Claribel and Kat discuss current events including conversations around American Dirt. They also interview Literary Agent Quressa Robinson about her path to becoming an agent, what she thinks the industry should do to provide support to POC, and her MSWL!
Follow Quressa: Twitter | Website
Mentions:
https://blog.leeandlow.com/2020/01/28/2019diversitybaselinesurvey/
Original ‘American Dirt’ review by Myriam Gurba
NPR interview about American Dirt
‘American Dirt’ Isn’t Just Bad — Its Best Parts Are Cribbed From Latino Writers by David J Schmidt (Huffington Post)
Cummin’s Non-Mexican Crap by David Bowles (Medium)
Novels by Mexican and Latinx Authors to read:
Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande
Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
Across the Wire by Luis Alberto Urrea
By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Alberto Urrea
A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
SCBWI events/workshops
Nelson Literary Agency
Follow Claribel Ortega online: Twitter | Instagram | Youtube
Order GHOST SQUAD
Add FRIZZY on Goodreads
www.claribelortega.com
Follow Kat Cho online: Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok
Order WICKED FOX!
Order VICIOUS SPIRITS (sequel to WICKED FOX)
Add ONCE UPON A K-PROM on Goodreads
www.katchowrites.com
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