Award-winning author Daisy Hernández joins co-hosts Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth. Hernández explains the history of the term “citizenship” and the damaging power it holds over a wide range of marginalized identities. She reflects on how educators can galvanize change around these issues in the classroom, as well as her own family’s relationship with immigration. Hernández reads from Citizenship.To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/This podcast is produced by Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell.Daisy HernandezCitizenship: Notes on an American MythThe Kissing BugA Cup of Water Under My BedColonize This! (2002)Colonize This! (2019)Tricycle: The Buddhist ReviewOthersBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria AnzaldúaSister Outsider by Audre LordeJames Baldwin EssaysThe Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of AI by Petra Molnar, foreword by E. Tendayi AchiumeAmericans in Waiting by Hiroshi MotomuraBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.