the newest book from Daisy Hernández

A provocative and personal examination of one of the most complicated subjects of contemporary life and politics: citizenship

“The most comprehensive book on citizenship/immigration I’ve ever read.” – Javier Zamora

“A relevant and moving book, to be read in community and widely discussed in book clubs, in classrooms, in libraries, and on subways… A gift.” – Sarah Schulman

“As we reel in social and political chaos…it’s reassuring to have an astute and composed writer like Daisy Hernández to guide us back to reason.” – Rigoberto González

AWARDS:

• winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book award

• selected for national book foundation’s
  Science & Literature program

• top 10 best nonfiction book of 2021 — time magazine

  Listen to my interview on fresh air

“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

Read my reporting for National Geographic

The Italian translation: video

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