October 5 – Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month
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As part of Latinx Heritage Month 2020, the CSW Library has curated a list of titles by Afro-Latinx writers spanning Puerto Rico, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, and more. This list features short stories, historical novels, YA adaptations of classic literature, and novels in verse.
LatinX Heritage Month recognizes and honors the enduring contributions and importance of LatinX Americans to the U.S. and celebrates the many heritages and cultures of Americans from or with ancestors from Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain and Central and South America. The CSW Library honors the culturally preferred and more appropriate term of LatinX Heritage Month and expands events through early November. The term “Latinx” relates to people of Latin American origin or descent and is used as a gender-neutral or non-binary alternative to Latino or Latina.
Each week, the CSW Library will highlight one new title to our collection in our BOOK OF THE WEEK feature to help you choose (or not choose) your next read.
Each week, the CSW Library will highlight one new title to our collection in our BOOK OF THE WEEK feature to help you choose (or not choose) your next read.
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINX HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by PAUL ORTIZ
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Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americans, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights.
GOOD TO KNOW
WHERE TO CHECK IT OUT
This title is available for check out in our physical collection
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Be sure to remember that every CSW library physical display is available digitally. You can see all of our displays in the virtual world here.
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Join the Love and LiteraTea project online this year to collectively read and discuss young adult books with LGBTQIA? characters. Founding organizer, shea martin, describes it as “a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ youth* to connect through literature and pop culture.” This academic year, LGBTQ students and facilitators will read and discuss six YA titles (along with supplementary literature and media). The books chosen as the foundational texts for this year center authors and characters, who identify as LGBTQ+ and Black, Indigenous, People of Color. They include Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro, The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian, and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas.
*this is a virtual space strictly for students who identify as LGBTQ
Attend Boston Book Fest 2020 (October 5 - October 25), which will be held virtually. The festival will host virtual conversations, presentations, and interactive sessions for readers of all ages, culminating with a weekend of festivities October 24 - 25. All events will be a combination of livestreamed and pre recorded content. Be sure to peruse the YA literature schedule for events, author talks, and more, geared specifically to teenage readers and fans of young adult literature. Some authors to expect on the agenda: Arvin Ahmadi (How It All Blew Up), local author Jennifer De Leon (Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From) Justin A. Reynolds (Opposite of Always), and Ashley Woolfolk (The Beauty That Remains, When You Were Everything).
All events are free to attend and will be archived online for later viewing.
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.