Nicaragua has long inspired poets, journalists, novelists, and essayists, so there are always new titles to add to your stack of summer reading—and there are always out-of-print treasures to be dug up. It's hard to keep up sometimes. I realized how far behind I am after stumbling on this reading list, "Nicaragua: Surviving US terrorism," created by Preston C. Enright of Denver. It's 40 titles strong and was compiled "to honor the Nicaraguans, and those who work in solidarity with them." For something a bit more basic (or lighter, anyway) try "So You'd Like to Learn More About Nicaragua," compiled by Ryan, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. I found several books I’d never heard of, including a novel by Silvio Sirias which appears on both lists. Bernado and the Virgin is set in Nicaragua just after the 1980 Sandinista revolution. Based on the actual events of tailor and pig farmer Bernardo Martinez’s encounter with the Holy Virgin in his village of Cuapa, the book is also a “stormy epic of Nicaragua through the long Somoza years to the Sandinista revolution."