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5 Latino authors you should be reading now

  • Written by: Laura Lomas, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University Newark
Many authors born in Latin America have produced some of their finest work while living in the United States.Alvy Libros/flickr, CC BY-SA

You likely recognize that the depiction of Latin American immigrants in politics today – as a menacing mass of recalcitrant Spanish-speaking invaders – is overwhelmingly negative.

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