Latino arts, history and culture
In 2020, the Covid-19 virus devastated literature, public readings were prohibited and authors found it difficult to promote and sell their books. In spite of this, authors bounced back using the … [Read more...]
Pat Mora is a poet, novelist and author of children's books. Her writings often reflect the conflictive nature of being bilingual and bi-cultural. Here she reads the poem "Legal Alien," which explores … [Read more...]
Alberto "Tito" Ríos is an Arizona poet whose works include ten books of poetry, three collections of short stories and a memoir. He reads here the title poem from his collection "The Theater of … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Xochitl Times Two from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Xochitl Julisa Bermejo's debut poetry collection, Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge, explores both her childhood growing up in … [Read more...]
In 2020 Amalia Ortíz was awarded the American Book Award for her book, Cancion Cannibal. In this Latinopia Plática, she reads the poem "I Remember," from her previous poetry collection, Rant, … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word How to Grow Old from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Andrea Gutierrez is a poet and short story writer. Her works have been published in Mujeres de Maiz, Bitch and make/shift. Here she reads … [Read more...]
Maceo Montoya is both a graphic artist and an author. His first novel, "The Scoundrel and the Optimist," was published by the Bilingual Review Press in 2010. Maceo's paintings often inspire … [Read more...]
After leaving the Border Bookstore in Mesilla, New Mexico, the caravan carrying banned books to the children of Tucson heads north to Albuquerque for a meeting with renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. On … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya on Life's Journey from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. After the passing of his beloved wife, Patricia, in 2010, acclaimed Chicano author Rudy Anaya has produced an enormous … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya On Randy Lopez from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Celebrated author Rudolfo Anaya's novel Randy Lopez Goes Home is arguably his most profound and engaging work since his landmark, … [Read more...]
Rudolfo A. Anaya is a pioneering, prolific and renowned Chicano author. His novel, Bless Me Última, is a magical story of a young boy's coming of age in 1940s New Mexico. Set against a background of … [Read more...]
Rudolfo Anaya is the pioneering Chicano author of more than a dozen books including the acclaimed coming of age novel Bless me,Ultima. Latinopia asked Anaya about how he goes about writing and what … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya On Poetry from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rudolfo Anaya is best known as the fiction writer of the acclaimed coming-of-age novel Bless Me Ultima. In 2015, Anaya ventured into … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya on Aztlan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In the 1960s, Mexican American activists embraced the term "Aztlán," to define a Mexican presence in the Southwestern United States. They … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ROLANDO HINOJOSA "THE USELESS SERVANTS" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rolando Hinojosa Smith is a pioneering Chicano author of more than a dozen books. He has won numerous … [Read more...]
Jonathan Kirsch is publishing and intellectual property attorney and the author of Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law, Kirsch's Guide to the Book Contract and three national bestselling novels. On … [Read more...]
Steve L. Davis is a PEN USA award-winning author and past President of the Texas Institute of Letters. His books include Dallas, 1963; J. Frank Dobie: a Liberated Mind and The Most Dangerous Man in … [Read more...]
Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a scholar, cultural critic, novelist and poet whose many works include Desert Blood - The Juarez Murders (2005) and Calligraphy of the Witch (2007). Here she comments on the … [Read more...]
In 2020 the Texas Institute of Letters, an honorary literary society, honored author John Rechy with its highest recognition, a Lifetime Achievement Award. Here scholars, authors and critics attest … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word How Fire is a Story,Waiting from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Melinda Palacio is an author who has been published in numerous journals and magazines. Her novel Ocotillo Dreams won the … [Read more...]
Pat Mora is a celebrated poet who grew up along the US/Mexico border. Her poetry and children's books reflect the often conflictive nature of being Bilingual and Bicultural but also reveals her love … [Read more...]
