The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
June 18, 2023 12:58 PM - Subscribe
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was on DACA when she decided to write about being undocumented for the first time using her own name. It was right after the election of 2016, the day she realized the story she’d tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell.
Looking beyond the flashpoints of the border or the activism of the DREAMers, Cornejo Villavicencio explores the lives of the undocumented—and the mysteries of her own life. She finds the singular, effervescent characters across the nation often reduced in the media to political pawns or nameless laborers. The stories she tells are not deferential or naively inspirational but show the love, magic, heartbreak, insanity, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of her subjects.
National Book Award Finalist and Named A Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times Book Review, NPR. The NY Public Library, Book Riot, and Time
Looking beyond the flashpoints of the border or the activism of the DREAMers, Cornejo Villavicencio explores the lives of the undocumented—and the mysteries of her own life. She finds the singular, effervescent characters across the nation often reduced in the media to political pawns or nameless laborers. The stories she tells are not deferential or naively inspirational but show the love, magic, heartbreak, insanity, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of her subjects.
National Book Award Finalist and Named A Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times Book Review, NPR. The NY Public Library, Book Riot, and Time
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