In “Family Lore,” Elizabeth Acevedo traces each of her character’s lives to create a single, overlapping, and powerful portrait of a family.
Sofía Aguilar
Sofía Aguilar
Sofía Aguilar is a Chicana writer and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in LatinaMedia.Co, HipLatina, and Melanin. Magazine, among other publications. As an alum of WriteGirl and a first-generation college graduate, Sofía earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she received the Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Latin American and Latinx Studies. Additionally, she is the 2022 recipient of the Sandra Cisneros Fellowship from Under the Volcano. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaxaguilar and visit her website sofiaaguilar.com.
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Check out this interview with Chicana, Puerto Rican, and New Mexican Marisa Tirado on her “Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either.”
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It shouldn’t even try. “No Hard Feelings” left me feeling extremely uncomfortable, conflicted, and frustrated.
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Claire Jiménez’s debut novel, “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” follows the Ramirez family still reeling from daughter Ruthy’s disappearance.
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The MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, exceeded my expectations, thanks in part to Zoe Saldaña’s stand out performance as Gamora.
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Alegría Publishing founder Davina A. Ferreira says, “It’s all beautiful. It’s magical. It’s a lot of work, of course. But I feel very lucky.”
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In “The Neapolitan Sisters,” author Margo Candela touches on themes of sisterhood, family, and the true cost of keeping secrets.
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Patricia Engel discusses her latest book, The Faraway World, her writing and editing process, and advice for emerging writers.
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Scream VI, much like its immediate predecessor, breathed new life into its franchise, thanks to its heroic and empowering Latina leads.
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Mexican American and Indigenous author Jennifer Givhan talks her latest novel, the psychological thriller ‘River Woman, River Demon.’