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My heart. This was such a beautiful anthology. I cried for most of it because I just felt so much of the words written here. I think everyone needs to read this book!
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These are more essays than short stories. Which is on me. I didn’t think about how “anthology” can mean many things.I think this is good. I think it will get recommended a lot. But it’s also a book that is very clearly not for me. Which is okay. I think it’s going to mean a lot to readers seeing themselves for the first time. Although it’s marketed as YA and has a really stellar lineup of YA authors, I’d push back on this being strictly YA. This feels a lot like something that would be assigned
Am I terrible person for not loving this? It’s a collection of essays by Latinos, many of them Afro-Latino. Most of them explore identity—trying to fit in, whether in society or an ethnic group, which is the universal experience of teens and college students. In fact, it began to feel like a collection of college entrance essays.Some of these writers explore the experience of finding your identity very well. Others seem unaware that this is a universal experience and rite of passage for every te...
A beautiful collection of writing pieces across numerous perspectives and voices from our expansive and broad diaspora. The book of 15 writers and stories to tell covers what it means to be recognized for one's identity by those within and outside of the diaspora. It covers death and grief. It covers womanhood and navigating queerness and religion. There is so much love and struggle explored that hits so close to home, with other stories broadening our understanding of what it truly means to be
There is no other book that is quite like Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed.More than just essays from people in the Latinx diaspora this book also has a lot to say about Afro-Latinx intersectionality. Either through my lack of searching or simply lack of books I have never read a book with so much Afro-Latinx representation. I took the most pleasure in slowing down and gently unfolding and listening to the stories being told. I found that I connected so much with a lot of the struggles depicted in th...
This is one of those books I missed reading last year and right after finishing it I was really upset at myself for not finding the time to read it sooner!! That said, I am glad I finally got to it. It’s such an expansive and diverse collection of Latinx/e voices covering topics of colorism, coming-of-age, imposter syndrome and so much more. I do think because each essay jumped to covering different topics and themes, the over all collection felt a bit disjointed. I still plan to recommend this
Thank you Flatiron Books for sending me an ARC in exchange of my honest opinion. This anthology is a gem, and I need everyone to read it. It collects stories from many perspectives of the Latinx diaspora, focusing mainly on Afro-Latines and Indigenous-Latines. They delve into gender identity, sexual orientation, race, culture, among other topics that are present in our day by day. I loved every single essay since it presented the experience of each author while navigating their identity. My f
This book was really well done. It deals with very heavy topics, but the voices telling their stories were excellent. I loved the variety of experiences that were captured in this collection. Books of essays aren’t typically my first go to, but I am so glad I won a copy of this book on Goodreads. I am not Lantinix, but it was excellent to get to read about some of the perspectives to help me understand this culture better. I highly recommend this book which I devoured in one day.
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed features personal stories from a variety of Latinx authors.Themes: identity, sexuality, racism, Black experience, Latinx experience, colonialism, immigration, assimilation, imposter syndrome, language trauma, mental health, agency over one’s body and lifeWriters from across the Latinx diaspora interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about this rich and diverse community. Eres Un Pocho by Mark Oshiro The Price of Admission by Naima CosterCaution Song by Natasha...
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC of the anthology (for which I was SUPER excited for). 4/5 stars. This was WAY more critical in terms of theory and positionality than I expected. I was honestly expecting this to be geared more YA, but I would expect these texts to be read at a critical level in college courses or DEI courses. I do think high schoolers could handle them -- and need to read them -- but it would require a lot of frontloading of information for them to understand
An anthology of reflections on what it means to be Latinx, with a specific focus on the diversity and under representation of the Afro-Latinx experience. “I think about what we lose when we deny the complexity of our stories, our families, and ourselves in service of some victorious narrative-the desire to declare ourselves triumphant, worthy, palatable to whiteness. I think about the testimonies and self-expression we lose, as well as the opportunities to accept ourselves and connect to one ano...
A great collection of #ownvoices Latinx short stories giving insights in the broad diaspora of experiences. I enjoyed many of these, especially the ones about struggles with dual identities and figuring out how to belong when you don't visibly appear to fit the stereotypical Latinx mold. A number of these stories address the challenges of Afro-Latinx identities and feeling like they aren't 'enough' in one way or another. There is also a really great story by Elizabeth Acevedo - a favorite author...
