“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…
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“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…
Q+A With Sandra Cisneros, Author of "Woman Without Shame"
…life. Her most recent work, Woman Without Shame, is her first poetry collection in 28 years since Loose Woman. In these vibrant, new poems, she explores womanhood, sex, beauty, and…
Q+A With Guadalupe García McCall, Author of "Echoes of Grace"
…poems in a file [from when I was teaching] and realized I was writing a book of what it’s like to be a Mexican American girl on the border –…
The Latina Lesbian Love Story That Inspired a Nobel Prize
…her first masterpiece. Entitled Desolación, it is a collection of poems written over ten years and published by the Instituto de Las Españas. Between verses with political overtones, laments of…
'Summertime' is the Perfect Ode to the Real, BIPOC-Filled Los Angeles
…workshop with the actors to create just the first draft of the film script and months of further revising, editing, and cutting entire poems before and even during filming. The…