Daisy Hernández
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This vivid, multidimensional account brings an ongoing medical injustice to light.
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“Hernández raises damning questions about which infectious diseases get attention and whom we believe to be deserving of care.”
— NPR Books
Lyrical, unflinching ... Hernández expertly skates the line between memoir and science tome, showing the personal effects of a disease perpetuated by a cascade of systemic failures.
— Washington Post

Praise for A Cup of Water Under My Bed

Hernández writes gorgeously about family that shows up even while growing apart.
— Elle.com
Her deft hand with language, imagery, and emotion create an internal world that is both intimate and achingly beautiful.
— Lambda Literary
Gorgeously written from start to finish…
— Boston Globe
A Cup of Water Under My Bed | a Memoir
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A new edition

Nine new essays by young women of color on what feminism means to them in the context of pressing political issues including:

  • #SayHerName

  • organizing undocumented students

  • abortion doulas

  • coming of age with the first black president

  • calling out culture & trans girls

  • and more!

Praise for the first edition

“These women express a more radical, racialized feminism that broadens the movement beyond its early incarnation.”
Booklist

One of the “27 Things To Read If You Care About Women Of Color”
— USA Today   

One of 19 Books “On Intersectionality That Taylor Swift Should Read”
— BuzzFeed