Two Abortions & a Vasectomy
The story about my two abortions and the vasectomy I had back in February.
Gabriel Ruiz, Writer & Star of Horror-Mystery ‘The Fifth World,’ on Creating During the Pandemic
Ghost stories were my first love, but these days I mostly entertain myself with crime documentaries, and so it was only natural that the six-part audio series ‘The Fifth World,’ produced by Chicago Latino theater company Teatro Vista, hooked me from the first episode.
Book Review: ‘A Ballad of Love and Glory’ by Reyna Grande
Grande’s brilliant novel adds another voice to the chorus of songs and stories of the San Patricios, reminding us that we can come together with others against oppression and marginalization, that we can share with them in unity, love, and victory
Book Review: ‘Things to Pack on the Way to Everywhere’
For author Grisel Yolanda Acosta, as an Afro-Latina in the U.S., she has always embodied this idea of punk: that which doesn’t conform to the strictures and norms dictated by American society, nor to those expectations of what it means to be Latinx and Black.
Book Review: Cristina Henríquez’s ‘The Book of Unknown Americans’
Panamanian American author Cristina Henríquez’s novel tackles immigration issues that still have valence today, but complicates the stereotypical narrative of Mexican immigrants crossing into the U.S. illegally that often dominates Latinx immigration stories in popular media.
Book Review: Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices From the Latinx Diaspora’
It is from a germinal line about silencing those who resist stereotypes and restrictions placed on identity that Black Honduran author and founder of the Bronx is Reading, Saraciea J. Fennell, builds this remarkable anthology.
Book Review: John Murillo’s ‘Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry’
John Murillo’s ‘Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry’ does what all great poetry should: it cuts into our lives, infiltrates all the spaces of our thinking.
Book Review: Natalie Díaz’s ‘Postcolonial Love Poem’
‘Postcolonial Love Poem’ is a stark reminder, a much-needed one, of the struggles Indigenous folks are still grappling with.