Angel Park, the debut poetry collection by Roberto F. Santiago, explores the intersections of identity (familial, gender, sexual, raci...

On April 20, 2010, nine Latino students chained themselves to the main doors of the Arizona State Capitol in an act of civil disobedience...

The way my January reading has progressed is interesting. I'm reading books I wanted to read in 2014, mostly mainstream fiction, non-f...

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, born March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia, winner of the 1972 Neustadt International Prize f...

Tim Z. Hernandez bases his novel Mañana Means Heaven on the story of Bea Franco, the young Chicana woman Jack Karouac meets while on h...

Today, I would like to extend a big welcome to Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Mañana Means Heaven ,  the story of Bea Franco who for years wa...

Carniepunk Anthology Release Date: July 23, 2013 Gallery Books Come one, come all! The Carniepunk Midway promises you every thrill and...

Mañana Means Heaven by Tim Z. Hernandez Publication Date: August 29, 2013 Camino del Sol: A Latina and Latino Literary Series The Univ...

I finally read Richard Blanco's collection of poems, Looking for The Gulf Motel . Simply said, I connected with Blanco's poetry, h...

Red-Inked Retablos by Rigoberto González Cover Illustration: The Song that Traverses a Tenebrous World (oil on wood 10" x 16"...

Hey, how is everyone! I've been missing lately, I know, and slow in posting, but so far this has been one of those tough blogging months...

Natural Takeover of Small Things by Tim Z. Hernandez Natural Takeover of Small Things by Tim Z. Hernandez is an intimate portrayal of ...

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz Junot Díaz's third book, This Is How You Lose Her , follows his 2008 Pulitzer winning novel...

On June 4th, the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners were announced . Congratulations to all the winners! I was particularly happy to ...

We wanted more. We knocked the butt ends of our forks against the table, tapped our spoons against our empty bowls; we were hungry. We w...