A powerful and resonant Américas Award-winning novel, now with a refreshed paperback redesign, set in the Dominican Republic about a young girl’s struggle to become a writer in a country where words are feared and find her place in the world.

Ana Rosa is a blossoming young writer growing up in a poor seaside village in the Dominican Republic. But in a country where words are feared rather than written down, Ana Rosa must struggle to find her own voice and the means for it to be heard.

This award-winning novel from poet Lynn Joseph is a lush and lyrical journey into the landscape and culture of the Dominican Republic. The Color of My Words explores the pain and the poetry of discovering what it means to be part of a family, what it takes to find a place in the world, and how it feels to write it all down.