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    Interview with Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law (NYU Press, 2020)

    May 19, 2020Kevin Escudero

    Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Kevin Escudero: I am an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University. I am also

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  • Book cover of short story collection titled Brownsville by Oscar Casares with picture of a money tail

    Hammers and Home

    May 5, 2020Ralph E. Rodriguez

    I began teaching Chicana/o literature in the mid-1990s as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. I was in love with it

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  • Triptych of singer Shakira in concert, group of children protesting detention of child migrants and Poster of Jenifer Lopez concert.

    Showcasing J.Lo’s Aesthetic and Political Abilities

    April 21, 2020Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

    They pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes in order to make a statement about children, Puerto Rico, latinidad, beauty, music, the eclectic soul of Latinas

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  • Singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira on stage, separately

    Moral Panic! At Halftime: Legacies of the Latin Boom Meet Gendered and Regional Latinidades

    April 7, 2020María Elena Cepeda

    On February 2n​d​, 2020, roughly 103 million global television viewers witnessed perhaps the most hotly discussed Latina/o/x live musical event since the electrifying performance of

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  • El Encuentro by Rita Wirkala

    El Encuentro/The Encounter, A Review

    March 27, 2020Diane Lindner and Teresa Luengo Cid

    March 2020 Latinx Talk Series on Latinx Migration Literature We recommend El Encuentro (English version The Encounter) by Rita Wirkala, a Young Adult novel that is a must-read

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  • Stick figure bodies underneath a series of arches and a seated male with tattoos wearing a feathered headdress in a family living room

    Why Dear Reader, You Should Read Chican@/x Poets Andrés Montoya and Natalie Díaz

    March 26, 2020Stephanie Fetta

    “One day, God fell in love” sings the late, great Chicano poet, Andrés Montoya. I have taught his posthumous collection Jury of Trees (Tempe: Bilingual

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  • Cover of Goodman Theatre's Festival Latino with woman arms extended.

    Our Dad Is In Atlantis: Border Crossings as Latinx Theater Practice

    March 25, 2020Priscilla Maria Page

    March 2020 Latinx Talk on Latinx Migration Literature A butterfly calls                                 

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  • Cover of the novel, The Brick People, which shows brick workers.

    Restoring History, Brick by Brick

    March 24, 2020Margarita López López

    March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature As a historical and biographical novel, The Brick People (Arte Público Press, 1988) is fundamental

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Research In Brief

Book cover of short story collection titled Brownsville by Oscar Casares with picture of a money tail

Hammers and Home

May 5, 2020Ralph E. Rodriguez

I began teaching Chicana/o literature in the mid-1990s as a graduate student

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Singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira on stage, separately

Moral Panic! At Halftime: Legacies of the Latin Boom Meet Gendered and Regional Latinidades

April 7, 2020
Stick figure bodies underneath a series of arches and a seated male with tattoos wearing a feathered headdress in a family living room

Why Dear Reader, You Should Read Chican@/x Poets Andrés Montoya and Natalie Díaz

March 26, 2020
Cover of Goodman Theatre's Festival Latino with woman arms extended.

Our Dad Is In Atlantis: Border Crossings as Latinx Theater Practice

March 25, 2020

Roundtable

In Support of Latinx Students

March 5, 2019Latinx Talk

Amidst a challenging climate, we all continue to work to educate and

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The Underrepresentation of Latinx Faculty and the Future of Higher Education

September 19, 2018
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Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

November 28, 2017

Latinx Talk: Our Collective Vision, Sounding out the Future

September 12, 2017

On the Ground

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Not your Mami

March 3, 2020Catalina Adragna

“Racism intersects with sexism to pit women of color and white women

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Latina on the Border: Musings of a Feminist Immigrant, Part Two

October 15, 2019
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Latina on the Border: Musings of a Feminist Immigrant, Part One

October 8, 2019

Making Sensation and Sense of the Migrant Caravan of Fall 2018, Part Two

March 26, 2019

Reviews

Book cover of Organizing While Undocumented showing drawing of young woman with fist raised

Interview with Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law (NYU Press, 2020)

May 19, 2020Kevin Escudero

Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Kevin Escudero: I am an assistant

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El Encuentro by Rita Wirkala

El Encuentro/The Encounter, A Review

March 27, 2020
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Migrants in the Land of Plenty

March 19, 2020
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Transplanting the Tropics in Manhattan

March 18, 2020

In Academia

Three red spheres. The first sphere is smooth, The second sphere is textured. The third sphere is spiky, thick texture.

Latina on the Border: Musings of a Feminist Immigrant, Part Two

October 15, 2019Eliana S. Rivero

It was to counter feelings of being an alien from outer space

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Floating striated sphere/paper flower-like.

Latina on the Border: Musings of a Feminist Immigrant, Part One

October 8, 2019

In Support of Latinx Students

March 5, 2019

Strategies for Negotiating Power and Privilege in Academia

January 15, 2019

Informed Commentary

Triptych of singer Shakira in concert, group of children protesting detention of child migrants and Poster of Jenifer Lopez concert.

Showcasing J.Lo’s Aesthetic and Political Abilities

April 21, 2020Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

They pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes in order to make a

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Mothering Against Militarism

May 8, 2018
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Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment

September 26, 2017
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The Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Rule of Law

September 19, 2017

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