrillers #debutnovel #bookphotos #reading #bookish #booksbooksbooks #mystery #cabininthewoods #Guatemala #latinxbooks #latinxauthors #latinxbookstagram #read https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm5UhXbLV9D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[reeseryan]

Look at these amazing beauties by some of our faves, thanks to this list curated by @romanceincolour Which ones do you have on your TBR list? Repost from @romanceincolour • It’s here!! Grab a pen and get your read on with the curated Romance in Colour Summer 2022 Reading List. Featuring: Sister, Mother, Warrior @vanessarileyauthor The House on Blueberry Lane @writerbjackson To Catch a Raven @jenkins_beverly Aphrodite and the Duke @jjmcavoy Love Times Infinity @lanewriteswords The Undead Truth of Us @britney.s.lewis You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty @azemezi Good Morning, Love @ashleymcoleman_ Don’t go Baking my Heart @trinielf Fake it Til You Bake It @jamiewesleywrites American Royalty @tracey.livesay Can’t Resist Her @kiannaalexanderwrites The Accidental Pinup @djacksonbooks Knot Again @kwanawrites Long Past Summer @nouekirwan After Hours on Milagro Street @angelinamlo Harlem Sunset- @nekesaafia. #bookstagram #romancebooks #romanceauthors #blackauthors #lgbtauthor #LatinXAuthors #netgalley https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce5-LaiLOgZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[literallycreativelylit]

[ID: Grid of four colorful pictures of pride events; top left is a group of drag queens; top right is two people holding up a large rainbow flag behind them; bottom left is two people snuggling and wrapped in a rainbow shawl; and bottom right is three people holding up pride flags, left is lesbian, middle is nonbinary, and right is pansexual. An opaque white heart is overlaid with the message "Happy Pride Month" centered. Below reads "PART 3."]

part 3 of 3: about the creator!

part 1 | part 2

since my first 2 posts for pride month were about my original characters, I thought you all might enjoy some insight on the person behind the characters: me! hello :)

i'm also trying to make the format as reusable/copy & paste-able as possible so that anyone who wants to join in can share more about themselves to their followers, be they a fellow creator or a consumer of content.

if you have any questions about me, my interests, and my work, feel free to send me an ask!

[ID: Graphic featuring Natasha Penn's avatar over a black and white marble background. Above the avatar is the following curved text, "About the author," and below it reads, "Natasha Penn is..." Underneath are a series of flags: the genderqueer flag in a curvy bubble frame (labeled genderfluid with they/them pronouns), the pansexual flag in a diamond frame (labeled pansexual), the quoiromantic flag in a heart frame (labeled quoiromantic), and the national flags for Cuba and the United States of America (labeled latinx).]

About Me

irl name: secret | online name: natasha penn | nicknames: nat, natty p, penn

age: 28 | zodiac: cancer sun ♋️🌞 & pisces moon ♓️🌛

gender identity: genderfluid | pronouns: they/she/he (any tbh)

sexual orientation: pansexual | romantic orientation: quoiromantic

nationality/heritage: cuban-american (latinx)

languages: english & some spanish

spirituality: blend of santeria & wicca

appearance: see avi (cred: oveikeii)

height: 5'8

relationship status: single

neurological status: neurodivergent

notable conditions (diagnosed): depression, ptsd, anxiety, schizoaffective disorder (depressive type)

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Interests

fave colors: black, lilac, periwinkle blue

fave animals: wolves & cats 🐺🐱

fave flowers/plants/trees: climbing roses, hybrid tea roses, moss, lupines, california poppy, blue cornflower, flax, bellflowers, succulents, oak

fave herbs/spices/roots: blessed thistle, cat's claw bark, chamomile, echinacea, mugwort

fave crystals/minerals: rose quartz, amethyst, blue lace agate, moonstone

fave scents: lavender, vanilla, patchouli, cocoa butter

preferred seasons: autumn & winter

preferred elements: water & fire

preferred magick: candle magick, divination, astral projection, curses

fave music genres: lo-fi, emo rap, punk rock, heavy metal

fave book/movie/series genres: ya/na, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery/suspense, horror/thriller, comedy

fave game categories: puzzles, horror, psychological horror, comedy, fantasy, dating sim

fave foods & drinks: sushi & sashimi, cheesecake, iced hazelnut coffee, blueberries & blackberries, buffalo chicken wings, checker's/rally's fries, chamomile tea, thick medium-rare steak

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Some of my...

