El Gran Combo 2021: Non-Fiction Edition

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 8:00pm to 9:30pm
via ZOOM
New York, NY 10032

 

We’re bringing back El Gran Combo for a non-fiction edition with all new authors for another virtual fiesta! Join us in a conversation with authors Jaquira Díaz, Jennifer De Leon, Daisy Hernandez, Quiara Alegria Hudes, and Maria Hinojosa, with moderation by Angie Cruz. 

If you bought a participating book for EL GRAN COMBO on April 16th, then you will be automatically invited. If you didn’t, you can be invited by buying ONLINE one or more of the twelve books below between March 20 and May 5th, 2021, at one of our favorite community bookstores: Word Up Community Bookshop, Mil Mundos Books, Loyalty Bookstores, Duende District, and Kew & Willow Books. 

Buy a book between March 20-May 5 and get an invite on May 7th, 2021, to a private virtual event on Monday, May 10, 2021, 8:00–9:30pm EST. 

Participating Books: 

The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis (August 3rd, 2021) 

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

Dominicana &/or Dominicana (en espanol) by Angie Cruz (June 15th, 2021)

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

 A Spy In The Struggle by Aya De Leon 

White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing by Jennifer De Leon 

My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández (June 1, 2021)

Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America & Una vez fui tú: Mi vida entre el amor y el odio en los Estados Unidos by Maria Hinojosa 

Ordinary Girls: A Memoir by Jaquira Diaz

 

Panelist Bios

Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she could create independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the diverse American experience. She made that dream a reality in 2010 when she created Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit newsroom based in Harlem, NYC with the mission to create multimedia content from a POC perspective. As Anchor and Executive Producer of the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, distributed by PRX, and Co-Host of Futuro Media’s award-winning political podcast In The Thick, Hinojosa has informed millions about the changing cultural and political landscape in America and abroad.

Jaquira Díaz was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami. She is the author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, winner of a Whiting Award, a Florida Book Awards Gold Medal, and a Lambda Literary Awards finalist. Ordinary Girls was an Indies Introduce Selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Notable Selection, an Indie Next Pick, and a Library Reads selection. Díaz's work has been published in The Guardian, Time Magazine, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Best American Essays, and is forthcoming in The Atlantic. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Kenyon Review, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. A former Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, and Consulting Editor at the Kenyon Review, she splits her time between Montréal, Miami Beach, and the UK with her spouse, the writer Lars Horn.

Jennifer De Leon is author of the YA novel Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From (Simon & Schuster), editor of the anthology Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education (University of Nebraska Press), and most recently, the essay collection White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing (UMass Press) which won the Juniper Prize. She is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University and faculty member in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at Bay Path University. Connect with her @jdeleonwriter on Instagram and Twitter or at her website: www.jenniferdeleonauthor.com

Quiara Alegría Hudes is the Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright of Water by the Spoonful and the author of a memoir, My Broken Language. She wrote the book for the Tony-winning Broadway musical In the Heights and later adapted it for the screen. Her notable essays include “High Tide of Heartbreak” in American Theatre magazine and “Corey Couldn’t Take It Anymore” in The Cut. As a prison reform activist, Hudes and her cousin founded Emancipated Stories, a platform where people behind bars can share one page of their life story with the world. She lives with her family in New York but frequently returns to her native Philly.

Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her novel, Dominicana is the inaugural book pick for GMA book club and chosen as the 2019/2020 Wordup Uptown Reads. It was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, The Aspen Words Literary Prize, a RUSA Notable book and the winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction. Her first novel, Soledad (2001) and second novel, Let It Rain Coffee (2005) were both published by Simon & Schuster. She has published short fiction and essays in magazines and journals, including The New York Times, VQR, and Gulf Coast Literary Journal. She is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Aster(ix), a literary and arts journal, and is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. 

 
My Broken Language: A Memoir By Quiara Alegría Hudes Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9780399590047
Published: One World - April 6th, 2021

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease By Daisy Hernández Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781951142520
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Published: Tin House Books - June 1st, 2021

Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America By Maria Hinojosa Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781982128654
Published: Atria Books - September 15th, 2020

Once I Was You: A Memoir By Maria Hinojosa Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781982128661
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Published: Atria Books - August 31st, 2021

Una vez fui tú (Once I Was You Spanish Edition): Memorias (Atria Espanol) By Maria Hinojosa Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781982135201
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Published: Atria/Primero Sueno Press - September 15th, 2020

White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing (Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction) By Jennifer De Leon Cover Image
$19.95
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ISBN: 9781625345677
Published: University of Massachusetts Press - March 26th, 2021

Ordinary Girls: A Memoir By Jaquira Díaz Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643750828
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Published: Algonquin Books - June 16th, 2020

The President and the Frog: A novel By Carolina De Robertis Cover Image
$25.00
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ISBN: 9780593318416
Published: Knopf - August 3rd, 2021

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Dominicana: A Novel By Angie Cruz Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250205940
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Published: Flatiron Books - August 25th, 2020

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Dominicana By Angie Cruz, Kianny Antigua (Translated by) Cover Image
By Angie Cruz, Kianny Antigua (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781644210703
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Published: Siete Cuentos - June 15th, 2021

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Dominicana: A Novel By Angie Cruz Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9781250205933
Published: Flatiron Books - September 3rd, 2019

What's Mine and Yours By Naima Coster Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781538702345
Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 2nd, 2021

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Infinite Country: A Novel By Patricia Engel Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781982159467
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - March 2nd, 2021

A Spy in the Struggle: A Riveting Must-Read Novel of Suspense By Aya de Leon Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781496728593
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Published: Dafina - December 29th, 2020