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 …
This interview is part of the Latinx Author Interview series and features Raquel V. Reyes, in which Reyes discusses her two novels, Mango, Mambo, and Murder and Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking. Dovalpage: Mango, Mambo, and Murder brings a lot to the table—food, culture, family and cubanidad. Speaking of food, how did you experience it while writing the …
This interview with David Campos is part of a Latino Stories series with Latinx authors. David Campos, a CantoMundo Fellow, is the author of American Quasar (Red Hen Press 2021) and Furious Dusk (University of Notre Dame 2015) which won the 2014 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. His short screenplay “NAMES” was chosen to be the …
Melanie Márquez Adams es la autora de El país de las maravillas: crónicas de mi sueño americano, Querencia: crónicas de una latinoamericana en USA y Mariposas negras: cuentos. Tiene un Máster en Escritura Creativa por la Universidad de Iowa y su obra en inglés y en español aparece en varias antologías y revistas. Es la fundadora y directora editorial de Anfibias Literarias y editora de Imaginar …
Teresa Dovalpage interviews Ecuadorian-American writer, editor, and translator Melanie Márquez Adams. The interview is part of a series with Latino Latinx authors. Dovalpage: You are the founder and editor in chief of Anfibias Literarias. What is the purpose of this digital platform and what voices does it seek to highlight? Márquez Adams: Anfibias Literarias seeks …
