PositiveThe New York Times Book Review... evocative ... distinctive...in tone and approach ... Race is a central theme of her story, underlining the significance of Calderón’s professional ascendance in her native and adopted countries ... Calderón is less pointed in her criticism, whether she’s considering media, government or general attitudes toward people of color in this country. She raises questions, but leaves them hanging. There were times when I wished she had dug more deeply into her own story and the broader dynamic of racial and ethnic strife that fuels so much of the discontent about our institutions these days, including the mainstream media ... My Time to Speak shines when Calderón takes us to her family’s hometown of Istmina, where \'being Black wasn’t ‘out of this world.\'
Maria Hinojosa
RaveThe New York Times Book Review... Hinojosa embraces her whole self to offer an evocative portrayal of her experiences as women of color in an industry where whiteness is still a factor in determining who gets first dibs on opportunities that pave the way to the top ... [a] distinctive narrative in tone and approach, ushering readers through time and space in situations where [Hinojosa] is often defined by her status as an immigrants and Latina ... Hinojosa’s book is as much a manifesto as it is a memoir.
