The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is fantasy on a scale never truly seen before on TV. Comparisons to HBO’s Game of Thrones, or Netflix’s Stranger Things are superfluous and unnecessary, because if we’re being honest, The Lord of the Things: The Rings of Power isn’t even operating on the same level. […]
“Somewhere We Are Human” is a new anthology created by currently or formerly undocumented people. Curated by Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca, the entries range from visual art to personal essays (with poetry, arguably, in between), with authors, artists, and curators hail from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Inherently this book shapes an understanding of immigration usually left out of US textbooks.
In her recently released “¡Ándale, Prieta!,” Mexican-American author Yasmín Ramírez shares a moving ode to her childhood in El Paso, Texas, growing up a “prieta.” This debut memoir is a love letter to Yasmín’s family, her grandmother, and to women everywhere who have felt silenced, pained, or alone.
In “You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation,” author Julissa Arce argues that rather than seeking approval from white culture, we should embrace our own identities and help change the narrative that there is only one way to be American.
It’s officially summer so, of course, we at LatinaMedia.Co found five must-read Latinx summer books for all your poolside needs.
Ecuadorian-American Victoria Buitron explores her life as a child of two countries and many borders in ‘A Body Across Two Hemispheres.’
In Venezuela in 1993, I received a gift that would change my life – a copy of La Casa de Los Espíritus by Isabel Allende. I devoured the thick book in a matter of days. After that, my relationship with literature changed forever. I became a regular reader of Allende, and, during the pandemic, I […]
These five Latinx literary classics started genres, inspired countless writers, and made it onto reading lists across the nation.
Dominican and Caribbean-American author Naima Coster is unafraid to tell extraordinary stories about ordinary families, especially the women that lead them. Her sophomore novel “What’s Mine and Yours” is now out in paperback.
YA author Crystal Maldonado is making her mark on Latinx readers across the world. Crystal’s stories center fat, beautiful, brown girls chasing the love they’ve always deserved but haven’t received–until now.