Introduction: Luxury’s Timely Arrival in the Bronx In 2015, Sam Shalem, owner of Prestige Properties, cut the ribbon for the
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“The Chicano Voice is Shouting to be Heard!”: The University of Minnesota’s 1971 Midwest Higher Education Institute
In 1969, Chicano[i] students at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UM-Twin Cities) organized a student group called Latin Liberation Front
Organizing and Belonging Here and There
The final installment in the May-June 2024 series on Deportation and Coerced Return in the Americas is a video conversation
“Some people ain’t got no choice”: Transborder Family Survival Against the Deportation Machine
Cause man, like I said, any place is a lot better than where I was. If you are here
Repatriating Veterans
Introduction Soon after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 2001, Hector Barajas-Varela had trouble reintegrating into civilian life
Non-contact: Family Separations, Accumulating Loss, and the Art of the Daughters Who Remain
On most days, the non-citizens held inside Stewart Detention Center (SDC) outnumber the free population in Lumpkin, Georgia.[1] CoreCivic, the
Nothing Has Been Given: Reflections on Parenthood and Deportation, Part Two
Other fatherhoods, alternative masculinities, and deportation Though there is a substantial amount of literature about the emotional and economic aspects
Nothing Has Been Given: Reflections on Parenthood and Deportation, Part One
Writing about undocumented immigrants who were deported or forced to return to Mexico has been emotionally challenging in ways that
Zapatistas Create Alternative Futbol
“El EZLN le pediría a la comunidad lesbico-gay nacional, especialmente a travestis y transexuales que se organizaran y deleitarán al
The Flawed Deserve Better
At times, authors avoid fully fleshing out their characters because less sympathy is offered to those who make mistakes. Two
“¡Fuera SpaceX!”: Imagining New STEM Futures in Latinx Communities
Palm trees, at least the most iconic species, are not a plant native to the southern tip of Texas, where
El Retén Fronterizo: Un Foto Ensayo / The Border Checkpoint: A Photo Essay
En los Estados Unidos, la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza coloca retenes fronterizos en puntos estratégicos, ubicados hasta 160
The Poetics of Krudxs Cubensi in Concierto Abortero: Abortion, Music, and Transnational Feminism(s)
Introduction: A Krudxs Poetics “Abortion is a celebration! Drink [some alcohol] with us,” our moderators, La Zea and Eliana Riaño
Queer Diasporic Sensibilities: Unicorns, Glitter, and Loss in Maya Chinchilla’s Chapina Poética
Image by Rio Yañez and Yolanda Lopez 2014 Maya Chinchilla’s poem, “What It’s Like to Be a Central American Unicorn
Agency in Afro-Brazilian Travesti and Trans Feminine Music
I decree that it ends here and now I decree that it ends with me, and does not end me
“Is that a promise or a threat?”: Using (Un) Documents to examine how performances of citizenship construct the dichotomous “good” and “bad” immigrant.
“I’ve been looking at the border for a long time and asking, ‘Is that a promise or a threat?’” So
The ‘Silence’ After ‘The Silence’: Queer Latinx Literary Studies’ Critical Engagement of Junot Díaz
The publication of “The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma,” Junot Díaz’s confessional piece about being raped twice by a
“She’s …uh…Complicated”: Trans Black Latina Potentiality
Pride Home[1] is a small homeless shelter for young adults, located in a predominately Latinx neighborhood on the West Side
Pride Arrives to the Barrio: An Ethnographic Reflection of Boyle Height’s Orgullo Fest
How do queer communities of color stake out a territory beyond ghettos and enclaves and beyond demarcated moments such as
Chapinx: Guatemalan, Queer, and In Between
The term “Chapinx,” as a gender-inclusive variation of “Chapina” and “Chapín,” indicates Guatemalan origin, advocates for gender, ethnic, and sexual
Queer Trans Latinx Environmentalisms
In this essay, I argue for a decolonial approach to ecocriticism and environmentalism in the form of “Queer Trans Latinx
Mariconología / Mariconólogy: Notes on the History and Use of Maricón
Regardless of where Spanish speakers are located in Latin America, Spain, or the United States, the first thing many of
Preface: Rethinking Queer and Trans Latinx (or Queer and Trans Latinidad/es)
What can queer, trans, and LGBTQIA+ Latinidades tell us about 2022? What does it mean to approach Latinx experience through
Centering Interracial Solidarity
Over the summer of 2020, I observed many social media posts forged in the weeks after the murder of George
The Intersections of Black and Latina/o/x Radical Traditions
“Unity of our struggles means terror/ in the enemy’s eyes/ Unity of just struggles, means/ death to imperialism,” wrote Amiri
The Hotspots in Hiding: COVID-19 and Immigrant Detention
The combination of immigrant detention and COVID-19 is a travesty happening in real time, expanding rapidly, and resembling the situation
Hammers and Home
I began teaching Chicana/o literature in the mid-1990s as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. I
Moral Panic! At Halftime: Legacies of the Latin Boom Meet Gendered and Regional Latinidades
On February 2nd, 2020, roughly 103 million global television viewers witnessed perhaps the most hotly discussed Latina/o/x live musical event
Why Dear Reader, You Should Read Chican@/x Poets Andrés Montoya and Natalie Díaz
March 2020 Latinx Talk on Latinx Migration Literature “One day, God fell in love” sings the late, great Chicano poet, Andrés Montoya.
Our Dad Is In Atlantis: Border Crossings as Latinx Theater Practice
March 2020 Latinx Talk on Latinx Migration Literature A butterfly calls
Restoring History, Brick by Brick
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature As a historical and biographical novel, The Brick People (Arte
The Poems the Border Crossed: Attending to the Resilient Geographies of the Tohono O’odham and Pima People
March 2020 Latinx Talk Series on Latinx Migration Literature I remember sitting in a Caribbean Literature course in college and
LatinAsian and Black Latinx Migrations in Literature
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature My first choice for teaching a Latinx migration literary piece
Transplanting the Tropics in Manhattan
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature When the protagonist, Juan Marcos, in the opening pages of
Considering Consumption in Teaching Latinx Migration
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature Like a series of mixtapes, my Latinx literature syllabi feature
On The Tattooed Soldier and What We Carry in Migration
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature In the immigrant novel I teach, there is not one
Thickening Borders Across Mexico: Follow-up Stories from the Caravan
The departure of a large caravan of Central American migrants from Honduras, whose journey into and through Mexico received constant
Inheriting a Path: Rosie Castro’s Influence on Julián and Joaquin
In January 2019, former San Antonio Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julián Castro announced his 2020
We See You, Hermana — At All of Your Powerful Intersections! The White Racial Framing of Serena Williams
This article arose from a discussion among Latinx scholars, disillusioned by the treatment and reaction to superstar-tennis-champion, mother and Black
Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms
In recognizing and remembering the ongoing legacy of Black and Latinx feminisms we begin with a question: where can we
Unknown Activists, Invisible Promotoras
Latinx Feminists in the anti-rape movement[1] have long embodied the realities and challenges expressed in the Combahee River Collective Statement