Angie Cruz

“I don't want to write the war in my next novel. I want to imagine peace...Maybe it's in code-switching that we can invent a language for peace. (in Callaloo Summer 2007)”

“I do think reading is an intimate conversation we can have with ourselves and each other. Even if we don’t explicitly say the horrors of our lives out loud, the characters in the books can bridge an understanding that we survived something or a knowing of something, between family members and our communities. (2020)”

“It's always like that: just when I think I don't give a shit about what my family thinks, they find a way to drag me back home. (beginning of book)”

“I yelled. But who could hear me? How many people have died this way? (p15)”

“My name is Cara Romero, and I came to this country because my husband wanted to kill me. Don't look so shocked. You're the one who asked me to say something about myself. (beginning of book)”