Posts by Reyna Grande

Latino Spirit Award!

I’m so honored to have received a Latino Spirit Award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus.  You can watch highlights...

A Migrant’s Story Video

All of my in-person readings were canceled due to Covid, so I created this video of me reading one of...

Call for Submissions!

We are currently accepting submissions for the anthology Somewhere We Are Human: An Anthology on Migration, Survival and New Beginnings....

Reyna on Oprah’s Book Club

  Click here to watch Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther J. Cepeda speak up and advocate for the Latino/a...

‘American Dirt’ has us talking

That’s a good thing. By Reyna Grande Feb 1, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES   In the fall, I was sent...

The Moth Radio Hour

What an honor to have my story aired on The Moth Radio Hour!  This story is about my immigrant experience...

Immigration & Transformation:

My Literary Metamorphosis by Reyna Grande for World Literature Today Illustration: A Little Prayer for Those Who Migrate, by Jake Prendez  ...

Reyna Grande on Translating Her Own Book

  How an Immigrant Can Lose Touch With Her Mother Tongue By Reyna Grande for Lit Hub October 29, 2019 At my...

On Impostor Syndrome

I’m an award-winning Latina author. At a fancy literary gala, I was mistaken for a waiter. ‘Excuse me, where are...

Hispanics continue to bear the brunt of U.S. drug policies

OPINION COMMENTARY A border wall will not end the war on drugs. The mother of Alfredo Gonzalez Munoz, a Mexican soldier...

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