Decoding the Feminine Power in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
…a severe inferiority complex suddenly climbing the rungs of high society to listen to the intimacies of women like C.Z. Guest, cover girl and muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador…
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Why “Solito” by Javier Zamora Matters
…The best writing is specific and unafraid. As a Salvadoran-American, I and other diaspora Salvis have recalled how often we were teased or discouraged from using caliche (aka Salvadoran slang)…
4 Latin Literature Classics as Valentine's Day Books
…Amante Japonés (2015) by Isabel Allende “The need for her to know she was loved was insatiable.” Isabel Allende in The Japenese Lover Chilean author Isabel Allende’s long career has…
How to Make Like Isabel Allende, Who Resolves to Write a New Book Every Year
…Isabel Allende in 2023. © Lori Barra With a red blouse, her fingers typing on the computer, and a cup of tea over a Spanish dictionary, Isabel Allende began 2024….
5 Latinx Textbooks That Tell Our True History
…Threat Theory,” “Tejanos, Mexican Immigrants and Mexican American Communities,” “Divergent Latino Immigrant Stories: Salvadorans and Peruvians in America,” “Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Census Categorization” and more in the last…
15 Latinx Sundance Titles to Watch For
…Ponyboi Courtesy of Sundance Institute Colombian-American director Esteban Arango teams up with star and co-writer Salvadoran-American River Gallo for this narrative feature. It follows Gallo’s titular character, an intersex sex…
PBS Doc “El Equipo” Celebrates Forensic Human Rights Work
…truth behind atrocities around the globe – from Rowanda to the US-Mexico border to the Balkans to El Salvador. Along the way, “El Equipo” spends a fair amount of time…
Imelda Is Not Alone
One of the most powerful moments of Imelda is Not Alone, a documentary short directed by award-winning Salvadoran filmmaker Paula Heredia, is seeing a young rape victim handcuffed to her…
Latino Stereotypes: How Hollywood Transformed Us into a Monolith
…El Salvador, Guatemala, and many others seem to go unnoticed by film producers, writers, and directors. This kind of sparse and vague representation is a symptom of the same blend…
Five 2023 Latinx Books to Read This Year
…Doesn’t this description make you want to read this Guatemalteca-penned book ASAP? The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende Chilean icon Isabel Allende automatically garners respect and attention, even…