Once I Was You
A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Artia Books hardcover edition.
Description: 343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"Emmy Award-winning NPR journalist Maria Hinojosa shares her personal story interwoven with American immigration policy's coming-of-age journey at a time when our country's branding went from "The Land of the Free" to "the land of invasion.""-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: A letter to the girl at McAllen Airport -- Land of false promises -- How I became American -- Is this what democracy looks like? -- Nowhere to hide -- Embracing a new identity -- Finding my voice -- You can take care of me a little -- A taste of the action -- Working mother -- The end of the world will be televised -- Confrontations -- Citizen journalist -- The new power of "INMIGRANTE" -- What I cannot unsee -- Trauma inherited -- Owning my voice -- Illegal is not a noun -- The power of standing in the light.
Subjects:
Hinojosa, Maria.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Radio journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Hispanic American journalists -- Biography.
Hispanic American women -- Biography.
Hinojosa, Maria.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Radio journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Hispanic American journalists -- Biography.
Hispanic American women -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781982128654
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hinojosa, Maria | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-330) and index.