September Media Map: Rivermouth by Alejandra Oliva

Bring your reading of Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva to life with related TV & film, music, podcasts, social media accounts, and additional resources you can check out below. Enjoy!

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Music

• Hardcover Hotties Collaborative Spotify Playlist

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Books

• Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World by Anna Lekas Miller

• A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People on the Move by Rachel Ida Buff, Translated by Alejandra Oliva

• The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villacencio ♥

• Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

• Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

• El Paso Del Norte: Stories on the Border by Richard Yanez

• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

• Frontera by Julio Anta

• Angelitos: A Graphic Novel by Illan Stavans

• When Language Broke Open by Alan Pelaez Lopez

• Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing and Justice by David Luis Glisch-Sanchez

• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

• Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia

• Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez

• Soltio, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America Edited by Jonathan Freedman and Steven Mayers

• Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy by Grace Chang

• Lineage of Rain by Janel Pineda

• Milagro by Penelope Alegria

• LatiNext: The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4 Edited by Felicia Chavez, José Olivarez, and Willie Perdomo

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Art

• Tom Keifer Photographer (@tomkiefer.photographer)

• Frijoliz (@frijoliz.art)

• Grupo Soap del Corazón

• Dorian Ulises López Macías (@dorianuliseslopezmacias) (@mexicanomx)

• Carlo Quispe (@carlo_quispe_art)

TV & Film

• I’m No Longer Here (2019)

• I Dream In Another Language (2017)

• Violet Perfume (2001)

• Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

• Güeros (2014)

• The Golden Dream (La Jaula De Oro) (2013)

• Real Women Have Curves (2002)

• Under the Same Moon (Bajo la Misma Luna) (2013)

• Vampires vs the Bronx (2020)

Podcasts & Video Essays

• You Can’t Translate What You Can’t See: Between Languages in the U.S. Immigration System

• Alejandra Oliva discusses Rivermouth with Ellen Elias-Bursac

• Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration with Author Alejandra Oliva | Immigration Nerds (@_eiglaw)

• S1E110 - Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration with Alejandra Oliva | Let’s Grab Coffee

Accounts to Follow

• @lupita.reads

• @borderkindness

• @muchachadanzine

• @latinxtherapy

• @bbyanarchists

• @migrantscribble

• @latinarebels

• @undocublack

• @barriodrive

Resources

• National Bond Fund - Freedom for Immigrants

Articles to Check Out

• Alejandra Oliva on Writing Her New Memoir, ‘Rivermouth,’ and Fighting for Immigration Justice | Vogue

• Sanctuary Cities Can Be Better Prepared to Welcome Migrants

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