This interview with the Puerto Rican artist, photographer, author, publisher, and editor, Chelsea Northrup, is part of a series with Latinx authors. Chelsea and her husband, Tony Northrup, have become the most influential power duo in the world of photography with a ubiquitous presence on multiple platforms. They are the authors of numerous popular books, …
This interview with the poet, Yesenia Montilla, is part of a series with Latinx authors. Montilla was one of our Top Ten New Latinx Authors in 2017. González: One of the challenges for Latinx poets is to find spaces that take us beyond the superficial boundaries that are set against us. Can you comment on …
This interview with the prolific, Emmy award-winning journalist, Maria Hinojosa, explores her latest book, Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America and her illustrious career that includes NPR, PBS, CNN, and Futuro Media Group. This is a book that should be included in college classrooms, as it offers …
So it’s time to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Or is it Latino Heritage Month? Or maybe it is Latinx Heritage Month? As we celebrate what has traditionally been called Hispanic Heritage Month, from September 15th to October 15th, we should take the opportunity to be mindful of the terms we use to describe the largest …
Literary translators have to be well-versed in more than one language–and they must have a strong sense of the nuances of how language is used as an artistic medium. Susanna Velarde Covarrubias is a poet, playwright, translator, percussionist, and performer. Daughter of Mexican immigrants, she’s drawn to the borderlands, be they geographic, linguistic, cultural, or the …
