latino literature
Goths: Latinos on the Dark Side
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Goth culture. Is it in? Is it out? Do they even care? Hear the stories of three Latinos who found a sense of community in […]
Dear Texas Book Festival—Where Have All the Latino Writers Gone?
By Gregg Barrios, Texas Observer Over the past few years I’ve been losing my faith in the Texas Book Festival as a vehicle for bringing Tejanos and Texans together for […]
Los Graduados: New series explores Latino high school dropout issue
By John Benson, Voxxi Filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz isn’t a high school dropout but he knows firsthand about the plight of Latino teenagers – especially immigrants – when it comes to […]
The Effect of Protests on Latino Political Attitudes Towards Government
By LD Guest Blogger Sophia J. Wallace, Michael Jones- Correa And Chris Zepeda-Millan, Latino Decisions Academics, media pundits, and activists alike have often pointed to the policy and institutional changes that […]
Latino Novel Banned in Arizona Public School
By Von Diaz, Colorlines Arizona public schools are becoming notorious for censoring Latino literature. This time, it’s CristinaGarcía’s critically acclaimed book “Dreaming in Cuban,” which explores themes of exile, politics and […]
Latinos slowly making inroads into literary world
By Julio Morales, Imperial Valley Press The first time Esperanza Zendejas had some of her writing published was when she was in the eighth-grade. Her father knew a newspaper editor […]
L4LL summer literacy program encourages Latino children to read
By Jonathan Muñoz, Voxxi Latino children are lagging behind their counterparts in school, and summer does not help matters. Throughout the two to three months they have off, many children lose […]
Juanes takes on key public health issue for young Latinos
By Nia Terrero, NBCLatino Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for approximately 21 percent of all new HIV infection cases in the United States. That’s nearly three times the […]
Latino authors ignored by key traditional publishers
By Grace Flores-Hughes In the last fifteen years, the number of authors of Hispanic background has grown dramatically. Many of them, however, are published by small, independent companies and ignored by […]
Number of U.S. Latino Serving colleges and universities sees big jump
By Nina Terrero, NBCLatino The number of colleges and universities in the United States recognized as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) jumped from 311 in 2010-2011 to 356 in 2011-2012, marking the largest-ever […]