Latino arts, history and culture
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...]
Latinopia Rios Return to Cat from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Christine Granados is an author who was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Her writings reflect her experiences growing up along the U.S./Mexico border. Her collection of short stories "Brides and … [Read more...]
Sergio Troncoso is an acclaimed author whose works include The Last Tortilla (1999), This Wicked Patch of Dust (2011) and Crossing Borders (2011). His most recent book is A Peculiar Kind of … [Read more...]
Alejandro Molina is a poet and member of "Noches Bohemias," a group of poets from various Latin American countries who meet regularly at the Tia Chucha Cultural Center and bookstore in Sylmar, … [Read more...]
Juan Felípe Herrera is a poet, performer, educator and activist with more than twenty books to his name. He was appointed California Poet Laureate in 2012. Latinopia was on hand when he read his poem … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word David Bowles Lords of the Earth from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. David Bowles is the author of short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry and children's books. In the science fiction … [Read more...]
On April 30, 2014 the first conference on Latino Science Fiction was convened at the University of California at Riverside. The event, organized by Sherryl Vint with the cooperation of Dr. Melissa … [Read more...]
