National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Mercer University Libraries celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff who are a part of this vibrant and diverse community. From September 15 through October 15, explore the recommended films, books, and web resources. Â
Films
These films spotlight the Hispanic community and are available in Kanopy’s Hispanic Heritage Month collection.
- Critical Thinking
- The Return
- Prospect
- The Two Faces of January
- Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
- I Am the Queen: A Celebration of Chicago’s Puerto Rican Transgender Community
- Los Punks: We are All We Have: The Hispanic Punk Rock Scene in Los Angeles
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It All
Books
Browse a few of these fiction and non-fiction books available through the E-Books on EBSCOHost database.
- Eat the Mouth that Feeds You by Carribean Fragoza
- A Translational Turn: Latinx Literature into the Mainstream by Marta E. Sánchez
- City of God by Gil Cuadros
- We Were Always Here by Ricardo Chavira
- Latin Moon in Manhattan by Jaime Manrique
- Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question by Lázaro Lima
- Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States by Nicolás Kanellos
- The Restless Ilan Stavans: Outsider on the Inside by Steven G. Kellman
Web Resources
To learn more about the Hispanic community, visit these websites.