Oscar Martinez, trans. by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John B. Washington
RaveThe New York Journal of BooksStrung together like beads on a rosary, the migrant testimonies in these vignettes tell a litany of horrors ... Mr. Martinez speaks for these Central American \'migrants who don’t matter\' without appropriating their voices. His writing is eloquent, gritty, and incisive, embedded in vividly observed detail, while his finely honed interviewing skills are evident in the trust shown by informants with everything to lose ... Mr. Martinez paints an ugly picture of contemporary Mexico, especially since he is not just writing about the seamy underbelly of society, but also about those who know of, but ignore, or are complicit in gross inhumanity. The escalation of violence from isolated incidents to epidemic scale, from machetes to assault rifles marks the end of an age of innocence when even the underworld followed a code of ethics of sorts.
José Andrés with Richard Wolffe
PositiveNew York Journal of Books\"In sum, We Fed an Island is a heart-warming story of how a small organization under determined and knowledgeable leadership can do far more to provide genuinely humanitarian and timely food aid than hidebound bureaucracy. It is told with empathy and palpable energy but not in a self-congratulatory way.\
