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Dec 15, 20244 min read

Reflection & Renewal: Chican(x) Futurism An Evening at Gallery 2000 (Part 1)

This exhibit challenges me to reframe past, present, and future as more cyclical than linear.

Dec 12, 20247 min read

Una Mezcla: Miguel Martinez and His Film Short With Your Life

With Your Life is part of a larger project exploring themes of immigration and the deeply human stories shaped by these forces.

Dec 11, 20243 min read

In/Visibility by Design: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s Debut Novel Catalina

Catalina refreshes the campus novel by tackling issues like rising tuition, student activism, and racial diversity and undocumented status

Dec 9, 20243 min read

Beyond the Barriers: How Through Fences Transformed My Classroom

Teaching Through Fences was nothing short of transformative for both the students and me.

Dec 5, 20242 min read

Have No Fear, Venture is Here!

The first trans non-binary archaeologist Sloan Cameron AKA Venture (they/them) pops out with their drill and dream!

Dec 4, 20245 min read

Destination Mexico City: The 1970s Underbelly of Rock and Roll, Comics, & Noir in Velvet Was the Night

In this historical fiction, noir romance novel, Moreno-Garcia captures the escalating violence between Mexico’s government and protesters.

Dec 3, 20244 min read

"Poetry to Praxis: Yesenia Moya & Community Art Resistance in Southern Nevada"

"Son de Mi Ser" exhibit Challenges inarticulation and settler colonialism

Nov 20, 20245 min read

La Cocina: A Radical Shift in Perspective on Restaurant Life!

If La Cocina were a restaurant and I a restaurant critic, this film would get three Michelin stars

Nov 18, 20242 min read

Sol Naciente: Lucha Libre Por Vida!

Sol Naciente reminds us to never underestimate the fire that burns within.

Nov 14, 20244 min read

PUTINOIKA Unbound: Sophia Yip Reviews Braschi's Ingenious Multi-Genre Masterpiece!

PUTINOIKA writes against any definitions and forms while acknowledging the possibility of creating the unexpected!

Oct 28, 20245 min read

Ujjwal Prasai Reviews Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora

Undocumented Writers as beings of this earth, of the countries of their or their parents’ origins, and equally of America

Oct 25, 20242 min read

Marcello Hernández: Latin King of SNL

Hernández’s comedy has come from his culture, family traditions, and poking fun at stereotypes.

Oct 23, 20247 min read

Welcome to Oxnard: An Interview with Cristina Herrera

Welcome to Oxnard celebrates Michelle Serros all while paying homage to Oxnard

Oct 22, 20243 min read

What Gentefied Got Right: The Rise of Latino Conservatives and the 2024 Showdown on Woke-ism!

Two years ahead of its time, Gentefied challenged us to grapple with topics that are now central to the 2024 presidential election.

Oct 14, 20243 min read

Los Que No Han Encontrado: The Harrowing Tragedy of Ayotzinapa's 43 Disappeared Students

HBO has released a 5-part docuseries that looks at 43 murdered students in Ayotzinapa, Mexico

Oct 13, 20244 min read

The Wondrous Poetic Futurisms in Pedro Iniguez’s Mexicans on the Moon

nothing can prepare you for the unique voice that is Iniguez in his debut poetry collection Mexicans on the Moon!

Oct 11, 20244 min read

An Altar of Stories: Rios De La Luz Crafts a Haunting Tapestry of Speculative Fiction

Rios De La Luz's An Altar of Stories to Liminal Saints is speculative fiction that captivates readers and pushes the genre!

Oct 7, 20243 min read

Miguel A. Briones's Macho No Machismo: Affirming Tender Masculinities

El Paso native and current Austenite, Miguel A. Briones , reclaims Chicano masculinity in Macho No Machismo: Helpful and Nice , a...

Oct 7, 20243 min read

Paloma Aguirre Reviews Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher’s Sci-Fi YA Novel, Solis!

Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher’s YA novel, Solis asks, how imminent a future can dystopian fiction imagine for young readers?

Oct 7, 20244 min read

Aunt Lute Press: El Mundo Zurdo’s Call for Collective Solidarity

Aunt Lute Books serves as a case study of what ethical solidarity looks like!