Junot Diaz Still Feels Like an Immigrant
Junot Diaz Still Feels Like an Immigrant
By Sigal Ratner-Arias, Associated Press/ABC News “He has won a Pulitzer, teaches Americans how to write at MIT and his Spanish-sprinkled stories have been acclaimed in the United States. But […]
Four great summer reads from Latin American and Latino authors
By Claudio Iván Remeseira , NBCLatino Looking for a really good book to take on vacation, or to while away a few lazy summer afternoons? Here are four great reads: “My […]
Chicanísima Chicago Cultural Calendar: April 2013
By Teresa Puente, Chicanísima We’re still waiting for spring to arrive in Chicago, but there are plenty of reasons to get out of the house this month. Here is a selection […]
1st Latino to Win PEN/Faulkner Award: Homeboy From US-Mexico Border
From Latina Lista In a prestigious literary competition where more than 350 novels and short-story collections by American authors published in the U.S. in 2012 were evaluated by a three-judge […]
Want more Latino authors? Hit the bookstores
By Alexandra Aquino-Fike, Being Latino I want books. Good books by and about Latinos. Since Latinos comprise a large and growing part of the U.S. population, with increasingly significant purchasing […]
Latinos Need books by Latino Authors, But So Do All Students
By Esther Cepeda, NBC Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo by RLHyde]
Book Review “Revolt Of The Cockroach People”
By Luis Torres, Latinopia As we continue our “second looks” at landmark books of the Chicano experience, here is a renewed look at “The Revolt of the Cockroach People,” by […]
Ten Latina Authored Books For Summer
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Now that spring is officially behind us, you’re probably on the hunt for some beach reads that are not Fifty Shades of Grey. Luckily, Latino Literacy Now just named its […]
Book Review: “Emplumada” By Lorna Dee Cervantes
Reviewed by Thelma T. Reyna, Ph.D., Latinopia Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954) is a California native of Mexican-American and Native-American heritage. Her impact on Chicana poetry prior to and since […]
Book Review: “Barrio Boy” By Ernesto Galarza
Reviewed by Luis R. Torres, Latinopia A Second Look at a Classic of Chicano Literature Some weeks back Jesús Treviño, the captain of the Latinopia ship, and I agreed to […]