![]() ![]() March brought her latest novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory, a sweeping historical drama set during the Mexican-American War that Publishers Weekly has called “a great story and a revealing look at a lesser-sung chapter of American history.” In June, HarperVia will publish her co-edited anthology Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings, which features works by and about undocumented Americans. The ever-busy Grande has two new books appearing in 2022. She has taught at the Macondo Writers Workshop, Bread Loaf, and VONA. In March 2020, she was a guest in Oprah’s Book Club. She has written about such topics as immigration, family separation, language trauma, the price of the American Dream, and her own writing journey in The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, and Buzzfeed, among other outlets. ![]() Her books, which also include the novels Across a Hundred Mountains (2006) and Dancing with Butterflies (2009 ), have been adopted as the common read selection by schools, colleges, and cities across the country. Grande has won numerous literary prizes, including an American Book Award, the Premio Aztlán Literary Prize, and the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. ![]() REYNA GRANDE IS the author of the best-selling memoir The Distance Between Us (2012) and its much-anticipated sequel, A Dream Called Home (2018). ![]()
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