Renee Hudson

Renee Hudson is an assistant professor of English at Chapman University, where she specializes in Latinx and Multiethnic American literature. A former University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSD and a current Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellow, she is currently at work on a project that considers the hemispheric role of revolution in shaping Latinx literature.

Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Akrílica” and the Not Yet of Latinidad

Renee Hudson considers “Akrílica,” a collection of poems by Juan Felipe Herrera....

POETRY

“Our Energy Is the Epilogue of Empires”: On Angel Dominguez’s “Desgraciado”

Renee Hudson considers “Desgraciado” by Angel Dominguez....

POETRY

Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part II: Adam Silvera’s Infinity Cycle and the Superhero Quandary

Renee Hudson sees in Adam Silvera’s YA a thoughtful examination of what it means to engage in policing over community forms of care....

YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Los Angeles Review of Books

Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part I: Isabel Ibañez’s Inkasisa Series and the Failure of the “Woke” Conversion Narrative

YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Los Angeles Review of Books

Border Waters: On Ayendy Bonifacio’s “To the River, We Are Migrants”

POETRY

Los Angeles Review of Books

Latinidad in the Age of Trump: On Ricardo Ortiz’s “Latinx Literature Now”

POLITICS

LITERARY CRITICISM

CULTURAL STUDIES

Los Angeles Review of Books

Jennine Capó Crucet and Post-Trump Latinx Literature

POLITICS

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Los Angeles Review of Books

The Americas of Carmen Giménez Smith

POETRY

Los Angeles Review of Books

Situating the Enslaved: Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide” and the Politics of Allyship

POLITICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

POETRY

Los Angeles Review of Books

“King Comus” and the Elasticity of the Neo-Slave Narrative

FICTION