Writing Tools in the Wild | Latinx Lit by jenny gustavson

Ms. Gus - Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia

jgustavson — 2023-10-30 04:19:09 UTC

"That evening at sea, the coast of China gradually faded behind them. A haloed moon rose on a swell of wind, but this hopeful omen didn't alter the facts of the ship. It was outfitted like a prison, with irons and grates."

Ms. Gus - This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

jgustavson — 2023-10-30 04:33:57 UTC

"You stop hitting the gym or going out for drinks; you stop shaving or washing your clothes; in fact, you stop doing almost everything. Your friends begin to worry about you, and they are not exactly the worrying types. I’m OK, you tell them, but with each passing week the depression darkens. You try to describe it. Like someone flew a plane into your soul. Like someone flew two planes into your soul. Elvis sits shivah with you in the apartment; he pats you on the shoulder, tells you to take it easy."

Asu Patel - We Set The Dark on Fire

apatel152 — 2023-10-30 14:15:34 UTC

The campus was private and insulated; white stone, lush greenery.

Yoana- They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

2023-10-30 14:17:17 UTC

"The alert, a distinctive and endless gong, like a church bell one block away, is blasting from my phone on the other side of the room."

Yadira- The Book Of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

2023-10-30 14:17:19 UTC

"Thirty hours after crossing the border, we arrived, the three of us in the backseat of a red pickup truck that smelled of cigarette smoke and gasoline."

leslie valdez- with the fire on high

2023-10-30 14:18:39 UTC

“the bus pulls up and we climb on with the rest of the people who, like us, are going to school and work near yorktown and fairmount and even farther south into center city.”

Hannah - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

2023-10-30 14:18:42 UTC

"The temperature inside the church had risen, and the penetrating odor of the candles, the incense, and the tightly packed crowd all contributed to Nivea's fatigue."

Francisco - Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

2023-10-30 14:18:53 UTC

Lula: "Why did you do this?"

Lady de la Muerte: "I do nothing. I collect."

"That is not for you to decide. That is for the Deos to decide."

"Watch yourself, Lula Mortiz. The Deos have also blessed you. Do not betray us... Do not betray us."

Jonathan torres - Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo

2023-10-30 14:19:21 UTC

The sun streaks pink highlights across the sky -

Ely Campos- They both die at the end

ecampos12 — 2023-10-30 14:19:29 UTC

Lupe Vivas- No Filter And Other Lies

2023-10-30 14:19:34 UTC

Bakersfield is not the fanciest place okay? Let me just get that out of the way. It's a small town, squat city of red-tile roofs and black-tar roads and mid century offices, surrounded by oil fields and mega farms. Because it sits in a bowl between the Sierra Nevadas and the Tehachapis, the air pollution isn't the best.

Kiley - The Lost Dreamer By Lizz Huerta

2023-10-30 14:19:55 UTC

“The sacred city of Alcanzeh below was quiet, the wind was blowing in the westward from the sea. The late spring air was fragrant with night flowers. There were hours until morning. Torches illuminated the other stone temples, serpentine shadows dancing across the carved facades.”

xavier casiano - The Devil's Highway

2023-10-30 14:21:24 UTC

"I spent hours in federal defenders offices,in various consulates, in border patrol stations,with Samaritan groups in diners over cups of coffee, in Migra trucks and on the Devils Highway its self''

Michelle Trejo- With The Fire On High

2023-10-30 14:21:24 UTC

"...El Gran Combo or Celia Cruz or La Lupe loud on her old-school radio, shimmying her hips while stirring a pot."

"We sped by Chili's and Borders and Christiana Mall, and eventually, the snow started falling harder, while dashes shooting at the car and past the windows like light trailing from a thousand stars."

2023-10-30 14:21:30 UTC

Solito

2023-10-30 14:23:27 UTC

At recess, my friends and I talk about eating our first pepperoni pizza like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, eating lasagna like Garfield, eating McDonald’s, watching the new Star Wars inside a theater with air-conditioning, eating ‘’popcorn” with butter.

Lupe Vivas- No Filter And Other Lies

2023-10-30 14:25:02 UTC

Kat: "The coloring is a little off"

Hari: "You're obsessed"

Kat: "I'm not!"

Hari: "You're not even listening to me"

Kat: "I was listening!"

2023-10-30 14:56:43 UTC

In the woods smelling all these trees and stuff, I was alone at night when I heard someone calling me it was a big clown looking at me. I thought I was Dreaming and kept walking deep into the woods I don’t know what I was doing my heart beating fast like trying to say something I saw the big clown walking towards me I was tweaking really hard I close my eyes and thought he will go away until he whisper “I can see you”. Suddenly I open my eyes to see no one was there I was scared end less I thought I was alone on the woods boy I was wrong finally I found light I ran into the light there was a old Looking house “ I house in the middle on the woods?” I said looking confused I walk carefully and see true the window just to find no one was there I was happy but scared at the same time I walked to the door just to find there was no furniture but there was a bucket on the middle seem strange so I walked and see what it was in it my heart dropped with a deep relief to find there was nothing on it until I saw the clown coming out the bucket running towards me laughing and screaming “ I’m going to eat youuuuu!” Pom! I wake up in tears and found myself in the same situation again I was scared I was calling for help and didn’t know what to do.