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cristobal colón (cristoforo colombo) aka christopher columbus & Visions of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
The wind tells of Juliana, / India Juliana, a Guaraní woman / of Asunción. You ordered her / executed before the people. / Read more
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¿Quién soy yo, escritora? & How to Return
Go south. Not the south of San Antonio. / Past that. / Read more
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[Extended] Call for Submissions / Convocatoria [plazo extendido]
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Special Issue #3: American Indigenous Languages Special Issue Guest Editor: Luis Felipe Lomelí Special Issue Advisory Board: Ignacio Carvajal-Regidor & Florentino Solano In the border zone between Mexico and the United States there exists a multiplicity of nations and cultures, many of them with histories dating prior to the first European invasions and, many others, Read more
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Special Issue Editorial Committee: Luis Felipe Lomelí / Ignacio Carvajal-Regidor / Florentino Solano
Special Issue #3: American Indigenous Languages / Las lenguas originarias americanas In the border zone between Mexico and the United States there exists a multiplicity of nations and cultures many of them with histories dating prior to the first European invasions and, many others, that have immigrated to the area in recent times. Because of Read more
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Editorial: El parquecito
By Fabio Chee Madrigal and Thania Muñoz Davaslioglu In our first editorial, we “envision[ed] Latin@ Literatures as something more than a bookshelf, we intend[ed] for it to become more like the home or the park, a space for cultural gathering, interaction, and exchange; a space wherein our experiences [could] continue to tell the stories about Read more
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On Matters of Form and Content in Shaping Frictive Fictional Borderlands: Questions to Daniel Olivas
Interview with Daniel Olivas by Frederick Luis Aldama Daniel A. Olivas is the author of nine books, including this year’s The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories (University of Arizona Press), and Crossing the Border: Collected Poems (Pact Press Press). He is also editor of Latinos in Lotusland (Bilingual Press), and co-editor of The Coiled Serpent: Read more
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Poems from “Radiance”*
By Emanuel Xavier RHETORIC OF EMPIRE I imagine him a heartbreaker, like I grew up to be, perhaps with dark eyes and tattoos and a nefarious persona. It is said he was Puerto Rican. In the ’70s, getting an Ecuadorian immigrant pregnant was perhaps boricua blasphemy. The local jibaras would not be having it. I’ve Read more
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The Many Deaths of Francisco González (or Frankie Is Alive and Well and Living in Manhattan, Kansas)
By George B. Sanchez-Tello I. Raygun ambles up the hill. The walk from the bus stop takes about twenty minutes, but the hill is steep, rising more than five hundred feet above the valley floor – dwarfing the distant city hall tower. Shade is sparse on this side of the 10. The sun’s rays bake Read more
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Zarzamora
By Vincent Cooper Just a perfect day – Lou Reed 1. A spontaneous Sunday drive with my family To the ranch of my youth. The farm roads pristine and water towers still there I park at the front gate. A man in a truck pulls up and asks if he can help me. I ask Read more
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“Give Us One of Those Latin Bombshell Dances” : Lupe Velez Comic-Generated! Another Great Chapter in the History of Mexicans in American Mass Culture*
By William Anthony Nericcio Time and again I have tipped my sombrero to the remarkable treasures to be found at Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine, but now he has outdone himself with a post that jibes/gels/fuses with my #textmex and #mextasy researches/art/presentations and more. One of his latest entries is a comic book from 1951 Read more