With chick lit, it's all about the attitude: Think of the original Diary of Bridget Jones, a tell-all of the dating life of a singleton. Chica lit takes that sass and combines it with culture. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, author of the genre-setting bestseller The Dirty Girls Social Club, quickly dismisses the term "Latina lit." That's not what her novels are. They're Chica lit. "There has been a rich tradition of Latina literature out there, most of it quite literary and heavy. Chica lit, by contrast, is bubbly, fun, irreverent, modern, and fashionable," Valdes-Rodriguez says. "I think of Chica lit as being like the Seinfeld show, whereas traditional Latina literature is more like ER."
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