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• Wearemitu.com: Marisel Vera's novel The Taste of Sugar Explores Puerto Rico's Colonial History

• National Endowment for the Arts: Novelist Marisel Vera unpacks Puerto Rico's history in The Taste of Sugar

• WTTW La Ultima Palabra: Marisel Vera on How to Help Puerto Rico Now

• 2021 Mississippi Book Festival: Windows to the Past

• FOX32 Good Day Chicago: Chicago writer explores Puerto Rican exodus in new novel

• PEN AMERICA: THE PEN TEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARISEL VERA

• Bookstr: Books With An Impact 5×5: Five Authors Share Their Stories

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Local author to discuss book on Puerto Rican workers in Hawaii

• Book Riot: REDEFINING MASCULINITY: 9 ESSENTIAL BOOKS ABOUT HEALTHY MASCULINITIES

• The Washington Post: ‘The Taste of Sugar’ offers a thrilling look at Puerto Rico’s history through the tale of one couple’s struggle to survive

• The Washington Post: 50 notable works of fiction in 2020

• The New Yorker: Briefly Noted - “The Taste of Sugar"

• O, The Oprah Magazine: 28 of the Best Books to Transport You This Summer, Written By Women Around the World

• NBC News: 12 best Latino books of 2020: Books to read by Hispanic authors

• WESA 90.5: Pittsburgh-Based Author's New Novel Explores Puerto Rico's Past

• Latino Rebels: My 21 Best Latinx Books of 2020 

• Chicago Tribune: Humboldt Park’s Marisel Vera explores Puerto Rico’s history in new novel, ‘The Taste of Sugar’

• ZORA Mag: Puerto Rican Author Marisel Vera on the Meaning of Home After a Hurricane

• Paseo Podcast: EPISODE 42: THE TASTE OF SUGAR & THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY WITH NOVELIST MARISEL VERA

• AL DÍA NEWS: 'The Taste of Sugar': Resistance, Love and Hurricanes in Puerto Rico's Memory

• Chicago Tribune: Chicago books and authors in 2020: Our list of 36 suggests it was anything but a slow year

• Thrive Global: Marisel Vera: “You must want to write for yourself”

• Authority Magazine: Author Marisel Vera: I want American readers to know how Puerto Rico came to ‘belong’ to the United States

• CW The Jam TV Show : Marisel Vera 

• Presente: Marisel Vera's work tells a Puerto Rican story of love and strength on the eve of the Spanish-American War - The Taste of Sugar / Obra de Marisel Vera narra una historia puertorriqueña de amor y fortaleza en la víspera de la guerra hispanoamericana – The Taste of Sugar

• The Chicago Sun-Times: New books by Chicago writer Marisel Vera, UIC prof Adam Goodman, more reviewed

• The Book Report: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles

• Entertainment Weekly: The summer's 30 hottest reads

• Entertainment Weekly: The 50 most anticipated books of 2020