{"product_id":"home-in-florida-anjanette-delgado-9781683402503","title":"Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medal\u003cbr\u003efor Anthology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Indie\u003cbr\u003eExcellence Awards, Finalist in the Anthology Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Latino Book Awards, Gold Medal for Best Fiction (Multi-Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Nonfiction (Multi-Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful collection of contemporary voices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing a variety of voices shaped in and by a place that has been for them a crossroads and a land of contradictions, \u003ci\u003eHome in Florida\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness by some of the most talented contemporary Latinx writers who have called Florida home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by Richard Blanco, Jaquira Díaz, Patricia Engel, Jennine Capó Crucet, Reinaldo Arenas, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and many others, this collection of renowned and award-winning contributors includes several who are celebrated in their countries of origin but have not yet been discovered by readers in the United States. The writers in this volume--first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants to Florida from Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Perú, Argentina, Chile, and other countries--reflect the diversity of Latinx experiences across the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Anjanette Delgado characterizes the work in this collection as literature of uprootedness, \u003ci\u003eliteratura del desarraigo\u003c\/i\u003e, a Spanish literary tradition and a term used by Reinaldo Arenas. With the heart-changing, here-and-there perspective of attempting life in environments not their own, these writers portray many different responses to displacement, each occupying their own unique place on what Delgado calls a spectrum of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, these writers explore what exactly makes Florida home for those struggling between memory and presence. In these works, as it is for many people seeking to make a new life in the United States, Florida is the place where the uprooted stop to catch their breath long enough to wonder, \"What if I stayed? What if here could one day be my home?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Daniel\u003cbr\u003eReschinga Ana Menéndez Frances Negrón Muntaner Hernán Vera Álvarez Liz\u003cbr\u003eBalmaseda Ariel Francisco Andreina Fernandez Amina Lolita Gautier PhD Jennine\u003cbr\u003eCapó-Crucet Dainerys Machado Vento Carlos Harrison Legna Rodríguez\u003cbr\u003eIglesias Judith Ortiz Cofer Chantel Acevedo Guillermo Rosales Achy\u003cbr\u003eObejas Alex Segura Patricia Engel Anjanette Delgado Mia Leonin Carlos\u003cbr\u003ePintado Nilsa Ada Rivera Natalie Scenters-Zapico Pedro Medina León Caridad\u003cbr\u003eMoro-Gronlier Aracelis González Asendorf Michael García-Juelle Jaquira\u003cbr\u003eDíaz José Ignacio Chascas-Valenzuela Raúl Dopico Javier Lentino Yaddyra\u003cbr\u003ePeralta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anjanette Delgado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683402502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683402503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Anjanette Delgado","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045126402303,"sku":"9781683402503","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9dfbba2e-9e24-4628-b68d-535816b132f4.jpg?v=1684976887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-in-florida-anjanette-delgado-9781683402503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}