La Fiesta in the Placita
We cannot be more excited, pues, to start our ninth year of existence with this, our tenth issue!
Category: Editorial
This Presentation Is an Invitation
For this issue we had the alegría of collaborating with a committee composed of poets, scholars, and writers. Their call for submissions ignited this issue’s sample of poetry, prose, and essays about and in American indigenous languages, and we have the fortuna of representing Pa Ipai, Tu´un Sávi, Tseltal, and Dizhsa.
Un tatuaje a la espalda
Así, en este número buscamos mostrar un poco de esta inmensa diversidad que somos, una diversidad que no ha estado exenta, como se mencionó, de sus propios procesos de invisibilización, colonización interna, estructuras racistas y otras atrocidades. Una diversidad que no han borrado, ni borrarán, todas estas instituciones y procesos que pretenden homogeneizarnos.
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…
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…
“Give Us One of Those Latin Bombshell Dances” : Lupe Velez Comic-Generated! Another Great Chapter in the History of Mexicans in American Mass Culture*
Read my interpretation of Lupe Velez’s life story–her career in cinema and the tragic climax to her life.
Editorial: The Beginning and the Path Forward
We, thus, envision Latin@ Literatures as something more than a bookshelf, we intend for it to become more like the home or the park, a space for cultural gathering, interaction, and exchange; a space wherein our experiences can continue to tell the stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.
Total Freedom in Art, Thought, and Interpretive Production: A Welcome
Latin@ Literatures provides a bold, vital new digital canvas for showcasing Latina/o fiction, poetry, visual art, and intellectual inquiry. With its 21st century anything-goes rasquache and punk spirit, there are no limits to Latina/o art and creative expression.