western lit Archives - Coachella Valley Independent

Set in the San Fernando Valley, Coconut examines the lives of the Rodrigos, a second/third generation Mexican-American family. The novel opens with the young protagonist suffering a racist confrontation, and then explores the complexities of his family’s life as they strive for acceptance in an often unaccepting homeland.

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‘Remember Annie’: An Excerpt From Manuel Padilla Jr.’s ‘Coconut: Brown on the Outside, White on the Inside’

Western Lit: A Longtime Charles Bowden Reader Remembers the Complicated Author Through Two Newly Released Books

Western Lit: In ‘Billionaire Wilderness,’ Sociologist Justin Farrell Explores the Ways Wealth Shapes Wyoming and the Rest of the Western U.S.

Western Lit: A New Book Examines Andy Warhol’s Western Art—and How It Failed to Address Racism

Western Lit: ‘The Dreamt Land’ Looks at California’s History to Understand the Current Water Crisis

Western Lit: National Book Awards Fiction Finalist ‘The Other Americans’ Centers on a Racism-Tinted Incident in the High Desert

Western Lit: Brandon Shimoda Sifts Through His Family’s History—Including the U.S. Internment of Japanese Americans

Western Lit: ‘The End of the Myth’ Probes the Injustice of Manifest Destiny—and Its Relationship to the 2016 Election

Western Lit: Joe Wilkins’ Debut Novel Tackles Male Relationships, Public Lands and Political Divisions

Western Lit: Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Story Collection Tells the Tales of Women, in Fractured Families, in a Gentrifying City