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.
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…
To me, being able to reclaim our own standards of knowledge systems includes documenting and sharing oral transmissions without necessarily having to put it into text.
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.
