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    Review of Los huecos del agua

    October 9, 2023Kevin Anzzolin

    Riven by disagreements involving education policy, migrant rights, and a Supreme Court emboldened by a new balance of power, the United States is living some

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    Rubric for Readers: Attention, Sympathy, & Ethical Witnessing

    September 25, 2023Mariah Shadinger

    How much does perspective and narration really affect a reader’s interpretation of a character’s actions and the novel’s story more generally? Can reading a story

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    Evoking Empathy in Migration Stories

    September 11, 2023Jenna Alexis Sanchez

    Discussions about immigration can be very divisive and difficult within the United States as there are many different viewpoints on it. The memoir Illegal (2014),

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    The Flawed Deserve Better

    August 28, 2023Emma Altschul

    At times, authors avoid fully fleshing out their characters because less sympathy is offered to those who make mistakes. Two recent books by Latinx authors

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    “¡Fuera SpaceX!”: Imagining New STEM Futures in Latinx Communities

    August 14, 2023Melissa Perez

    Palm trees, at least the most iconic species, are not a plant native to the southern tip of Texas, where the Rio Grande Valley (RGV)

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    Call for Papers for Special Series on Deportation and Coerced Return in the Américas

    June 29, 2023Latinx Talk Editorial Board

    Editors: Perla M. Guerrero and Gretel H. Vera-Rosas NEW Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023 Publication Date: November 2023 The online site Latinx Talk for research,

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  • Interview with Yajaira M. Padilla, Author of From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals: US Central Americans and the Cultural Politics of Non-Belonging (University of Texas Press, 2022)

    May 25, 2023Yajaira M. Padilla and Theresa Delgadillo

    Interview conducted on May 3, 2023. Theresa Delgadillo: Why did you write From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever illegals?   Yajaira M. Padilla: Well, I am

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  • El Retén Fronterizo: Un Foto Ensayo / The Border Checkpoint: A Photo Essay

    March 13, 2023José Luis Cano Jr.

    En los Estados Unidos, la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza coloca retenes fronterizos en puntos estratégicos, ubicados hasta 160 kilómetros de la línea internacional.

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Latinx Trans and Queer

The Poetics of Krudxs Cubensi in Concierto Abortero: Abortion, Music, and Transnational Feminism(s)

May 17, 2022José E. Valdivia Heredia

Introduction: A Krudxs Poetics “Abortion is a celebration! Drink [some alcohol] with

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Queer Diasporic Sensibilities: Unicorns, Glitter, and Loss in Maya Chinchilla’s Chapina Poética

May 11, 2022

Agency in Afro-Brazilian Travesti and Trans Feminine Music

April 28, 2022

“Is that a promise or a threat?”: Using (Un) Documents to examine how performances of citizenship construct the dichotomous “good” and “bad” immigrant.

April 22, 2022

COVID-19

Covid 19, Latinx Culture and Technology: Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Research

August 2, 2021Maria J. Anderson-Coto

As I ask my parents about their day over dinner, our connection

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Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic/Latinx Community During a Pandemic

October 15, 2020
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Documenting Latinx Communities: Podcasting and Oral History in the Time of COVID-19

July 15, 2020
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Transitioning U.S. Latinx Students to an Online Environment for Displaced Study Abroad Students

July 8, 2020

Black Lives Matter

Book cover of RACIAL INNOCENCE

Interview with Tanya Katerí Hernández, Author of Racial Innocence

February 27, 2023Tanya Katerí Hernández and Latinx Talk Editorial Board

Latinx Talk: Why did you write Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias

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Centering Interracial Solidarity

September 1, 2021
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Organizing on the Ground for BLM: A Gay Mixed Black and Mexican Perspective

November 18, 2020
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The Intersections of Black and Latina/o/x Radical Traditions

November 16, 2020

Reviews

Long, rectangular painting of indigenous woman taking wire cutter to chain link fence

Review of Los huecos del agua

October 9, 2023Kevin Anzzolin

Riven by disagreements involving education policy, migrant rights, and a Supreme Court

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Interview with Yajaira M. Padilla, Author of From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals: US Central Americans and the Cultural Politics of Non-Belonging (University of Texas Press, 2022)

May 25, 2023
Book cover of RACIAL INNOCENCE

Interview with Tanya Katerí Hernández, Author of Racial Innocence

February 27, 2023

A Conversation with Stephanie Fetta on Shaming into Brown

February 6, 2023

In Academia

What Roberto Meant To Us

November 16, 2022Latinx Talk Editorial Board

Roberto C. Delgadillo joined the Latinx Talk Editorial Board in 2017. It

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Essential Latinx Educators: Teaching in a Time of Pandemic

July 6, 2020
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Compassionate Pedagogies in a Pandemic: Reflections from Latina Scholars

June 17, 2020
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New Editorial and Advisory Board Members

June 12, 2020

Informed Commentary

The Voices of “La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience”

October 11, 2021Rebeca L. Hey-Colón

“Brega pana, dale.” This sentence may appear nonsensical to many readers, even

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Covid 19, Latinx Culture and Technology: Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Research

August 2, 2021

Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic/Latinx Community During a Pandemic

October 15, 2020
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Bodega Dreams in Austin, Texas

June 24, 2020

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