Episode 318: Lilliam Rivera Novel Explores Darkness in Illusory World of Glamour and Fashion
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviews Lilliam Rivera about her 2024 novel Tiny Threads, a dark thriller set in Vernon, California, in the fashion world. Rivera discusses the novel's blend of horror, fashion, and personal trauma. She explores the connection between fashion and vio...
Next Reads: Barely Floating
Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera
Read alikes:
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
That Thing About Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Next Reads: A Game of Noctis
A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan
Read alikes:
Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera
Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
The Mystery of the Masked Medalist by Maia Shibutani
Latine Heritage Month Recommendations with Tiffany Gonzalez
I was joined by the wonderful Tiffany Gonzalez (@tiffanyconlibros) to talk about what to read for Latine/Hispanic Heritage month!
Books Mentioned:
A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriq...
Next Reads: Weird Sad and Silent
Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGhee
Read Alikes:
Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera
An Elevator with Only One Bed
Jess and Trisha dive into Written in the Stars for WIR book club and then talk through some of the other romance retellings they love. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content c...
Next Reads: Queso, Just in Time
Queso, Just in time by Ernesto Cisneros
Read Alikes:
The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera
Remix: How Author Frances de Pontes Peebles Finds Power in Writing
The Brazilian-American novelist says she never had to claim her Latina identity because “it embraced me” as she grew up bilingual, bicultural, and multinational. On tour for her latest novel, The Air You Breathe, de Pontes Peebles tells Alicia about wrestling with the tension between needing time...
Remix: "In the Heights" Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes Writes So People Remember Us
She has written about Latinos in Washington Heights, about her close cousins and extended family, about what it means to be Latina. And now she’s writing about herself in her first memoir. Quiara is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful, the Tony Award-winning musical In ...
