LatinoLit

Continuing along Spain’s Camino de Santiago, author Silvio Sirias stops to reflect on how the journey changed the life of a modern-day literary giant.

“The intersection between art and politics has always been fraught with land mines and dismembered limbs of the well-intentioned.”

A conversation with Daniel Cubias, author of the new detective novel ‘Barrio Imbroglio,’ on writing, Latino authors and self-publishing.

Author Silvio Sirias crosses Órbigo bridge in León, Spain, where in 1434 a local knight undertook a quixotic challenge.

A chat with writer, actor, comedian and activist Rick Najera, author of ‘Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood,’ who just became a member of Latino Rebels’ advisory board.

A review of ‘José Martí: A Revolutionary Life,’ the latest biography of the 19th-century Cuban writer and revolutionary by Alfred J. López.

Continuing his journey along the Camino de Santiago, author Silvio Sirias encounters the tale of Francisco de Quevedo, one of the greatest poets of Spain’s Golden Age.

Continuing along the Camino de Santiago, author Silvio Sirias encounters the legend of El Cid in Burgos and ponders his legacy in the midst of current Spanish politics.

Nuestra hermana Rebelde es una diosa del hip hop en español, dictando letras anti-coloniales, intrínsecas, fulminantes y poéticas.

DMC editor-in-chief Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez discusses their latest crime fighter, and why it’s important for kids of color to see themselves reflected in comics.

Una conversación con el autor de su novela, las actualidades en Puerto Rico y la literatura latinoamericana

A journey along the Camino de Santiago that features what many consider to be the birthplace of Western European epic literature

A three-part opinion series written by historian Luis A. Ferrao and published by Diálogo PR is alleging that the best-selling (and controversial) book WAR AGAINST ALL AGAINST PUERTO RICANS by author Nelson A. Denis is full of “lies” and “fabricates evidence, exaggerates figures and distorts already well-documented events in order to construct a fictional story under […]

Constant criticism from native Spanish speakers discourages non-speaking Latinos from learning the language

Organizers Nora Comstock, Adriana Domínguez and Marcela Landres speak with Latino Rebels ahead of the annual conference in October in New York City.

An interview with the ILBA and Academy of American Poet’s Prize-Winning author Chris Campanioni

An interview with award-winning author Dania Ramos

Puerto Rican neo-fiction seeks to address the social and psychological problems that afflict modern Puerto Rico, whether in regard to ‘self-racism,’ neo-colonialism, foreign influence, identity crisis and the effects of issues that have afflicted the island for the last two hundred years. The genre would not be bound by single traditional genres such as horror […]

—Pues primo, titi’s behavior is what happens in colonial societies. You don’t learn to value yourself let alone other people. Your mom is an empty shell full of rah-rah American bullshit fed to young Puerto Ricans that tells them they can never be satisfied unless they chase the American dream and leave the island behind. […]

In Latino literature and film, a common narrative is assimilation, where the protagonist wrestles with preserving the “traditional value” of the old world while embracing the “progress and enlightenment” of the new. By the end, even as the protagonist learns to appreciate and respect the values of their elders, what they really embrace and love are […]

Dedicated to my greatest teachers—the immigrant population of the United States. To those that like many of my family members, who suffer under a broken and racist immigration system, have not yet been able to bury their dead or cry at their graves. Nothing more powerful than the New York Subway In its serendipity led […]