Latino Book Review Presents

MacArthur Fellow, Kelly Lytle Hernández, is one of the leading experts on race, immigration, and mass incarceration in the United States. In this interview with Vale Rendón, she speaks about her book City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 , state violence against ethnic minorities, colonialism, mass incarceration, white supremacy, and more.

Isabel Allende is an international, award-winning, and best-selling author. She is the author of 23 books that have been translated into 42 languages and have sold over 74 million copies worldwide. She is the recipient of numerous recognitions including 15 international honorary doctorates and more than 60 awards in over 15 countries. In 2019, Isabel Allende spoke with Rossy Lima about her literar...

Amyra Leon is an author, musician, playwright, and activist. Her work transcends genre and medium and focuses on black liberation, politics, and communal healing. In this interview with Vale Rendón, Amyra shares about her book, Concrete Kids , her encounter with language, memories, communal healing, and more.

Kali Fajardo-Anstine is the author of Sabrina & Corina, a collection of eleven short stories that reflect the realities of women from different backgrounds. In this interview with Vale Rendón, Kali Fajardo-Anstine speaks about the women and Native Americans in her stories, her cultural background, her novel Sabrina & Corina, the experiences that inspired her to become a writer, and more.

Cristina Rivera Garza is a renowned writer and professor in the Latinx scene. In this interview with Vale Rendón, Cristina Rivera speaks about her creative and academic work, the multidisciplinary elements that make up her writing, her role as a professor and director of the Ph. D. Creative Writing Program in Spanish at the University of Houston, her upcoming books, and more.

Chanel Cleeton is a Cuban American, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. In this interview with Toloo Riazi, Chanel Cleeton talks about her book The Last Train to Key West , her family's stories about Cuba, the roles of women and history in her novels, and more. 

Mayra Santos-Febres is a renowned and beloved Puerto Rican author scholar. In this interview with Vale Rendón, Mayra Santos-Febres talks about the origins of her writing career, her creative process, what it means to be artist and public figure, her life as a writer, and more.