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

A book of poetry by Black Mexican-American poet Ariana Brown, "We Are Owed" ($18) is a collection of poems that focus on Blackness in relation to Mexican and Mexican-American cultures, largely based on her experiences both during her upbringing in Texas and during visits to Mexico. The poems discuss anti-Black sentiments, Black erasure, the implications of slavery in Texas and Mexico, and many other topics that are unique to people with her experience as a Black person with Mexican ancestry.