“If we have learned anything at all from the Source, it is that it allows us to create or destroy, I choose to create.”
"Readers who have dealt with exile, abuse, loss, or prejudice in their own lives will find in Amador a sympathetic storyteller who digs into these feelings with fearlessness and grace. An affecting memoir about isolation and belonging."
Kirkus Review
"To Kill a Cockroach uses the simplest of creatures as a stand-in for the existential struggles that everyone faces...The memoir represents a new medium through which Amador explores the intersection of personal and collective experience...Osvaldo Calixto Amador is a rare figure in today’s art world."
USA Today
"Amador’s body of work, both in art and literature, stands as a testament to the transformative potential of art."
New York Weekly
“If we have learned anything at all from the Source, it is that it allows us to create or destroy, I choose to create.”
Readers who have dealt with exile, abuse, loss, or prejudice in their own lives will find in Amador a sympathetic storyteller who digs into these feelings with fearlessness and grace.
An affecting memoir about isolation and belonging.
Kirkus Review
"To Kill a Cockroach uses the simplest of creatures as a stand-in for the existential struggles that everyone faces...The memoir represents a new medium through which Amador explores the intersection of personal and collective experience...Osvaldo Calixto Amador is a rare figure in today’s art world."
USA Today
"Amador’s body of work, both in art and literature, stands as a testament to the transformative potential of art."
New York Weekly