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Aqua-pessimism and Black-Brown Futurities in Wakanda Forever (2022)
Namor’s vision could be described as aqua-pessimism—a fluid, insurgent worldview that interrogates whether the surface world, as it currently exists, is even worthy of inclusion in the inevitable, irrepressible unfolding of Black and Brown futures.
May 313 min read
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An Alchemical Reaction: Review of Isabel Cañas' The Possession of Alba Díaz
If you’re looking to read horror, historical fiction, slow burn romance, or simply a few hundred pages of engrossing prose, Alba Díaz and Isabel Cañas will not disappoint.
May 223 min read
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Latinx Narratives in Anime: Alita: Battle Angel, a Cultural Adaptation Without Erasure
Alita: Battle Angel is a vibrant, layered world mirrored the social disparities often explored in Latin American cinema
Apr 304 min read
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A Magical Reformation: Veronica Chapa’s Feminist Retelling of La Malinche in Malinalli: A Novel
Chapa reimagines La Malinche through a fantastical lens, centering themes of language, loyalty, and vengeance.
Apr 13 min read
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Monsters Among Us: Vampires and Colonial Violence in Isabel Cañas’ Vampires of El Norte
Vampires of El Norte is a powerful contribution to Latino-centered storytelling that reclaims horror as a space to explore memory, resistance, and survival.
Apr 12 min read
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Found Forms, Frontera Stories: An Interview with José Alaniz
A "house of mirrors," the book spans eras—from the Republic of Texas to a dystopian future Atlanta to 1990s Los Angeles.
Mar 315 min read
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Hacienda Caras in Barbielandia: America Ferrera’s Latina Resistance in Barbie
Brown Optic Barbielandia is a space where multiracial female solidarity mobilizes intervention
Mar 189 min read
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Another Side of History: Review of David Dorado Romo’s Borderlands and the Mexican American Story
Another Side of History breaks down the hegemonic door that has tried to shut out complexities of Mexican American and borderland history.
Mar 123 min read
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Resisting the Future in Fernando A. Flores’ Novel, Brother Brontë!
Fernando Flores’s Brother Brontë--a novel that delves into the power of literature and the transformative role of storytelling.
Mar 13 min read
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Living Beyond Borders: A Vibrant Mosaic of Mexican-American Stories for Young Readers
Every story offers the reader a different perspective on the young Chicanx experience.
Jan 253 min read
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Una Mezcla: Miguel Martinez and His Film Short With Your Life
With Your Life is part of a larger project exploring themes of immigration and the deeply human stories shaped by these forces.
Dec 12, 20247 min read
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The Wondrous Poetic Futurisms in Pedro Iniguez’s Mexicans on the Moon
nothing can prepare you for the unique voice that is Iniguez in his debut poetry collection Mexicans on the Moon!
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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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
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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
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Aunt Lute Press: El Mundo Zurdo’s Call for Collective Solidarity
Aunt Lute Books serves as a case study of what ethical solidarity looks like!
Oct 7, 20244 min read
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Marianna D Rooks Reviews Coywolf Book 1: "Spirit of the Coywolf"
Spirit of the Coywolf is a scintillating representation of powerful Native Afro-Latina women and the American Southwest.
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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Frederick Luis Aldama’s Pressing Passion to Portray & Proclaim Powerful Truths of Youth Surviving in the US-Mexico Borderlands: A Conversation
While the borderlands shape each protagonist differently, their individual stories thread together to form a greater tapestry.
May 5, 202411 min read
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