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6 Essential Reads to Celebrate Dominican Heritage Month!
Celebrate Dominican Heritage Month with 6 Must-Read Books by Dominicana American Authors!
Jan 15, 20255 min read


In/Visibility by Design: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s Debut Novel Catalina
Catalina refreshes the campus novel by tackling issues like rising tuition, student activism, and racial diversity and undocumented status
Dec 11, 20243 min read


Sol Naciente: Lucha Libre Por Vida!
Sol Naciente reminds us to never underestimate the fire that burns within.
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Ujjwal Prasai Reviews Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora
Undocumented Writers as beings of this earth, of the countries of their or their parents’ origins, and equally of America
Oct 28, 20245 min read


An Altar of Stories: Rios De La Luz Crafts a Haunting Tapestry of Speculative Fiction
Rios De La Luz's An Altar of Stories to Liminal Saints is speculative fiction that captivates readers and pushes the genre!
Oct 11, 20244 min read


Miguel A. Briones's Macho No Machismo: Affirming Tender Masculinities
El Paso native and current Austenite, Miguel A. Briones , reclaims Chicano masculinity in Macho No Machismo: Helpful and Nice , a...
Oct 7, 20243 min read


Paloma Aguirre Reviews Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher’s Sci-Fi YA Novel, Solis!
Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher’s YA novel, Solis asks, how imminent a future can dystopian fiction imagine for young readers?
Oct 7, 20243 min read


This Bridge Called My Language: Marcela T. Garcés's Me llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker
Marcela T. Garcés's coming of age as a second-generation Colombian American and her experiences as a Spanish heritage speaker.
Oct 4, 20243 min read


To Cali, with Love: A Review of Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California
Offers deeply personal accounts of pockets of California and their complexity!
Aug 14, 20245 min read


Frederick Luis Aldama Talks with Cristina Herrera: Misfits, Sonic Revolutions, Familial Reconciliations, & Craving More Fiction that Misfits Publishing Molds
I wanted Max Rodriguez to hit the hard truths but also, and overwhelmingly, to take readers to places of joy and compassion.
May 5, 20248 min read


Mapping Latinidades On the Mad River: Cristina Herrera Reviews Lucrecia Guerrero’s Latest Novel
Lucrecia Guerrero’s latest novel, On the Mad River, set in the hardscrabble former factory town of Mad River, Ohio, we’re reminded of Latinx
Apr 21, 20245 min read
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