"Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America." — Publishers Weekly
"A timely and necessary text ... [Somewhere We Are Human] proves that very different voices telling unique stories can, when presented together, become a very cohesive, very humane manifesto." — San Francisco Chronicle
"[These contributions] touch on so many different facets of the immigrant experience that readers will find much to ponder... [and] experience how creative writing enriches our understanding of each other and our lives."
— Booklist
"An innovative, artful collection of diverse, undocumented voices." — Kirkus Reviews
"[Somewhere We Are Human is] a tapestry of diverse experiences and perspectives that mirror the vast and complex realities of migration, which often get lost or erased from the conversation ... Even if you think you’ve heard these stories before, you haven’t really until you’ve read them as told in their own words and in their own terms."
— Mother Jones
“This collection is not only a great read, but an important one. I applaud everyone involved.” — Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer-Prize finalist and bestselling author of The Devil’s Highway
“Urgent, necessary, and bold . . . [Grande and Guiñansaca’s] meticulous selections offer us an extraordinary range of histories, perspectives, and—most touchingly—dreams.” — Rigoberto González, National Book Award Finalist and author of the American Book Award-winning Butterfly Boy
“So often these stories are told by others; now we get to hear them told by these artists themselves. What a gift as these vocal cords sing, ringing of human resilience and love, so much love.” — Victoria Chang, Award-winning author of Obit and Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief