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Graphic design that highlights books by Latino authors in a summer background

Created in partnership with Penguin Random House.

Summer is in full swing, soaring temperatures and all. With so much to love about the summer, one of the top things to love is that it feels full of possibilities. Whether you’re a thrill-seeker or a homebody, there’s something for everyone. As so many try to beat the heat, an essential item no matter where you are, is a good book.

Those summer possibilities also include discovering the latest Latina authors in the Penguin Random House collection. Not only are these books perfect summer reads for that comfy couch in the AC or that summer lounger in the pool, but they are also beautifully written stories that do justice to the vibrancy and depth of Latine culture.

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Mexican male workers in the Bracero Program undergoing a routine sanitization process, depicted with chemical dosing. In the foreground, an illustration portrays Carmelita Torres
Leonard Nadel, 1956, National Museum of American History.

[Illustrated portion of design imagined with AI by Luz Media editorial staff]

The United States is a country built on immigration, and for generations, people from all over the world have come to its shores in search of a better life. However, the journey was riddled with danger and humiliation for Mexicans entering the U.S. in the early 20th century to work under federal work programs.

One demeaning and dangerous process required by the U.S. health authorities used highly flammable and toxic chemicals including kerosene to "delouse" Mexican workers entering the United States, subjecting them to degrading strip searches and dangerous procedures on a daily basis.

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latina woman kneeling in front of a dry cleaning and laundry business

“Salvadoreña? Like the MS-13?”

My eyes roll to the back of my head as I force a plastered smile explaining (again) that yes, they’re a Salvadorian gang but it was actually formed in the United States. And no, my family isn’t involved.

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