
Xochitl Gonzalez, "Olga Dies Dreaming" (Flatiron Books, 2022)
Burned By Books
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The New York of Puerto Rico
I think embracing the full history is to embrace the fact that because of neo-colonial policies, there have been forced waves of migration into the United States. I wanted to write it as an American story, but at the same time, that culture was born out of pain, right? Like it's like nobody wanted to leave the island. Nobody in my family became American by choice. And so it's like the meeting of jazz and Valero, it's this amazing American thing.
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