{"id":46156,"date":"2019-11-30T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46156"},"modified":"2019-11-30T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T16:11:35","slug":"sabrina-corina-by-kali-fajardo-anstine-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/sabrina-corina-by-kali-fajardo-anstine-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nA half-dozen Latinx readers voice\u00a0 Kali Fajardo-Anstine\u2019s superb 11-story debut collection, which features mostly Colorado-domiciled Latinx\/Indigenous characters hoping, demanding to be seen and acknowledged by a society in which women are routinely dismissed, threatened, and destroyed. Aural aficionados will especially thrill at the \u201cread by\u201d reveal after each title.<\/p>\n

Roxana Ortega, who voices three stories, is most affecting in presenting a pair of once-close cousins splitting apart in the titular \u201cSabrina & Corina,\u201d in which Corina is tasked with preparing Sabrina\u2019s murdered corpse by order of their grandmother. Alma Cuervo commands two stories, giving distinct personalities to two \u201cSisters\u201d with divergent requirements for a partner, then turns near-breathless as a tag artist on the run revealing two different pregnancies in \u201cAll Her Names.\u201d Perennially youthful Kyla Garcia takes on two young sisters concerned about their bed-ridden mother in \u201cJulian Plaza,\u201d and an unlikely just-out convict\/nephew pair in \u201cTomi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Almarie Guerra poignantly voices the collection\u2019s star story, \u201cSugar Babies,\u201d in which 13-year-olds are tasked with caring for sugar packages as if they were actual babies. Ana Isabel reads \u201cRemedies,\u201d in which two half-siblings bear the consequences of sharing the same cheating father. Marisol Ramirez takes on an aging woman repeatedly victimized by theft in \u201cGalapago,\u201d and a daughter whose desperate-for-love mother cannot control her disappointing behavior with men in \u201cAny Further West.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enhanced with resonating performances, Fajardo-Anstine\u2019s exceptional debut becomes a multi-sensory experience.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Media,” Booklist<\/em>, November 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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