The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
In this remarkable book—part memoir, part journalism, part creative non-fiction—Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, herself undocumented, opens our eyes to what is right in front of us, but which we have been unable to see clearly up until now. She brings us into the lives of her family and other undocumented people in the United States, focusing not on a model-minority, soft-focus Dreamer narrative, but on the complex, real lives of undocumented people, who entrusted her with their stories, perhaps in part because of her own honesty and vulnerability. The student reviewers for the On the Same Page program were blown away by this book, and you will be, too.
ALIX SCHWARTZ
Director of Academic Planning
College of Letters & Science
This book is part of the 2021 Berkeley Summer Reading List. Stay tuned for more weekly posts!