Ep. 127 Crushes and Controversy with Lupita Aquino
Our guest today is Lupita Aquino, the reader behind the successful bookstagram account Lupita Reads. Lupita is known for her incredible book recommendations and vibrant photos. Our conversation covers the evolving relationship between publishers and book influencers, activism in the book community, and the authors she finds crush-worthy.
The Stacks Book Club selection for September is The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. We will discuss the book with Lupita Aquino on September 30th.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Once I Was You by Maria Hinojosa
The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Luster by Raven Leilani
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Grieving by Cristina Rivera Garza
Intimations by Zadie Smith
Sula by Toni Morrison
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
NW by Zadie Smith
Feel Free by Zadie Smith
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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