15 Books by Afro-Latinx Writers You Won't Want to Put Down

Only 250 copies of poet Melania Luisa Marte's book "Plantains and Our Becoming" ($20) were originally published in 2021, but it was later picked up by additional publishers, and a larger release is anticipated in 2023. It features various poems by Marte, who is most famous for her viral poem "Afro-Latina," about the diaspora, nature, rest, love, and other compelling topics, written in English, Spanish, and Kreyol.