Celebrating National Book Lovers Day with Bronx Poet Laureate Haydil Henriquez

Happy #NationalBookLoversDay! Check out these book recommendations of inaugural Bronx Poet Laureate Haydil Henriquez to help you celebrate.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz: An epic for all nerds who need space to grow into their purest forms. From the footnotes to the raw honesty, Diaz wrote a home for so many who never truly fit in.

Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore transports me into a world where my ancestors are imparting wisdom, sharing food and guiding me through the promise of tomorrow. Hurston is magnificent at preserving history all the while connecting it to the present.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A mirage. A reflection of complex misfortune. A dynamic story filled with magical realism unfolding exquisitely.

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde: A new era! The beginning of a hybrid form centering liberation in its most natural state.

By the Light of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker: A reclaiming of one's sexuality, voice and power.