About “Boricua Reads” and #ReadLatinx

#ReadLatinx

#ReadLatinx is a Twitter hashtag created by Adriana M. Martínez Figueroa in June 2018 as a way to promote books written and/or illustrated by Latinx. It was generally used to uplift voices that don’t get much needed promotion from publishers, but has become a way for Latinx creatives to find a bigger audience through social media. #ReadLatinx promotes upcoming releases with posts on social media and masterposts detailing which books come out between a certain period of time.

Can other people use #ReadLatinx?

Use it to promote books by Latinx authors/illustrators. It would be preferable if you didn’t use it to promote books that haven’t been written/illustrated by Latinx but have Latinx rep. If you’re going to talk about the hashtag, please credit me. I do all this work for free, but it takes me a long time to compile lists and write up articles and posts and I am a freelancer at the moment.