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A gut-punch of a book filled with the stories we rarely hear

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

October 17, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – REP (BLACKOUT) I feel that is is important at the start of this review to indicate that I am a non-Hispanic white person. Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is a recipient of DACA and a journalist (though she eschews that title, more on that later). For The Undocumented Americans Villavicencio set forth to tell the stories of the undocumented immigrants that we don’t often hear about. She purposefully does not write about DREAMers because she “didn’t want to write anything inspirational.” She wanted to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, DACA, Immigrants, Immigration, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, undocumented

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:58 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, DACA, Immigrants, Immigration, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, undocumented ·
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“I grew up with nightmares but they are living through nightmares.”

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

June 19, 2021 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I first saw Undocumented Americans (2020) by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on NPR’s Best Books of 2020 List. I found it in one of my favorite subsections of NPR’s list: eye-opening reads. I love finding a book that changes my perspective or teaches me something, and that’s what I was hoping for with this book. I was also impressed that it was a National Book Award Finalist. I was happy to be able to get it from my library. Villavicencio came to the United States as a child, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Sophia's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio ·
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“It is painful to process the world as anything but art”

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

March 12, 2021 by KerryOn 4 Comments

When I was reading this book, I was periodically thinking, what are my Senators reading? Can I send my Senators an email asking them to read this book? Can I send them the book in the mail with a little note that says “read this book before you take another vote on the senate floor, stay up all night if you have to, I am”? I mean, can I make them present a book report to us after they are done reading to make sure […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

KerryOn's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio ·
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