Caribbean American Heritage Month

Immerse yourself in the fabric of Caribbean American Heritage Month with Orange County Library System. Celebrate the vibrant culture, spirit and values that have added to our rich history as a nation through recommended readings and events. View all the happenings below.

Caribbean American heritage month

The cemetery of untold stories : a novel / Julia Alvarez.

Alvarez, Julia, author.

Sian’s kitchen : Caribbean comfort cooking / Sian Anderson.

Anderson, Sian, author.

When we were birds : a novel / Ayanna Lloyd Banwo.

Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd, author.

Love me as I am / Garcelle Beauvais with Nicole E. Smith.

Beauvais, Garcelle, 1966- author.

Talk to me : lessons from a family forged by history / Rich Benjamin.

Benjamin, Rich (Richard M.), author.

Survival of the thickest : essays / Michelle Buteau.

Buteau, Michelle, author.

The Crafty Chica creates! : Latinx-inspired DIY projects with spirit and sparkle / Kathy Cano-Murillo.

Cano-Murillo, Kathy, author.

What storm, what thunder / Myriam J.A. Chancy.

Chancy, Myriam J. A., 1970- author.

Providential / poems by Colin Channer.

Channer, Colin, author.

Floating in a most peculiar way / Louis Chude-Sokei.

Chude-Sokei, Louis Onuorah, 1967- author.

Cover art for Black crown : Henry Christophe

Black crown : Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean’s forgotten kingdom / Paul Clammer.

Clammer, Paul, author.

Broughtupsy : a novel / Christina Cooke.

Cooke, Christina, author.

Cover art for Foolish : tales of assimilation

Foolish : tales of assimilation, determination, and humiliation / Sarah Cooper.

Cooper, Sarah (Writer on leadership), author.

Dominicana : a novel / Angie Cruz.

Cruz, Angie, author.

The first and last king of Haiti : the rise and fall of Henry Christophe / Marlene L. Daut.

Daut, Marlene, author.

Sturge Town : poems / Kwame Dawes.

Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- author.

The Cubans : ordinary lives in extraordinary times / Anthony DePalma.

DePalma, Anthony, author.

Haitian Creole phrasebook : essential expressions for communicating in Haiti / Cécile Accilien and Jowel C. Laguerre.

Accilien, Cécile, 1973-

Cover art for Islas : a celebration of tropical cooking : 125 recipes from the Indian

Islas : a celebration of tropical cooking : 125 recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands / Von Diaz photography by Cybelle Codish, Lauren Vied Allen.

Diaz, Von, author.

Caribbean / contributors, Ben Ffrancon Dowds, Sara Humphries, Sheri-kae McLeod, Lisa Voormeij.

Dowds, Ben Ffrancon, author.

Saga boy : my life of Blackness and becoming / Antonio Michael Downing.

Downing, Antonio Michael, 1975- author.

Cover art for Belly full : exploring Caribbean cuisine through 11 fundamental ingredients and over 100 recipes / Lesley Enston photography by Marc Baptiste.

Belly full : exploring Caribbean cuisine through 11 fundamental ingredients and over 100 recipes / Lesley Enston photography by Marc Baptiste.

Enston, Lesley, 1980- author.

The book of Jose : a memoir / Fat Joe with Shaheem Reid.

Fat Joe, author.

Spice kitchen : healthy Latin and Caribbean cuisine / Chef Ariel Fox foreword by Gordon Ramsay.

Fox, Ariel (Chef), author.

Are we ever our own : stories / Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes.

Fuentes, Gabrielle Lucille, author.

Three leaves, three roots : poems on the Haiti-Congo story / Danielle Legros Georges.

Georges, Danielle Legros, author.

Anita de Monte laughs last : a novel / Xochitl Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977- author.

The house of plain truth : a novel / Donna Hemans.

Hemans, Donna, author.

Hungry ghosts : a novel / Kevin Jared Hosein.

Hosein, Kevin Jared, author.

Cover art for The Cuban sandwich : a history in layers / Andrew T. Huse

The Cuban sandwich : a history in layers / Andrew T. Huse, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Jeff Houck.

Huse, Andrew T., author.

School of instructions : a poem / Ishion Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, Ishion, author.

My modern Caribbean kitchen : 70 fresh takes on island favorites / Julius The Chef Jackson.

Jackson, Julius, 1987- author.

Island people : the Caribbean and the world / by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua, author.

Cover art for Fodor's Caribbean cruise ports of call / writer

Fodor’s Caribbean cruise ports of call / writer, Laura Adzich-Brander [and others] editor, Douglas Stallings.

Adzich-Brander, Laura, author.

Cover art for Trap kitchen : wah gwaan Jamaican cookbook / Malachi Jenkins

Trap kitchen : wah gwaan Jamaican cookbook / Malachi Jenkins, Roberto Smith curated by Kathy Iandoli.

Jenkins, Malachi, author.

Code noir : Afro-Caribbean stories and recipes / by Lelani Lewis.

Lewis, Lelani, author.

I’ll give you a reason : stories / Annell López.

López, Annell, author.

Cover art for Dwell time : a memoir of art

Dwell time : a memoir of art, exile, and repair / Rosa Lowinger.

Lowinger, Rosa, author.

Kin : Caribbean recipes for the modern kitchen / Marie Mitchell photography by Christian Cassiel [illustrations by Emma Hall].

Mitchell, Marie (Cook), author.

Cover art for The Dominican kitchen : homestyle recipes that celebrate the flavors

The Dominican kitchen : homestyle recipes that celebrate the flavors, traditions, and culture of the Dominican Republic / Vanessa Mota.

Mota, Vanessa, author, photographer.

Code name Blue Wren : the true story of America’s most dangerous female spy–and the sister she betrayed / Jim Popkin.

Popkin, Jim, author.

Ninety miles and a lifetime away : memories of early Cuban exiles / David Powell.

Powell, David, author.

Sweetness in the skin : a novel / Ishi Robinson.

Robinson, Ishi, author.

Worm : a Cuban American odyssey / Edel Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, Edel, author, illustrator.

I used to live here once : the haunted life of Jean Rhys / Miranda Seymour.

Seymour, Miranda, author.

When they tell you to be good : a memoir / Prince Shakur.

Shakur, Prince, 1994- author.

Cover art for Taste the islands : culinary adventures in a Caribbean kitchen / Hugh Sinclair

Taste the islands : culinary adventures in a Caribbean kitchen / Hugh Sinclair, Cynthia Verna, and Calibe Thompson.

Sinclair, Hugh, author.

How to say Babylon : a memoir / Safiya Sinclair.

Sinclair, Safiya, author.

A taste of the tropics : traditional & innovative cooking from the Pacific & Caribbean / Jay Solomon.

Solomon, Jay.

Cover art for Haitian Creole practical dictionary : Haitian Creole-English

Haitian Creole practical dictionary : Haitian Creole-English, English-Haitian Creole / Charmant Theodore.

Theodore, Charmant.

Motherland : a Jamaican cookbook / Melissa Thompson.

Thompson, Melissa (Food writer), author.

Diasporic blackness : the life and times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg / Vanessa K. Valdés.

Valdés, Vanessa Kimberly, author.

Cuba / this edition updated by Lisa Voormeij.

Voormeij, Lisa, author.

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