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Back in early March of this year, I began working on an essay about writing across difference in the era of the American Dirt controversy and Covid-19. On pub day, I got the news that Women [...]

13. Luz by Debra Thomas Everything changed for Alma Cruz in 2000 when she decided to chase after her missing father, who disappeared three years before after leaving Oaxaca to work on the farms [...]

Friday, June 12 @ 6PM (PT), 9 PM Eastern.                   Luz Virtual Book Launch sponsored by Vroman’s Bookstore. I will be interviewed by my friend and mentor Gayle Brandeis, winner of [...]

     Three weeks until Luz is released into the world and I receive this stunning news. My novel was a winner in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Multicultural Fiction! I am [...]

Every author awaits their Kirkus Review with some degree of anxiety. It’s an important review. One that is highly respected; one that is sent to librarians and booksellers who hold the fate of a [...]

Right now, as I await the imminent arrival and possible spread of COVID-19 in my community and beyond, I am safe and healthy. My husband is well, as are my children and grandchildren, all tucked [...]

All of our lives have changed dramatically. For many, it’s the first time we have experienced the uncertainty and fear that refugees and immigrants have endured throughout history. Perhaps once [...]

My border poems were originally published in Lady/Liberty/Lit in July 2017. Singing the Abecedarian at Friendship Park (An abecedarian poem is guided by alphabetical order, with the first letter [...]

My book launch for Luz will be held at my favorite independent bookstore, Vroman’s in Pasadena http://www.vromansbookstore.com/ on Saturday, June 13th at 4 PM. It’s an amazing store [...]