JAMIE FIGUEROA

Mother Island (Pantheon, 2024)

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer (Catapult, 2021)

SFCC Library and Creative Writing program - free online Spring 2026 Writing Generation Series

Headwaters of the Imagination 2026

REGISTER: The Porch | Fairy Tales as Foundation for Short Fiction Jan. 14

Pathway and Relationship – El Palacio, 2025

Exclusive Excerpt from Jamie Figueroa’s Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico — Latinx in Publishing, 2024

Jamie Figueroa on the Fraught Process of (Re)Claiming the Spanish Language - Lit Hub, 2024

Prophecies of Possibility – Emergence Magazine 2023

Hidden Waters - KWELI, 2022

We Are the Lightest and the Darkest - Elle, 2021

Harlem Is Gentrifying, but Black Women Still Have All the Power - The New York Times 2021

What Nourishes Your Writing Ecosystem? - Catapult, 2021

The Stories I Haven't Been Told - Emergence Magazine, 2021

‘Dangling in the diaspora’: Jamie Figueroa rediscovers her ancestry

Author Jamie Figueroa on reclaiming an identity her mother tried to shed | MPR News

Jamie Figueroa on “Mother Island” - Public Books

Return guest! Jamie Figueroa, … - Totally Booked with Zibby - Apple Podcasts

Interview between Jamie Figueroa and Rey M. Rodríguez — Chapter House Journal

Literary festival, coming this weekend, has ‘gotten very big, very quickly’ — santafenewmexican.com

Jamie Figueroa, MOTHER ISLAND - Totally Booked with Zibby

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer was Jamie Figueroa’s compass through life

Interview with Jamie Figueroa — Write or Die Magazine

Literature Reminds Us of Our Humanness and Compassion

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jamie Figueroa - PEN America

Polyphony on the plaza: Author Jamie Figueroa - Pasatiempo

MOTHER ISLAND - Kirkus Reviews

The Bookshelf - Santa Fe Reporter

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

Embracing ‘la terra madre’: Author mines her multilayered Puerto Rican identity | Books | taosnews.com

Book Review: ‘Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer,’ by Jamie Figueroa - The New York Times

Jamie Figueroa’s Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer - The Brooklyn Rail

Book Review: Jamie Figueroa captivates with debut novel Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer - The AU Review

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer - Review by Rabeea Saleem

Most Anticipated Books of 2024 | Kirkus Reviews

Most Anticipated Nonfiction and Memoirs of Spring 2024 - She Reads

March 2024 Latinx Releases — Latinx in Publishing

March 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine

The Ultimate List of Reads from Book Expert Zibby Owens - theSkimm

The 41 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 – ELLE

6 books to shake off colonialism and rethink our Latino stories - Los Angeles Times

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads

Book Recommendations For Every Mom on Your List – Katie Couric Media

Let's Talk Taíno 121 – Casa Areyto, 2024

25 must-read books for March - Good Morning America

2021 First Novel Prize - The Center for Fiction

60+ Books You Need to Read in 2021 - Harper's Bazaar

24 New Family Dramas to Keep You Turning the Pages - Goodreads News & Interviews

11 Afro-Latinx Writers Whose Work Traverses the Americas - Electric Literature

Writers to Watch: Spring 2021 - The Millions

10 debut books you should read this March - Debutiful

The Most Anticipated Books Of Spring 2021 - Bustle

5 new books to read in March - AV Club

What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History - The Rumpus

The Best Debut Books of 2021 – Debutiful

March 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine

The Best Debut Novels of Spring and Summer 2021 - Library Journal

10 New Books We Recommend This Week - The New York Times

25 Spring Releases to Have on Your Radar - Bookish

Power to the People: A World Voices Festival Reading List - PEN America

Starred and Boxed Review - Publisher's Weekly

75 Debut Novels to Discover in 2021 - goodreads

The Most Anticipated Debuts Of 2021 - Bustle

10 Books By Latinx Authors We Can't Wait To Read In 2021 - Refinery29

March 2021 Indie Next List - IndieBound.org

27 Debuts to Look Forward To in the First Half of 2021 - Electric Literature

43 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2021 - Electric Literature

What to Read When 2021 Is Just Around the Corner - The Rumpus

A Day with Santa Fe Authors - November 1, 2025

Jamie Figueroa & Kyce Bello Reading – Geronimo's Books

2025 Book Mark-It: Author Fest

2024 Santa Fe International Literary Festival

March 30, 2024: Jamie Figueroa and Lupita Aquino for MOTHER ISLAND

March 28 2024: Mother Island w/ Jamie Figueroa ⋆ Hartford Has It

March 27, 2024: Jamie Figueroa: Mother Island w/ Jaquira Díaz - Books Are Magic

March 21, 2024: Jamie Figueroa presents MOTHER ISLAND w/ Keenan Norris at Skylight Books

March 20, 2024: Collected Works Bookstore presents Jamie Figueroa

March 19, 2024: Deborah Taffa, Whiskey Tender & Jamie Figueroa, Mother Island, Bookworks

Sept 22, 2021 – Oct 27, 2021: Writing Beyond the Environment: Part II (Full) with staff writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder and guest teachers

April 8, 2021: BSI's Voices of Nature Author Series with Jamie Figueroa

March 26, 2021: Readings By Writers, Jamie Figueroa

March 10, 2021: Jamie Figueroa & Ramona Ausubel at Books Are Magic