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Greetings, Book Lovers.

Join Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club THIS MONDAY, APRIL 27, 8pm ET for its LIVE AUTHOR CHAT with Kimberly Vargas Agnese and Jose Hernandez Diaz.

Remember to check your time zone: 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET & PR and sign up through our sister-site www.LatinoLit.com.

BOOKS OF THE MONTH

KADUPUL FLOWER: POEMS by Kimberly Vargas Agnese – a poetry collection that deals with poverty, homelessness, racism, sexual assault and ecological justice.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A BROWN MAN by Jose Hernandez Diaz – this collection of poems consists of odes to the Mexican American first generation experience and Los Angeles.

Read the full book descriptions and author bios here: https://latinolit.com/april-2026-kimberly-vargas-agnese-and-jose-hernandez-diaz/

Join our 20^th Anniversary Book Club Celebration by ordering an ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRT here: https://avocado-street-design.square.site/shop/las-comadres/6VK6FAM76YHCFZBTUOCK43A3

Join the Las Comadres & Friends Book Club here: https://latinolit.com/join-book-club/

Shop for your books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/lascomadresbookclub

Subscribe to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel for more author interviews. Here’s the link to last month’s Live Author Podcast: https://youtu.be/jNLxZkh-YAI?si=ZGTDh2xHb2YGFNub

Visit the Las Comadres & Friends Book Club website for more upcoming books of the month: https://latinolit.com

See you Monday. Until then, Happy Reading and Always Read Latino Lit!

Tess, Maria, Dora, Karen, Nydia and Nora

Leadership Team

Las Comadres & Friends

National Latino Book Club

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The Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club is celebrating its 20th year. There are book clubs in 12 cities. The Book Club is part of Las Comadres Para Las Américas, a not-for-profit organization for Latinas with 10,000 members worldwide. Our mission is to promote the work of Latine authors to every book lover, to bring our community to bookstores, and to support our writers. The Comadres & Friends Book Club Membership is free and open to everyone — Latinos and non-Latinos. Visit us at www.latinolit.com.