The newest book from Daisy Hernández

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

Chicago Public Library Book of the Month Selection

“This is an essential book for these contentious times.”—Booklist, starred review

“Superb.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Urgently-needed…partly a family memoir and partly a world history, an argument on the meaning of citizenship and a provocative case for why we don’t know what a citizen is anymore.” – Chicago Tribune

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The Kissing Bug

AWARDS:

• Science Friday Book Club selection

• Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book award

• National book foundation’s Science & Literature program Selection

• Named a best book of the year by TIME, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Science for the People, WYNC, WBUR Radio Boston, and The Stacks Podcast

“This vivid, multidimensional account brings an ongoing medical injustice to light.” – Publisher’s 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

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The Italian translation: Video & Photos from my reporting & family