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A Century of Caring: Doña Cora de Wagon Mound
By Irene I. Blea Santa Clara Parish Cemetery, Wagon Mound, NMCarolina P. Wengert was proud to say, “I’m older than the state of New Mexico.” She passed away peacefully surrounded by her large family on...
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Chavez the man vs Chavez the movie
Cesar Chavez testifying before the Subcommittee on Labor of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, April 16, 1969. California Senator George Murphy is in the background. Photo provided...
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“…what’s mine of light”: Poems
By David Vela Poem 1I place the sun in your hands, what’s mine of light,Your soft warm body braced against mine, You say you are cold, but I feel nothingBecause I have lain my weapon at your feetBent...
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A literary first: Latino Science Fiction Conference this April 30
A panel of sci-fi writers: Mario Acevedo, Rudy Ch. García, Ernest Hogan, Beatrice Pita, and Rosaura Sánchez will kick off “A Day of Latino Science Fiction” on Wednesday, April 30, at University of...
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Two brains are better than one
Extract from The Bilingual BrainBy Arturo HernandezChapter 1 Antagonists, Parasites, and SymbiotesIt was at the age of 20 that I first encountered the paradox that would come to dominate my academic...
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Cinnamon and the Bat People
Her eyes became wider than a hoot owl’s when she saw Mama Bee waiting for her at the entrance of her house.“Hurry up, child! You’re slower than a turtle,” Mama Bee said, clapping her hands to speed...
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“I sing for you…” Poems to beloved homelands
Extracts from For the City that Nearly Broke MeBy Barbara Jane ReyesFor the City that Nearly Broke Me Ang sakit ng kalingkigan, sakit ng...
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Mi madre quería una princesa......
...pero le salió un caballoPor Pilar Gascón-RusA Iria, por regalarme la frase que da título a este cuentoQue yo quisiese de niña ser un caballo me parece lo más natural, he pensado muchas veces de...
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Songs for a Broken “I”
From the cover of Diwata, Barbara Jane Reyes' award-winning poetry bookReview of For the City That Nearly Broke Me: author, Barbara Jane ReyesBy Robert Andrew PerezThe chapbook, For the City That...
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3 Poem(a)s from Houston’s StreetsBy Gabriel BarbieriWorks crafted for a National Poetry Writing Month ProjectHere’s a scathing piece on Texas summer and how it begins in March and ends in...
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Writing to the Tejano Conjunto Sound
For the past few years, the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, Texas, has invited young writers to submit poems and short stories related to the conjunto sound to be reviewed with the goal of...
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Latinos in the Mennonite Church—Another facet of our complex Latinidad
Parishioners at La Iglesia Menonita del Calvario, Mathis, Texas, early 1950sExtract from Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith & Evangelical Culture; author, Felipe HinojosaFrom Chapter 3 The...
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A fire storm... like lightning across the sky
Chicken Pot PieExcerpt from The Border is BurningBy Ito RomoWill Ramirez looked in the rearview mirror to the backseat, eyes focused, opened wide, and scolded the two of his three boys that were...
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When you’re young it’s good to just see how things go…
Excerpt from The Deportation of Wopper Barraza: A NovelBy Maceo MontoyaIV Jorge BarrazaDid I stunt him? Did I keep him from growing? That’s what my wife always told me. “Jorge, no more!” she’d yell at...
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The ZYX’s of Life in the USA--A Primer
By José-Manuel Navarro“Zest for life!”You demand of me in thisXenophobic system of daily consternation andWhite skin privilege.Victory eludes me in this battle, I fear.Unfettered anger pummels, storms...
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Trio of poems: Facets of life
Hawk carved from ironwoodPhoto by the authorIronwoodBy Lisha Adela GarcíaThe Zapotec Tule tree of Oaxaca, is the 4,000 year-old guardian that forever breathesresistance to conquest and decimation. One...
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What’s in a name, especially if it’s “Hispanic”?
Cuéntese Censo '80 Button aimed at all residents in the U.S. identifying with the messageExtract from Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats & Media Constructed a New American, author G....
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A room of her own, in a prison
Extract from the novel, Strong Women Grow Here: author, Mona AlvaradoFrazierChapter 1 I didn’t run because I killed him. I ran because I didn’t. He was alive when I left, but that wasn’t important to...
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The Latino Legacy in World War II: Retelling like it was
Excerpt from Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology: co-editors, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B. V. OlguínIntroduction:Mapping Latina/o Mobility, Agency, and Ideology in the World War...
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Writing about all the things we should write about
Extract from Things We Do Not Talk About: Exploring Latino/a Literature through Essays and Interviews: author, Daniel A. OlivasA Pocho in West HillsFirst published in The Raven Chronicles (2005)Uno:...
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