Loyalty, Family & Community in Latin America

In their latest books, authors Jaquira Díaz and Jared Lemus challenge the limits of family and community. In This Is the Only Kingdom, Díaz traces a multigenerational portrait of a family reeling from community betrayal, confronting poverty, police brutality, and homophobia in a Puerto Rican barrio. In Guatemalan Rhapsody, Lemus tests community ties through incisive short stories about four orphaned brothers, a medicine man, wannabe tattoo artists, and more. Their conversation invites readers to examine the strength of loyalty and the influence of those closest to them.