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Kal Wagenheim and Olga Jiménez de Wagenheim, eds., The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History, 5th ed. (Princeton, NJ: Markus Weiner, 2013); 423 pages; ISBN: 9781558765641 (paperback).

David Dabydeen, Johnson’s Dictionary (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2013); 221 pages; ISBN: 9781845232184 (paperback).

Amanda Smyth, A Kind of Eden (London: Serpent’s Tail, 2013); 288 pages; ISBN: 9781846688133 (paperback).

Edwidge Danticat, Claire of the Sea Light (New York: Knopf, 2013); 238 pages; ISBN: 9780307271792 (hardcover).