Capitalism’s reliance on commodity production manufactures oppressive societal structures that treat people as tools for expanding the capitalist state. It
Category: Special Series
Beyond the Jersey: Latino Relationships with U.S. Sports
Sports such as baseball, soccer, football, and tennis have long been recognized as America’s pastimes. Major League Baseball, Major League
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
Rubric for Readers: Attention, Sympathy, & Ethical Witnessing
How much does perspective and narration really affect a reader’s interpretation of a character’s actions and the novel’s story more
Evoking Empathy in Migration Stories
Discussions about immigration can be very divisive and difficult within the United States as there are many different viewpoints on
The Flawed Deserve Better
At times, authors avoid fully fleshing out their characters because less sympathy is offered to those who make mistakes. Two
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
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
Covid 19, Latinx Culture and Technology: Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Research
As I ask my parents about their day over dinner, our connection freezes. Although it is frustrating, we end up
Organizing on the Ground for BLM: A Gay Mixed Black and Mexican Perspective
Growing up in El Paso, TX (EPT) and embodying three marginalized identities—gay, Black and Mexican—made me acutely aware of the
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
Dear Latines: Your Antiblackness Will Not Save You
Dear Latines,[1] your antiblackness will not save you. Your aspirations to whiteness are deadly (RIP Trayvon Martin; RIP Philando Castile);
Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic/Latinx Community During a Pandemic
While it is easily argued that domestic violence is a public health matter, it has been consistently excluded from news
Documenting Latinx Communities: Podcasting and Oral History in the Time of COVID-19
Coping with COVID-19 A question that has been lingering on my mind since March is: How are people coping with
Transitioning U.S. Latinx Students to an Online Environment for Displaced Study Abroad Students
During my spring break in Rosario, Argentina I was woken up on an early overcast Thursday morning by the ping
Essential Latinx Educators: Teaching in a Time of Pandemic
COVID-19 continues to take a disproportionate toll on Latinxs because many have low-paying jobs that require them to interact with
Mothering a Latino Boy in the Trump era
Colorblindness betrayed me on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016. To be fair, it did announce its arrival the night before. When
Bodega Dreams in Austin, Texas
“The neighborhood might have been down, but it was far from out. Its people far from defeat. They had been
Social Distancing While Brown
“Come inside child rest yourself it’s okay to want to be held ain’t we all just trying to be some
Compassionate Pedagogies in a Pandemic: Reflections from Latina Scholars
In the midst of the current global pandemic, we have read wide-ranging advice about how to maintain our professionalism in
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
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
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
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
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