This post is where you will sign up for a book for the Book Club activity. Please review the instruction document on Canvas Files > Assessments. There is also relevant information here.

Eligible Books

Guidelines

• Maize must be a central theme.
• If it is literary (fiction, memoir, etc.), it must be written by someone from Mexico, Central America, or the diaspora groups from this region.
• If it is nonfiction, it must be centrally about Mesoamerica, Mexico, Central America, or a diaspora group from this region.
• If you want to choose a book that is not on that list, no problem! Just ensure it aligns with the eligibility guidelines. NB: The book must be readily available (either as PDF or at a local library) so that Tamara can review it in advance of the book club conversation.

Selecting a Book

• Each group must read a different The selection is first-come, first served. It is highly recommended that you select your book as soon as possible in order to begin reading.
• Tamara has provided a list of options below.
• To indicate your team and select a book, just comment on the blog post! For example:
  • Team Milpa: Name 1, Name 2, Name 3. Book selection: Men of Maize, Asturias.
  • Please ensure that your selection has NOT been chosen before commenting.

Literary texts

• Men of Maize, Miguel Ángel Asturias
• Balún Canán, Rosario Castellanos
• A Taco Testimony: Meditations on Family, Food and Culture, Denise Chávez
• A Mayan Life, Gaspar Pedro González
• Umami, Laia Jufresa
• The Molino: A Memoir, Melani Martínez

Academic texts

• Maize for the Gods: Unearthing the 9,000-year History of Corn, Michael Blake
• The Struggle for Maíz: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside, Elizabeth Fitting
• Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico, Alyshia Gálvez
• Kernels of Resistance: Maize, Food Sovereignty, and Collective Power, Liza Grandia
• Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food, Jeffrey Pilcher
• Taco, Ignacio Sánchez Prado
• If your group wants to finish reading any of the books we’ve read chapters from for class (Pilcher, Méndez Cota, etc.), you are welcome to do so!