Once I Was You: A Memoir by Maria Hinojosa (English) Paperback Book

Description: Once I Was You by Maria Hinojosa "Emmy Award-winning NPR journalist Maria Hinojosa shares her personal story interwoven with American immigration policys coming-of-age journey at a time when our countrys branding went from "The Land of the Free" to "the land of invasion.""-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description NPRs Best Books of 2020 BookPages Best Books of 2020 Real Simples Best Books of 2020 Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020 "Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story." --Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road The Emmy Award-winning journalist and anchor of NPRs Latino USA tells the story of immigration in America through her familys experiences and decades of reporting, painting an unflinching portrait of a country in crisis in this memoir that is "quite simply beautiful, written in Maria Hinojosas honest, passionate voice" (BookPage). Maria Hinojosa is an award-winning journalist who, for nearly thirty years, has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media--from tales of hope in the South Bronx to the unseen victims of the War on Terror and the first detention camps in the US. Bestselling author Julia Álvarez has called her "one of the most important, respected, and beloved cultural leaders in the Latinx community." In Once I Was You, Maria shares her intimate experience growing up Mexican American on the South Side of Chicago. She offers a personal and illuminating account of how the rhetoric around immigration has not only long informed American attitudes toward outsiders, but also sanctioned willful negligence and profiteering at the expense of our countrys most vulnerable populations--charging us with the broken system we have today. An urgent call to fellow Americans to open their eyes to the immigration crisis and understand that it affects us all, this honest and heartrending memoir paints a vivid portrait of how we got here and what it means to be a survivor, a feminist, a citizen, and a journalist who owns her voice while striving for the truth. Also available in Spanish as Una vez fui tÚ. Author Biography Maria Hinojosas nearly thirty-year career as a journalist includes reporting for PBS, CBS, WGBH, WNBC, CNN, NPR, and anchoring and executive producing the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, the longest running national Latinx news program in the country, distributed by PRX. She is a frequent guest on MSNBC, and has won several awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, four Emmys, the Studs Terkel Community Media Award, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Overseas Press Club, and the Ruben Salazar Lifetime Achievement Award. Her seven-part podcast series Suave won the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting in 2022. She has also been inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2010 she founded Futuro Media, an independent nonprofit newsroom and production company with the mission of producing multimedia content from a POC perspective. Through the breadth of her work and as the founding coanchor of the political podcast In the Thick, Hinojosa has informed millions about the changing cultural and political landscape in America and abroad. She lives with her family in Harlem in New York City. Review "Once I Was You is many books in one, a searingly honest memoir by one of this countrys most accomplished women, an inside view of the media, and a fact-filled indictment of our treatment of immigrants over time. Because Maria Hinojosa identifies with each one, anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story of whats wrong and how to change it."--Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road"Once I Was You throws down, proving that Maria Hinojosa is beyond bad assery: esta mujer es una chingona to be reckoned with. In warm, journalistic prose, Hinojosa unfurls a map of una vida extraordinaria that shows her developing, nurturing, and sustaining a career best described as iconoclastic. Her skills as a writer and reporter enable her to trace the ugly contours of US racial politics as she simultaneously narrates a compulsively readable autobiography."--Myriam Gurba, author of Mean"As a POC journalist, feminist, survivor of sexual assault, and truth-teller, Maria Hinojosa is tough as nails. This expressive and captivating book not only reveals how she has fought to tell stories that are so often silenced by the mainstream media, but also lays bare the deep fissures in our politics and our society. Once I Was You is essential reading for anyone who wants America to do better."--Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor and activist"I loved this heart wrenching, yet ultimately hopeful, book. Maria Hinojosas Once I Was You puts you in the shoes of frightened immigrant children while laying out a path from fear to success. A guide to joy and empowerment--even in the hard-knock business of journalism--this story is a must-read for anyone who ever wondered how an immigrant could possibly love an America that has always undervalued newcomers."--Esther J. Cepeda, nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group"Ive known and admired Maria for many years. She is truly an outstanding journalist. I loved reading Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America. It was so personal and moving, and told a very timely and critically important story for all Americans. I learned a lot about Maria, but more importantly, I learned a lot about whats going on in so many parts of our country. Thanks, Maria, for writing this powerful book."--Wolf Blitzer, lead political anchor for CNN"In these times of love and hate, Maria Hinojosas astonishing story is medicine, healing, illumination. She swallows fear as if she were a circus performer swallowing fire. She encourages, inspires, and challenges us to find our own courage. Once I Was You is a dazzling gift she has bestowed upon us and America."--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street"Marias perspective is powerful and vital. Years ago, when In the Heights was just starting off-Broadway, Maria got the word out to our community to support this new musical about our neighborhoods. She has been a champion of our triumphs, a critic of our detractors, and a driving force to right the wrongs our society faces. When Maria speaks, Im ready to listen and learn."--Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and original star of Hamilton"The Latino USA anchors own story radiates with an optimism that is nonetheless tempered with the reality of decades spent reporting on inhumane, Kafka-eseque immigration policies. Once I Was You is packed with information about borders and the rise of xenophobia in the U.S., making it an informative read. But the memoir also acts as a lifeline to anyone feeling adrift or unwelcome in the so-called melting pot."-- "AV Club""With frankness, brilliance, and a generous heart, Hinojosa blends intimate experience and professional tales to correct the American story--or, as she puts it, to deconstruct this bullshit. A consummate truth-teller, Hinojosa spares neither political side in doing so. Once I Was You, deeply researched and poetically told, will inspire you to create a better world."--Sarah Smarsh, journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland"Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosas honest, passionate voice, Once I Was You is, quite simply, beautiful."-- "BookPage (starred)" Review Quote "Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosas honest, passionate voice, Once I Was You is, quite simply, beautiful." Details ISBN1982128666 Author Maria Hinojosa Short Title Once I Was You Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1982128666 ISBN-13 9781982128661 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-08-31 UK Release Date 2021-08-31 Pages 368 Subtitle A Memoir Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified DEWEY 070.92 Audience General Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2021-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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