Becoming American in the Age of Trump
How does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?
...moreHow does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?
...moreEmilly Prado discusses her debut essay collection, FUNERAL FOR FLACA.
...moreI grieve my father’s disembodiment. It is my grief inheritance.
...moreJust the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
...moreSergio Troncoso discusses his new anthology, NEPANTLA FAMILIAS.
...moreGabriela Garcia discusses her debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT.
...moreThere is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
...moreJudith Santopietro discusses TIAWANAKU. POEMAS DE LA MADRE COQA/POEMS FROM THE MOTHER COQA.
...moreMore than a longing for an origin story, Hernandez Castillo’s memoir is an attempt to bring the invisible to light.
...morePoet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
...more“[P]art of writing is cementing some sort of memory.”
...moreCourtney Maum discusses her new novel, COSTALEGRE.
...moreOne moment white, the next Latina, the next neither.
...moreHow does what we choose to document dictate whose lives matter?
...moreChloe Aridjis discusses her forthcoming novel, SEA MONSTERS.
...moreThe poems in Killing Marías sustain a deep reverence for women and are a call to action for the world.
...moreIn The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
...moreIf they come for one of us, they will come for us all.
...moreIf you ask me why I did it, I can’t give you a proper answer. I was hungry and didn’t have much money, but it wasn’t like I was homeless or went to sleep starving.
...moreA good man doesn’t leave someone to die in the desert, and when he uses God’s name, he does it to bless, not to kill.
...moreQueer literature isn’t a box to unlock so that it can unlock me.
...more[T]he effect of reading Chee’s essays is to be reminded of why we write, but also, why we read, even in these times of never-ending distress.
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreFor Sarah A. Chavez, the body works as a site of difference and violence, but also magic and wisdom.
...moreDespite its supernatural beginning, Everyone Knows You Go Home is grounded in the kind of gritty realism lived by every immigrant in this country.
...more“Amezcua’s synths and Sanchez’s vocals craft the perfect soundtrack to get lost in…”
...moreEloisa Amezcua discusses her collection From the Inside Quietly, bilingualism in poetry, and the connection between whiteness and yeast infections.
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreFilmmaker Kareem Mortimer discusses his latest feature, Cargo, his writing process, and why the Bahamas can be “a microcosm for the world.”
...moreDaniel Olivas discusses his recent short story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, writing humor, and the role of religion in his work.
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