The University of Arizona Press
June 7, 2018
We are excited to share the news that four University of Arizona Press titles are finalists for the Twentieth Annual International Latino Book Awards:
Bodies at War: Genealogies of Militarism in Chicana Literature and Culture by Belinda Linn Rincón (Best Women’s Issues Book)
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics by Frederick Luis Aldama (Best Latino-Focused Nonfiction Book)
U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance, edited by Karina O. Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, and Ester E. Hernández (Best Nonfiction, Multi-Author)
Word Images: New Perspectives on Canícula and Other Works by Norma Elia Cantú, edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs (Best Nonfiction, Multi-Author)
The International Latino Book Awards are produced by Latino Literacy Now, a nonprofit organization co-founded in 1997 by Edward James Olmos and Kirk Whisler. A full list of finalists is available here. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on September 8, 2018, in Los Angeles.
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
