((**Tiefenkultur**))Jul 7, 2024

#Epos der #Migration
Als #Kind #allein und #illegal in die #USA

Der amerikanische Lyriker #JavierZamora kam als Neunjähriger aus #Lateinamerika mit einem #Schlepper in die USA. Die Geschichte dieser albtraumhaften Reise hat er aufgeschrieben.

CheshireAug 8, 2023
It's time for the Pulitzer Prize for literature to accept noncitizens - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-20/pulitzer-prize-literary-awards-citizens-undocumented
#JavierZamora
#PulitzerPrize
It's time for the Pulitzer Prize for literature to accept noncitizens

As a previously undocumented person, all I’ve wanted was to be considered the same as everyone else. Defined by my merit, not by the place of my birth.

Los Angeles Times
malenaMay 13, 2023
just listened to #solito on Libby app, read so beautifully by author #JavierZamora. 10/10 recommend for everyone, he humanizes migration in a way I didn’t realize I needed #bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon
Anne OminousDec 31, 2022

Jusr finished #Solito, a #memoir by #JavierZamora

one of the best #books i read all year, HIGHLY recommend. #Bookstodon #Books