“There are books written with the mind and books written with the heart. Throw by Rubén Degollado is written with both. It’s not just that you see a familiar reality presented intensely, accurately, la pura verdad, the way you know it really is. It is also that you see it, finally, the way it should be seen, the way it should be understood and loved, by all.”
- Francisco X. Stork, Author of Disappeared
Rubén Degollado’s debut young adult novel Throw releases on February 1, 2019, but we’re releasing the first three chapters now for your reading enjoyment. Throw is available… [continue reading]
Rubén was honored to be able to appear as the featured author at Brown Middle School’s literacy night in December. He read an excerpt from THROW and talked to students about reading and writing.
“I have waited, literally, a decade or more to see this book in print. Here it is…I am not alone any more. Degollado has done what only a handful in my beautiful Río Grande Valley of South Texas have done: captured it in its full glory and grit to share it with the world: among them, Américo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Narciso Martínez, Freddy Fender, and Genaro González. Now, Rubén Degollado.”
-Dr. René Saladaña, Author of A Good Long Way
Announcing Slant’s new YA Novel: Rubén Degollado’s “THROW”
Slant is proud to announce its first young adult novel with Rubén Degollado’s debut Throw, set in a world where violence, superstition, and folktale legends intermingle in the lives of young Latinos living in Texas. …