Latino arts, history and culture
Latinopia Word Sergio Troncoso Crossing Borders from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Sergio Troncoso is an author of short stories, essays and novels including The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (1999), … [Read more...]
Ernesto Antonio "Tony" Mares was a New Mexico poet, historian, essayist and fictoin writer. He passed away on January 30, 2015. Here Tony Mares reads his poem, "In Search of Durruti," at the 2010 … [Read more...]
How does an author find the distinct "voice" of characters when he or she is creating a short story, novel or poem? Latinopia asked this question of poet/author Alberto Ríos and of poet/novelist Pat … [Read more...]
Ricardo Lira Acuña is an author of three books of poetry and recently published a graphic novel, "The Realm." Ricardo offers Latinopia visitors a monthly video blog "Ricky Luv Video." Here is this … [Read more...]
Hector Tobar is a Pultizer Prize winning journalist and author. In his first novel, "The Tattooed Soldier," he examines the experience of two Guatemalans immigrants to the United States as they … [Read more...]
Randy Jurado Ertll is a Salvadoran American author and political activist. He and his family fled the civil war in El Salvador by coming to the United States. He grew up in violence-torn South Central … [Read more...]
Dagoberto Gilb is one of America's leading authors of short stories and novels. His short story collection, "The Magic of Blood" won the 1994 PEN/Hemingway award. His writings have appeared in The … [Read more...]
