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Daisy Hernández

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Daisy Hernández is the author of the nonfiction book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, which Booklist calls “an essential book for these contentious times.” Her nonfiction book The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease won the 2022 PEN /Jean Stein Book Award and was selected as an inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program. She is the author of the memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed and coeditor of the feminist anthology Colonize This! She is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University.

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	Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Bushra Rehman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daisy Hernández (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cherríe L. Moraga (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 3,269 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating — 2,326 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kissing Bug 3.97 avg rating — 1,882 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth 4.14 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's love got to do with it?(interracial marriage): An article from: Colorlines Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chris Abani: the acclaimed Nigerian novelist and poet discusses his new novel on sex trafficking, representations in literature and why fiction might ... An article from: Colorlines Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Got tradition? American Indians use native foods to fight diabetes and revive Indian culture.(Cover Story): An article from: Colorlines Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ciudadanía. Notas sobre un mito americano / Citizenship. Notes on an American Myth 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad teeth: she took buses and walked with her mom and finally arrived at the dental clinic. But would the white dentist really keep her from losing ... work): An article from: Colorlines Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The future of the Ninth Ward: organizers don't agree on what would be best.(IS IT SAFE TO REBUILD?): An article from: Colorlines Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Daisy Hernández finished reading Medicine and Nation Building in the Americas, 1890-1940 by Jose Amador	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Feminism is comprised of values that are important to you as a woman, not ideals arrived at by forced consensus to which you should adjust your own life.”
― Daisy Hernandez, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism

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“Forgiveness and faith are like writing a story, they take time, effort, revisions.”
― Daisy Hernandez, A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir

tags: faith, forgivness, redemption, story

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“We are taught that these are dualisms: Jewish/Arab, public/private, visible/invisible, Black/white, privilege/oppression, pride/shame. But these are false separations that don't exist.”
― Daisy Hernandez, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism

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