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Named an Editors’ Choice by the New York Times Book Review

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“[Henríquez's] prose reads as if it grew up drinking water that had been fluoridated with traces of John Updike and Ann Beattie. Her sentences have a muted calm.… Always she appears to be probing for rare moments of grace.”

Latina Magazine did a web-only interview with Cristina upon the publication of her short story collection.

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“[A] luminous first book of fiction.… The writing often shimmers and glows with a spiritual warmth.… Sometimes, too, the emotions are so unbearably poignant that one has to stop reading for a moment.… [A] marvelous volume.”

Named a Best Book of 2006 by The Seattle Times

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“Beautifully crafted.… Only a master can carry a complex sentence as she does.… This is powerful writing.”

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“Henríquez’s prose is spare, vivid and poetic.… The voice in each story is tender and unyielding.”

Cristina was a guest on Texas Matters, a weekly radio show on Texas Public Radio, which serves the San Antonio area and the Texas Hill Country.

“Storybook beginning: Cristina Henríquez’s first collection of fiction is generating excitement”

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“Henríquez shows great promise.… [She] finds the pulse of Panama without having been born there.… After reading Come Together, Fall Apart, you’d swear she had lived there her entire life.”

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“[A] tender collection.… The writing is pleasantly engaging but far from trite; the poignancy of many of these stories is intense, especially that of the title novella.”

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“[An] eloquent, muted debut collection.”