comfort book/manga series: skip beat! by yoshiki nakamura, wicked lovely series by melissa marr, house of night series by pc cast & kristin cast

comfort blog series/webcomics: scarlett lady by @zoe-oneesama, mlb biker au by @ladyfreya123, moons by @midluuna, unordinary by uru-chan, my giant nerd boyfriend by fishball, suitor armor by purpah, choco latte by ann, cursed princess club by lambcat

comfort movies: whisper of the heart, howl's moving castle, any studio ghibli film tbh, spirit: stallion of the cimarron, first 2 httyd, remember the titans, the birdcage

comfort tv/web series: golden girls, atla, lok, mlb, wkm, hwm, iswm, gg:10mph, markiplier makes, ua (memento mori), theater class by brandon rogers, blame the hero by brandon rogers

comfort podcasts: distractible, banter w/ sapnap & karl jacobs, i spent a day with..., gmfst

comfort games: cube escape series by rusty lake, deep sleep & don't escape series by scriptwelder, west of loathing by asymmetric, sally face by steve gabry

comfort musical artists/bands: pierce the veil, juice wrld, our last night, corpse, mgk, yours truly, khai dreams, ashnikko, green day, evanescence

comfort yt/twitch/tt creators: markiplier, jacksepticeye, call me kevin, brandon rogers, gab smolders, emma langevin, quackity, dream, sykkuno, corpse husband, game grumps, iamarankai, dez.thelez, murphy1526, stanzipotenza, celinaspookyboo

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Thanks for reading!

i hope you find something relatable in this pride series, be it one of my characters or something in common with me :)

show these posts some love and feel free to reblog, follow, and send asks if you'd like clarification or more info on anything. i may do a follow-up post this month about my current projects and their lgbt+ representation.

happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[ashlightgrayson]

Another of my most recent book hauls. I pre-ordered Certain Dark Things by @silviamg.author & ended up picking Velvet was the Night and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by @zoraidasolo because I couldn't resist. All of them have beautiful covers & I'm always happy to see my culture represented through wonderful #Latinx authors. Any Latinx books on your TBR? I'm looking forward to reading about Mexican vampires, government corruption, and Ecuadorian lore. #certaindarkthings #velvetwasthenight #theinheritanceoforquídeadivina #silviamorenogarcia #zoraidacordova #latinxbooks #fiction #books #readinggoals #reading #bibliophile #fantasy #magicalrealism #noir #noirbooks #latinxauthors #latinoauthors https://www.instagram.com/p/CTxoMiRLGb7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[latifmercado]

Yesterday I finally got started on my newest novel. If you picked up my last, then you already know the title, but what I won’t do this time is set a date, not yet, not until I’m on the final draft. This one though, I do plan to push the envelope a bit further, write about things that most of us try not to even think about. People often question me as to whether or not my writing is based on experience, and the answer is… yeah, mostly! I won’t say all of it, because I’m a fiction writer, and some of that really dark shit is totally fictitious… well, not all of it! Each time I release a new story, my goal isn’t about sales, though sales wouldn’t hurt, but rather about the experience I can take my readers through. Can I write something that becomes that guest that never leaves, that visitor that ends up moving in for good? We’ve all read that book that engulfed us to the point where it became difficult to remember whether that experience really happened, or was it from a book? If you’ve never experienced that, then you never read a good one! My writing is still very much in its infancy, and to be allowed to breathe even the same air as the greats, remains a distant dream, but nonetheless an incredible passion, and a journey worth every minute I spend writing! - - - #booksbyla #latinxauthors #bookstagram #bookstore #bookshelf #freestyleforlife #writers #puertoricanwriters (at La' Entertainment) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTklbmtpoez/?utm_medium=tumblr

[danayescanaverino]

🗣 Latina Author: JASMINNE MENDEZ Let's talk #AfroLatinidad with best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, translator, playwright and award winning author Jasminne Mendez as we discuss her new book, "City Without Altar" today on @Clubhouse! 🗓 Date: 10/10 ⏰Time: 8 PM EST / 7PM CST 👇👇Our Guest: 👇👇 📚 @jasminnemendez Jasminne Mendez is a best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, translator, playwright and award winning author of several books for children and adults. She has had poetry and essays published in numerous journals and anthologies and she is the author of two multi-genre collections including Island of Dreams(Floricanto Press, 2013) which won an International Latino Book Award. Her debut poetry collection City Without Altar was a finalist for the Noemi Press poetry prize and was released in August 2022(Noemi Press) and her debut middle grade novel in verse Aniana del Mar Jumps In (Dial) is forthcoming in 2023. Her debut picture book Josefina’s Habichuelas (Arte Publico Press, 2021) was the Writer’s League of Texas Children’s Book Discovery Prize Winner. She has translated the work of NYT Best Selling author Amanda Gorman and the Houston Grand Opera. She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and a University of Houston alumni. 👇 MODERATOR 🎙 @mrbravo365 👉 Link in bio @amigosmax 👇👇 Check out some of these AMIGOS members & MAKE connections! @kauryspolanco @thespiritualteacher @planningwithsanti @docricocafe @jackiehss @alecortinaxo @nandoism @jorgeloyo @lataniamarryortega @mrmarinnyc @theimpactfulparent @taoswildflower @janiebmorales @rafismiamibeach #LatinxBooks #latinxlit #latinxauthors #libros #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatineHeritageMonth #LatineHispanicHeritageMonth #hispanicculture #latinoculture #comunidadlatina #sisepuede #clubhouselatinos #clubhouselatino #latinosonclubhouse #latinos #latinas #latinx #hispanic #latine #afrolatina #afrolatinx #afrolatinas #afrolatino #afrolatinos (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiTuKXAIv_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wikkedscorpion]

Reposted from @wellreadblackgirl Okay! Who else is swooning over @sammisaysread’s recent book haul?! 😍📖 Don't Cry For Me by @drdanielblack Brown Girls by @daphnepalasia Inheritance: a visual poem by @acevedowrites Take My Hand by @dolenperkinsvaldez #bookrecommendations #newbooks #blackauthors #diversereads #latinxauthors #blackgirlsreading #readinggoal #wellreadblackgirl #wrbg https://www.instagram.com/p/Cds3RAfrIY1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[haveacupofjohanny]

When We Left Cuba: Romantic Tension Meets Historical Fiction

💥 Just finished When We Left Cuba and wow, Beatriz Perez is a force! If you're into strong characters, historical intrigue, and slow-burn romance, you need this book in your life. Full thoughts on my blog! 📚✨ #BookReview #HaveACupOfJohanny

Okay, Vacitos! I just finished When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton, and let me tell you—it’s an absolute ride. Listening to the audiobook, I found myself completely absorbed by Beatriz Perez’s journey as a Cuban exile, recruited by the CIA and tasked with infiltrating Fidel Castro’s inner circle. It’s the second book after Next Year in Havana, and honestly, I think I loved this one even…

[xibalbaa]

Currently reading this one <3

[readergal]

It was kinda hard to look for a book written by a Latinx author since I’ve been in the mood for some thrillers and crime. But this here beauty was available to borrow from the digital library. • • • Anyone else reading books written by Latinx authors? • • • #currentlyreading #hurricaneseason #latinxheritagemonth #latinxauthors #mexico #igreads #kindle #proudmexican #bookstagram #ebook #libbyapp #bookworm #instabook #mystery #horror #spanishliterature #latinamerican #crime #goodreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CUGgOzeruqk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thebookdragon217]

Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa sounds like the perfect combination of some of my favorite elements to see in books. It had magic, folklore, history, fantasy, a bruja and some contemporary themes. Thanks to @harpervoyagerus and @bibliolifestyle for the gifted copy. QOTD: What's a book that contains your perfect formula? ✨️SYNOPSIS✨️ Yo soy quien soy. I am who I am. Luna—or depending on who’s asking, Rose—is the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who has seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas City’s bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger. But this bruja with ever-growing magical abilities can never resist a good fight. With her new identity, Rose, an unabashed flapper, defies societal expectations all the while struggling to keep her true self and witchcraft in check. However, the harder she tries to avoid scrutiny, the more her efforts eventually capture unwanted attention. Soon, she finds herself surrounded by greed and every brand of bigotry—from local gangsters who want a piece of the action and businessmen who hate her diverse staff to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Capone. Will her earth magic be enough to save her friends and family? As much as she hates to admit it, she may need to learn to have faith in others—and learning to trust may prove to be her biggest ambition yet. #BindlePunkBruja #DesideriaMesa #bibliolifestyle #bookstagram #tbr #bookstagrammer #bookphotograph #bookcommunity #amreading #book #reading #bookworm #bibliophile #latinxbooks #latinxauthors #bruja #historicalfantasy #paranormal #readersofinstagram #IGreads #read #booksbooksbooks #fantasy #magic https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck-BC1_gs56/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[literallycreativelylit]

New me feels a bit like the old me... But I'm not her. She's dead. I'm me... Improved. Scarred, but improved--and with a new attitude to boot. #selfiesaturday #queer #latinx #latinxauthors #genderfluid https://www.instagram.com/p/CVGG8mPr5Cn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ashlightgrayson]

I've admired @paoramos for a long time & I'm so happy that I was able to get a copy of her book. It seems that my bookstore got it on the shelves early, so I picked it up two days ago. I read the first page and was immediately able to relate to her experience as a Latinx person who doesn't feel like they fit in any one "box" of societal labels, but rather multiple. I still see a lot of discourse on the internet about how "if you're white passing you're just white" and for a lot of Latinx people it's so much more complicated than that. You're white until you speak English in the U.S. and you have an accent. You're white until you are seen out with your family and everyone is a different skin tone, from darkest to lightest. You're white until your hair grows out into an Afro because you have black descent. You're white until someone catches you speaking Spanish, and then you become "other". You're white until you remember that during the Civil rights movement in places like Miami there were signs not just prohibiting black people from entering white spaces but also Cubans and other Latinx people, because white Latinos are never quite "white" enough. This Latinx identity becomes even more complicated when you take sexuality & nationality into consideration. I am American, Honduran and Cuban the same way Paola has a triple nationality because fo her parents and where she was born. I'm pushing this to the top of my TBR because it just drives so close to home right now and even from the first page I can tell how well written it is. #latinxauthors #latino #latina #latinas #latinos #latinx #reading #books #bibliophile #race #latinxidentity #racialidentity #nonfiction #latinxstories #latinxstoriesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfNeXEAyXe/?igshid=1ndumndf6urx