Dr. Martha Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College and author of the new
Category: Reviews
Interview with Lara Medina, co-editor of Voices from the Ancestors and Beyond: Chicanx/Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices (University of Arizona Press, 2019)
LT: What prepared you all for the work you accomplish in Voices from the Ancestors? LM: My own spiritual journey
Interview with María DeGuzmán, Author of Understanding John Rechy (University of South Carolina Press, 2019)
Please tell us about yourself and what prepared you for the work you accomplish in Understanding John Rechy? I first
Interview with Geraldo Cadava, author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump (Ecco, 2020)
Latinx Talk: Please tell us about yourself and what prepared you for the work you accomplish in The Hispanic Republican? GC: I was
Interview with Patricia Zavella, author of The Movement for Reproductive Justice (NYU Press, 2020)
Latinx Talk: Please tell us about yourself and what prepared you for the work you accomplish in The Movement for Reproductive
Interview with Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law (NYU Press, 2020)
Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Kevin Escudero: I am an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at
El Encuentro/The Encounter, A Review
March 2020 Latinx Talk Series on Latinx Migration Literature We recommend El Encuentro (English version The Encounter) by Rita Wirkala, a Young Adult
Migrants in the Land of Plenty
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature American Copia: An Immigrant Epic (Arte Público Press, 2012) by
Transplanting the Tropics in Manhattan
When the protagonist, Juan Marcos, in the opening pages of Guillermo Cotto-Thorner’s little-known, Spanish-language novel Trópico en Manhattan (1951), migrates
Interview with Cynthia E. Orozco, Author of Agent of Change
Latinx Talk: Please tell us about yourself. Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco: My mother, Aurora E. Orozco, graduated from high school in