LatinoLit

En el verano del 2020, en medio de la pandemia por el Covid-19, el periodista Joel Cintrón Arbasetti se mudó a Kensington, Filadelfia. Desde allí, ideó y fundó la editorial independiente Antípoda

“My intent is that new generations of Mexican Americans join with the elder Chicanas and Chicanos to face the next 50 years with a plan, with a commitment to preserving and enhancing la cultura Chicana,” said author Armando Rendón in a statement.

What do refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants have to say about their own experiences? 

“When I began the piece, I didn’t realize that that first part was going to be like a letter, a letter that she never sends,” Cisneros tells Latino Rebels.

A poem about Latino angst and belonging in today’s concrete jungles, by the poet B., courtesy of Souletri and MANO magazine

I’m not willing to say it was a bad night for the Latinx community.

As well as some political analysis.

Latinx stories are essential, but without greater diversity in the publishing workforce, how can Latinx words and voices be seen and heard in the U.S.?

A discussion of Latinidad can be complex, but author/illustrator Juliet Menéndez navigates it well.

It’s difficult to unlearn silence.

The data is disturbing.

I found myself struggling to find the words to describe the books below, their impact, their place until recently. It is almost the end of 2020 and I have finally found some words to describe my favorite Latinx books of 2020.

In this episode of Latino USA, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio sits down with Maria Hinojosa to talk about intergenerational wounds and how to begin to heal them.

The latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio.

Earlier this month, Maria published her newest book, and the response has been pretty fantastic.

A deep cut.

What kind of invasion?

“We appreciate the open conversation and listening, but more importantly, we are awaiting action because we have been here before. We demand change,” CHC Chair Joaquin Castro said in a statement.

How to curate us? How to cure ourselves?

Just watch it.

“A solid step in the right direction for Flatiron to fulfill its commitment to increase fiction, nonfiction, and young adult literature from Latinx and BIPOC authors,” a Thursday media release noted.