As we honor #InternationalMigrantsDay, we reflect on the resilience of those building a new tomorrow across the globe. 🌍 Masterfully capturing both the beauty and perils of border life, today's #MustRead, #THEBORDERBETWEENUS (#LAFRONTERAENTRENOSOTROS) by RudyRuiz is out now!

In its last hours, Biden's Department of Labor has secured deals with major companies to pay millions of dollars in restitution to migrant children who worked dangerous jobs across the country.

The Border Between Us - The beauty & struggles of border life come alive in this wonderful #literarynovel Read the #review on my blog today & see why I love this story. #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit #LoneStarLitTheBorderBetweenUs RudyRuiz maryannwrites.com/2025/02/11/the…

RudyRuiz's prose is poignant & powerful, yet completely readable & relatable: a perfect balance. On #HallWaysBlog: #audiobook #bookreview of THE BORDER BETWEEN US w/Lone Star Literary Blackstone Publishing. kristinehallways.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-bo… #LoneStarLitTheBorderBetweenUs #LoneStarLit #5Stars

Hall Ways Blog: Torn between his roots and aspirations, Ramón López fights for the American dream. Will it cost too much? Find out in The Border Between Us. RudyRuiz Lone Star Literary #LoneStarLit #LoneStarLitTheBorderBetweenUs kristinehallways.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-bo…

Drumroll please...🥁 #THEBORDERBETWEENUS (#LAFRONTERAENTRENOSOTROS) by award-winning author RudyRuiz has been longlisted for New Literary Project's prestigious 2025 #JoyceCarolOatesPrize! CONGRATULATIONS, RUDY!👏 👉Read more: newliteraryproject.org/whats-new/joyc… 📕BUY: blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-…

This novel captures the complexities of family, ambition, and border life with stunning compassion. See my full review at karensiddall.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/bbo… Lone Star Literary RudyRuiz BlackstonePublishing #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit #LoneStarLitTheBorderBetweenUs

The Border Between Us by RudyRuiz . A terrific #literary novel set in S. TX near the border with #Mexico. Ramon, straddles that border & many others in his young life. #LoneStarLitTheBorderBetweenUs Lone Star Literary maryannwrites.com/2025/02/11/the…

Thank you so much!

This book snuck up on my heart! Lone Star Literary RudyRuiz Blackstone Publishing jenniereads.com/2025/03/08/the…

Looking forward to meeting readers and fellow writers in Tucson! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org

Thanks to Tucson Festival of Books for inviting me to participate in the Tucson Festival of Books! Also, big thanks to Blackstone Publishing for all your support. See you all there! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org #WritingCommunity

Tomorrow starts the Tucson Festival of Books on the beautiful University of Arizona campus! I will be on two panels. Check them out. Full schedule: tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Tucson Festival of Books #TFOB Univ of Nevada Press Forest Avenue Press #bookfestivals #WritingCommunity #writinglife #FridayReads #books

This weekend at Tucson Festival of Books I’ll be on two panels. One is at the Nuestras Raíces tent. I’m excited to speak about my novel, The Border Between Us. La Frontera Entre Nosotros. tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Tucson Festival of Books #TFOB Blackstone Publishing #bookfestivals #WritingCommunity

Looking forward to this conversation! You’re welcome to join. Thank you to Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club for picking The Border Between Us as their Book of the Month!

Thanks Comadres & Friends Bookclub for the wonderful event and thanks to my son, Lorenzo Zolezzi Ruiz 🗳️ for the inspiration and encouragement:-) #FatherAndSon #Literature Blackstone Publishing

Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why most American literature is the literature of empire. lithub.com/viet-thanh-ngu…

My new essay is live at the Latino Book Review: ICE Raid of MacArthur Park Is as Absurd as a Beckett Play. latinobookreview.com/opinion-ice-ra… #ICE #immigration #MacArthurPark #Beckett #playwriting Latino Book Review

When we recognize our genuine shared God-given humanity, the man-made machinations of maps fall into the shadows and the hope of who we could be and what we could do if we embrace each other lights the way in a blaze of glory, writes RudyRuiz. commondreams.org/opinion/immigr…

CommonDreams.org just published my essay about how immigrant fiction can help us rethink America's future. #immigration #Literature commondreams.org/opinion/immigr…