I became angry too, when the alarm sounded, because nobody seemed upset, not even Mr. Emmitt. And I was angry because I had been promised by Mama, on the airplane to Philadelphia, as I violently chewed gum the stewardess had...
La escritora, crítica literaria y profesora, Naida Saavedra, es la figura principal en el proceso de conceptualización, documentación y visibilización de lo que ha definido como el New Latino Boom. Este movimiento cultural en español, propio de los Estados Unidos,...
Author: Bahar Salma University Chouaib Doukkali “For you, a thousand times over.” “…there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.” Love is “unconditional.” But, regret !! it is always conditional,...
Author: Nisâ Sevsay Hacettepe University Our book recommendation of the month is Urrea’s new book The House of Broken Angels, a perfect example on how to weave personal stories into fiction. It is full of warm and intimate stories about...
Our recommendation this month is Latinx Ciné, a book edited by scholar Frederick Luis Aldama collecting 24 chapters divided in seven thematic parts. Part I The questions of twenty-first century Latinx ciné The collection opens with a series of papers introducing...
There was a lot that confused me. Why were there so many commercials on TV? In Kuwait and Egypt there was a commercial segment and you could opt not to watch it. What exactly was daylight saving time? And did...
Our recommendation this month is ¡Muy Pop! Conversations on Latino Popular Culture, a book-long conversation between Latinx Studies scholars Frederick Luis Aldama and Ilan Stavans. The book starts off with some considerations exchanged between the two authors on the complexity and...
Our book recommendation of the month is Edward W. Said’s Culture & Imperialism, a collection of essays that caught academia’s attention and stood out around the world amongst reviewers and critics. Published in 1993, this outstanding work goes beyond his...
Our book recommendation of the month is George Lipsitz’s Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture. The book is a collection of essays on American popular culture spans from popular music to television comedies, delving into popular narratives with...
Poeta, dramaturga, ensayista, profesora… son muchos los adjetivos que encajan con una letrada tan versátil como Ana Merino. Con la tradición literaria como parte del ADN familiar, la madrileña debutó este año como novelista. El mapa de los afectos (2020)...
