Richie Narvaez

Nuyorican Literature List

This is the last week for the “Creating a Nuyorican Identity Reading Group” at the Center for Fiction. We covered just four books, but there are many, many more to read. Following is the list I sent the group members to continue their study of Nuyorican Lit. I thought some of you might find it useful. As I told the group, when people think of “Nuyorican Lit,” the emphasis is

HOLLY & NOIRYORICAN Make Best of Year Lists for 2020

NOIRYORICAN (Down & Out Books) was noted as one of the 2020 Books of the Year (Anthologies/Short Stories) by Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club in their premiere annual list. HOLLY HERNANDEZ AND THE DEATH OF DISCO (Piñata Books) was also lauded as one of the 2020 Books of the Year (Fiction – Young Adult) by the club. Two other books with stories by me were included in