Latino arts, history and culture
As the coronavirus rages throughout the United States Latino communities are some of the hardest hit. Latinopia Platica bloggers Sal Baldenegro, Ricardo Romo and José "Gugo" Umpierre respond to host … [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 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 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...]
Mario Acevedo is a Chicano author based in Denver, Colorado whose series of novels centered on Felix Gómez, a Chicano private detective who also happens to be a vampire, creates a unique Latino take … [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...]
Latinopia Word Trevino reads Arrullo from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Jesús Salvador Treviño is an author, television director and filmmaker. His short story collection, Return to Arroyo Grande, won … [Read more...]
Rudy Ch. García is a Colorado author whose works range from science fiction and fantasy to the contemporary Chicano reality. In 2012, he published "The Closet of Discarded Dreams" in which the Chicano … [Read more...]
Ernest Hogan is a science fiction author of Irish and Mexican descent. His works include the novels "Cortez on Jupiter," "High Aztech," and "Smoking Mirror Blues." In "High Aztech" he envisions a … [Read more...]
Nora Naranjo-Morse is a Native American potter, sculptor and author who is a member of the Santa Clara pueblo. She read her poem, "My father's Feet" at Denise Chavez's Border Book Festival held in Las … [Read more...]
José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and political activist. Here he reads from his celebrated bilingual poem, "El Louie," a reading that took place at Occidental College in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
