«Te diré que a Dios no podrían importarle menos los pobres. Dime, ¿por qué tenemos que vivir aquí de este modo? ¿Qué hemos hecho para merecer esto? Eres tan bueno y, sin embargo, sufres tanto», le dice un niño a su madre en este clásico en literatura migrante de Tomás Rivera. Fuera del gallinero en el que viven, su padre llora de dolor por los insoportables calambres que le provoca trabajar todo el día en el campo a merced del sol. El niño no es capaz de entender la fe de sus padres para con un dios capaz de imponer semejante sufrimiento, pobreza e injusticia a personas inocentes.

In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. 

 The Taming of the Shrew is a classic comedy by William Shakespeare featuring characters Petruchio and Katherina. The work is deeply laden with sexism and gender issues as Petruchio "tames" Katherina in an increasingly abusive relationship. A classic throughout the ages, you simply must hear this story.   

In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty - and a steady income from the drugs he pushes.

Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning White boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes she's been given a challenge.