The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglected Disease

Name: The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglected Disease
ISBN: 9781948226523

by Daisy Hernández

PEN/Jean Stein · 2022 · Winner

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Algonquin BooksOctober 5, 2021Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9781948226523

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award	2022	Winner

About This Book

Daisy Hernandez's memoir investigates Chagas disease — the 'kissing bug' parasite — by tracing her aunt's illness and the medical system's neglect of a disease that disproportionately affects Latinos. Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award.

About the Author

Daisy HernándezUS

Daisy Hernández is an American journalist and author whose work sits at the intersection of science, public health, immigration, and personal narrative. She is an associate professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease (2021) won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and was a finalist for several other awards. Read more →