Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories Activism & Social Justice from drugs and AIDS

from drugs and AIDS

Jump into the laugh-out-loud misadadventures of Akissi in these girls-will-be-girls comics

Before she can follow her own dreams

"--Julia Alvarez

But Kivu'Ma's devastation leaves the Panther - and all of Birnin T'Chaka - badly shaken

Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories Activism & Social Justice from drugs and AIDSRosario Ferre uses family history as a metaphor for the class struggles and political evolution of Latin America and Puerto Rico in this highly provacative, profound, and delightfully readable collection of stories. Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor ("Cursed Love"), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by turns lyrical and wickedly satiric. In this tale the De La Valle family's secrets,