AmoXcalli means library in Nahuatl, the old pre-conquest Mexica language. It is a book review blog that has a strong focus on Latino literature, but I review a lot of different genres.
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Dear Bloggers,
Pardon the group email, but I just heard some fantastic news and since it is Book Blogger Appreciation Week, I wanted to share. I am happy to report that Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, by debut middle grade novelist Kaleb Nation, has...
I woke up to a day of contrasts. Wildly ecstatically happy that Barack Obama is President-Elect and despairing that Proposition 8, the ban on Gay Marriage passed. That Los Angeles, my city passed it cuts to the quick. That Latinos helped and...
I was born in 1961 which makes me almost 47 years old. My mother is Mexican-American, my father was Irish-Jewish (go figure). I learned about discrimination early on. My father’s parents didn’t think much of my Mexican Catholic mother. She...
