It bonded us to this day.makes me feel seen:Īnne of Green Gables by L.M. She was far more advanced in her canon than I was by then. I met my best childhood friend at our local library in the 7th grade, and we were both sneak-reading V.C. …sealed a friendship:įlowers in the Attic by V.C. …I never returned to the library (mea culpa): One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. Random Family by Adrienne Nicole LeBlanc.I’ve re-read the most: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà-it literally saved the draft of my novel by reminding me what an alive place this world is and how we can infuse our sentences with vibrancy. has the best title:īonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe. ![]() W hat Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez. The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav.I read in one sitting, it was that good: ![]() The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem.shaped my worldview: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante helped me survive the loss of one of my friends. It’s never too early to plan on putting her book picks below on your TBR list. Not so much: Sweets, eating early, planning too far in advance. 6 clogs and Rachel Comey dresses, Wasa crackers and red lipstick (the “Latina magic wand”), Pratt Sculpture Park, Instant Pot, hostessing, Vallarta Supermarkets (which has a chorizo counter and stocks religious velas and Qui yogurt), Le Pen pens, crystals and martinis, the Farrow & Ball gray Dimpse. She counts Bustelo coffee, Bounty paper towels, and Clorox all-purpose cleaner with bleach as household staples reads tarot always orders tomato juice on planes, has capers in the house, and is a regular at Dino restaurant in her old neighborhood of Fort Greene regrets the Going-Out tube tops she wore to go clubbing in the early aughts is a runner spends too much money at Blick Art Supply and lives with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Hectah Lavoe.įan of: Billy Joel classics, latkes, No. She was an arts and culture ambassador at the 2022 National Puerto Rican Day parade was interviewed by Natalie Portman for her book club loved shopping at Century 21 (she called it Centuries) so much she got a job there, where her discount was only 10%. She studied in Italy at 19 used to own a wedding planning business (which informed Olga, whose protagonist is a wedding planner) is a proud public school graduate (where she fell in love with theater) is a 2-time elementary school champion of a Brooklyn storytelling contest, and is often inspired by Elle Decor. The Brooklyn-born and -based author was named for an Aztec goddess (pronounced “So-cheel”) by her Mexican-American father but went by Alicia (her babysitter’s name) when she lived with her mother’s Italian/Puerto Rican family. Her latest novel is Anita de Monte Laughs Last (Flatiron), a fictionalized version of the life and death of an 80s Latina artist. She is also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Commentary (for her work at the Atlantic, where she’s the staff writer behind the “Brooklyn, Everywhere” newsletter) an Ivy League graduate (she got her art history and visual art degree at Brown, where she was the first Latina senior class president and where she’s currently a trustee) a board member at the Lower East Side Girls Club, a trustee at Brooklyn Public Library (where her first official event was celebrating Jay Z), and an MFA graduate from Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Create more floor space and move around freely in your small living room.Raised by her janitor grandfather and lunch lady grandmother in a South Brooklyn railroad apartment, Xochitil Gonzalez is a NYT bestselling author (of the 2022 hit Olga Dies Dreaming, which was recommended by Jenna Bush Hager and won the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction, the New York City Book Award, and the Gotham Book Prize and was featured in a Chanel ad).
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