The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

A BARACK OBAMA FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2020 A New York Times best book of 2020 One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans.

‘An intimate look at the lives of the so-called undocumented in the United States, and also a milestone of literary journalism’ - Dave Eggers

'It remains rare for undocumented Americans to share their own stories in fullIn this nearly decade-long feat of reporting, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's book shows the complex nature of undocumented immigrants' lives' -Time

'There's nothing to do but sit down and read this book. Inside it, I feel deep in being, immersed in a frankness and a swerving bright and revelatory funkiness I've not encountered ever before concerning the collective daily life of an undocumented family in America' - Eileen Myles

‘This is the book we've been waiting for. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio writes about migrants in a way they've never been written about before – in all their complexity, messiness, humanity, and beauty. Deeply personal and so superbly told, this is a work we will be talking about for a long time to come’ - Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio has written about immigration, music, beauty, and mental illness for the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Republic, Glamour, Elle, Vogue, n+1 and the New Inquiry, among others. She lives in New Haven with her partner and their dog.

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ISBN 13	9781800750395
ISBN 10	1800750390
Title	The Undocumented Americans
Author	Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Swift Press
Year published	2021-06-03
Number of pages	208
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