Top Off Women's History Month with 8 Trailblazing Latina Authors
…Crime Scene. She writes fairy tales that blend genres and explores grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. Her most recent work includes Loteria, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest…
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Q+A with Christine Gutierrez, Author of "I Am Diosa"
…to make sense of my emotions, I wrote. I journaled and I wrote poems. This was a part of my healing journey and I continued to do so throughout the…
Celebrate Spooky Season with Latina Authors' Magical Realism
…poems, both of which I drew from when I was crafting the novel,” she tells me. “I also wanted the book to sound like a song, since music plays a…
“Celestina Cordero Molina, Siempre Viva” is a Necessary Anthology
…out via poems, illustrations, and short stories, the anthology – edited by author and long-time Celestina advocate, Rosario Méndez Panedas – brings together over 30 artists, poets, and writers (mostly…
“Érase Una Vez en El Caribe” Because There’s No Sugarcoating Colonization
…me. It also reminded me of a line in one of my poems, Nuyorican, Not, “Colonia no es un perfume.” We’ve got a long way to go for folks to…
“A Place in the Field” Depicts Healing Like Only Director Nicole Mejia Can
…of one scene, Portillo even performs one of her poems further echoing the authenticity of this place. A scene from A Place in the Field at Xochitl Portillo’s (R) family…
Q+A With Marisa Tirado, Author of 'Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either'
…me in and per usual, I thought I was getting in trouble. She said, “I really like the poems that you did for our assignment and we’re going to submit…
Why You Need to Read "Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed" Right Now
…Latino must read — I mean like right after you get thru this article — the collection of essays and poems beautifully told in Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, edited…
Q+A With Jennifer Givhan, Author of 'River Woman, River Demon'
…then fling the doors open. That’s how I’ve seen it, because I’ve gotten countless rejections, thousands of rejections over the years for my poems, stories, essays, books. I always set…
Q+A With Yesika Salgado, Author of "Corazón," “Tesoro,” and "Hermosa"
…on the process. I love folks seeing poems evolve from a thought or a tweet into a performance or a book. But I also know that there are some things…