Episode Details

As Season 1 of Book Lounge by Libby comes to a close, we’re getting you ready to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with thoughtful conversations featuring Ann Dávila Cardinal, Isabel Cañas, Cleyvis Natera, Isabel Ibañez, and Tamara Yajía. 🌎 Together, they explore how heritage and identity shape their writing and the stories they share with the world. 

In Segment 2, Bre, Carmen, and Cece return with their top book recommendations to keep your shelves stacked with incredible Hispanic voices. 📚✨ 

✨ Season 2 of Book Lounge by Libby arrives at the end of September! 

Want to watch the show? Check out the Libby App YouTube channel. 

Articles Mentioned and referenced in the Intro & Episode: 

• https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/hispanic-heritage-month.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAbout%20National%20Hispanic%20Heritage%20Month,and%20Central%20and%20South%20America. 

• https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/why-fiction-from-latin-america-is-growing-in-popularity 

• https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/english/community/blog/posts/the-obscured-roots-of-magical-realism/#:~:text=Magical%20Realism%20is%20a%20genre,those%20that%20were%20not%20literate. 

• https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/what-is-magical-realism  

• https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/english/community/blog/posts/the-obscured-roots-of-magical-realism/  

• https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/10/latin-american-literary-traditions-through-time 

• https://www.fountaindale.org/magical-realism-and-the-latin-american-boom/ 

• https://bookriot.com/new-latino-boom/ 

• https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/why-fiction-from-latin-america-is-growing-in-popularity 

• https://coughtibridge.medium.com/alejo-carpentier-surrealism-and-the-birth-of-magical-realism-ca87f029040c   

Guest Host Recommendations: 

Bre 

• The Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas 

• The Spy - Paulo Coelho 

• Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas 

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