This interview with poet, Vincent Cooper, is part of a series with Latinx authors. Cooper is a Xicano poet from Los Angeles, CA, now living in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of Infidelis, Zarzamora, and the chapbook, Where the Reckless Ones Come to Die. He is a former United States Marine. His work …
This interview with Claire Jiménez is part of a Latino Stories series between our Columnist, Teresa Dovalpage and Latinx editors, publishers and authors. Claire Jiménez is a Puerto Rican writer who grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York. She is the author of the short story collection Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins Press, …
This interview with Maria Miranda Maloney is part of a Latino Stories interview series between our Columnist, Teresa Dovalpage and Latinx editors, publishers and authors. Maria is Publisher and Executive Editor at Mouthfeel Press. She was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised in a small farm community of mostly immigrant families. She is also …
Teresa Dovalpage interviews Alex Segura as part of a Latino Stories series with Latinx authors. Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful.” It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Dovalpage: …
Welcome to the Latinx Kid Lit Corner. In this edition, we had the pleasure of interviewing writer, scholar, and educator, Dr. Oriel Maria Siu. Her latest children’s book title, Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It’s Over! (2021), is being used in grade schools and on college campuses to dispel myths about how the Americas were discovered …
