Latino arts, history and culture
AMERICAN BOOK AWARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH - OCTOBER 30, 2016, San Francisco, California Thank you, Justin Desmangles, Ishmael Reed and members of the Before Columbus Foundation for the vision to see … [Read more...]
Today we take for granted the large body of Latino and Latina literature available in the United States. But back in 1960, there was no extensive body of literature to speak of. That all changed when … [Read more...]
Unincorporated territory Limbo of ambiguity A colony of an empire monumental contradiction to democracy and the constitution. Searching for an antidote to frustration I try to turn adversity … [Read more...]
Ricardo Lira Acuña is the author of three books of poetry and narrative fiction. He recently has branched out to video production. Latinopia is proud to hsowcase his original visual poem, "Sorry," … [Read more...]
He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. ― Friedrich Nietzsche When you grow up … [Read more...]
Diane and I attended a very special White House ceremony last week. Diane, my wife, is a member of the National Council on the Arts for the National Endowment for the Arts, we were honored to … [Read more...]
Robert Beltran is an accomplished actor of stage and screen perhaps best known for his portrayal of "Chokotay" in the television series "Star Trek Voyager." Beltran is also a serious theater director. … [Read more...]
Territorio Limbo Colonia Gigantesca contradicción a la democracia y la Constitución. Busco antídoto a la frustración intentando convertir en rima la adversidad, y el abuso en … [Read more...]
What has made the United States the country it has become? There are myriad answers. All of them right—cada cabeza es un mundo—every head is a world. My answer reflects a … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Jose Murrati El Valor from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Jose E. Muratti is a poet living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a regular contributor to Latinopia with his blog Utopias … [Read more...]
La periodista Wilda Rodriguez, con la indiscutible fascinación que puede provocar el fenómeno político económico de Puerto Rico, lleva documentando una crónica sobre los sucesos en torno al descalabro … [Read more...]
On the first day of class, I always inform my university students that I hold two PhDs. One from a premier research institution, UC Berkeley, and the other from one of the toughest neighborhoods in … [Read more...]
Following the surprising concession by Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was indeed born in the United States of America (a fact embraced by most Americans during his two-term presidency) Trump … [Read more...]
Democracy be damned—let’s hate! Conservatives and progressives claim to be polar opposites, but when it comes to hating on people whose political views and actions they don’t like, conservatives … [Read more...]
I always think that,together, we can do bigger things than we can as separate individuals. I believe this is the core of my being. All ofmy professional choices have been made in this vein, with the … [Read more...]
During the political season, politicos and others wail and whine about low voter turnout among Mexican Americans. The same laments are made about Native Americans. The implication is that we, and the … [Read more...]
IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years … [Read more...]
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