guidebooks, produced independent feature films, programmed for film festivals, and developed eco-tourism projects. Her first novel, Dark Chapter, was nominated for an Edgar Award and translated into ten languages, followed by the critically acclaimed Complicit. A survivor and advocate against gendered violence, she holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and teaches creative writing and media studies.
Li's new novel is What We Left Unsaid.
At Lit Hub Li tagged "eight books (both fiction and non-fiction) that narrate this most American of stories from the perspective of people of color." One title on the list:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliRead about another book on the list.
A critical darling, this literary novel by Mexican-born Valeria Luiselli is also very much a road trip narrative, using a fragmented approach to tell the story of two sound archivists and their children, on a road trip from New York City to Apacheria, New Mexico. Layered within its experimental form is a commentary on immigration and 21st century America, as the family regularly encounters Latinx migrants whose own families have been disrupted by the indifference of American immigration policies. The final 100 pages are a thrilling, heart-stopping adventure in the New Mexico desert, picking up the pace with unexpected urgency and narrative anxiety.
Lost Children Archive is among Sarah Bruni's six contemporary novels that center caretaking through crisis.
--Marshal Zeringue
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