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The subject is love
Extracts from a poetry collection, Nefarious, by Latino New Yorker Emanuel XavierMi Corazón I search for my soul in paintbrush strokes listen for my muse in Mr. Softee ice cream truck jingles smile at...
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La venganza of the machines / The revenge de las máquinas
El ParaguasExtracto de Más Sabe el Diablo, colección de cuentos: autor, Roberto PerezdíazEl sol del mediodía estaba muy fuerte para la señora sentada en un carro alemán, pequeño, de tres letras. Sentía...
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No time to waste: We must advocate for books for our children
Guest EditorialBy Angela Valenzuela and Clarissa Riojas of University of Texas at Austin In 2002, only 94 books were written about,and 48 books written by, Latinas/os: That number has not improved.For...
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“La República del Rio Grande”, precursor to border conflict
Extracts from From the Republic of the Rio Grande: A Personal History of the Place and the PeopleBy Beatriz de la GarzaAs a child, I dreaded the occasions when my aunts would pack me off to visit my...
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A Voice Stilled But the Memories Sing On
Review of Linda Ronstadt, Simple Dreams, A Musical Memoir, also in Spanish: Suenos Sencillos, Memorias Musicalesby Michael A. OlivasIt is too early to mourn the passing of Linda Ronstadt, but as the...
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Día de los Muertos I
as remembered at the Oakland Museum of California on Sunday, October 27, 2013, and celebrated in this photo essay by Armando Rendón.Bienvenidos al Día de los MuertosBuenas tardes, SeñoritaTree of Life...
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Día de los Muertos II
as remembered at the Oakland Museum of California on Sunday, October 27, 2013, and celebrated in this photo essay by Armando Rendón.Altar a la Virgen de Guadalupe Altar remembering poet Jose...
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Un Soldado en Cada Hijo Te Dio
Por Álvaro RamirezOjos entró con el frío del invierno pintado en la cara. Puso el periódico sobre la mesa de la cocina y subió a su habitación en el segundo piso donde estaba el calor, el calorcito que...
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Border Texts: Writing Fiction From Northern Mexico
By Núria VilanovaBorder Surfaces: An IntroductionThis book has indeed been written across borders. I first became aware of the cultural richness and complexity of the border between Mexico and the...
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Se fue la Hippo y Bruno también
By Eddie O. SánchezWhat follows is a series of extracts from a more fully evolving memoir by the author for us to enjoy, hopefully in the not too distant future. Eddie’s voice is true and clear,...
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The Rabbit Hunters
Artist, Josue PaizBy Roberto PerezdiazThe long brown trail of desert dust was chasing a fast moving vehicle across the dirt road coming from Kilbourne’s Hole and El Paso directly towards the place...
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“…fly like the proverbial bird”
Review of Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina: author, Raquel CepedaBy Thelma T. ReynaRaquel Cepeda’s memoir, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina, is authentically reflective of her prominence in...
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Una Noche Peregrina en la Tierra del Dólar
Por Alvaro RamirezMiró el reloj otra vez: quince para las cuatro. Se incorporó en el asiento apoyándose sobre los codos y echó una mirada alrededor: nada. La Toni no se encontraba por ninguna parte....
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To preserve our words is to free our people
Student, faculty and staff protest at UT Austin in 1974Photo by Alan PogueBased on an address May 18, 2013, by Professor Emilio Zamora as part of a symposium at the University of Texas at Austin...
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“The blessed tilma of San Juan Diego…crashed to the floor”
Extract from Desperado A Mile High Noir: author, Manuel RamosPrologueThe Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, a combination of tourist destination and sacred church, did not use metal...
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“…let 11 million hardworking people come out of the shadows”
Extract from Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Toward a Humanistic Paradigm, author Alvaro Huerta; photographs by Antonio TurokWe Need Humane Immigration Reform The time has arrived for...
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A Recipe for Sancocho: Add Words and Words
By Marco Emiliano NavarroHemorrhageMy head bleeds clichés never-ending,filled with negative nuances and catchphrase conundrums as I searchto siphon silly images that do me nogood, taking my imagination...
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"Quest for the life force in all things"
Extracts from Queer in Aztlán – Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out: with the introduction by the editors, Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Gibrán Güido and a memoir, Birth, by Gil...
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Numbers Count: The More Latino Teachers and Students the Better
Chicanito students circa 1979; Today...?By Anne-Marie Nuñez and Elizabeth Murakami-RamalhoIn 2010, Maria Hernandez Ferrier was inaugurated as the first president of the new Texas A&M University...
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Unwanted walls – Divided Cities
Photo by Pam CaloreBy Devon G. PeñaPart 1: A political ecology of disaster capitalism? Posse existere potentia est. The power is to be able to exist. -- Baruch SpinozaIt was 1992...
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