Integral Witnesses
Renee Hudson reviews Eliana Hernández-Pachón’s “The Brush” and Selva Almada’s “Not a River.”
Renee Hudson is an assistant professor of English and director of Latinx and Latin American studies at Chapman University. A former University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego and Institute for Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow, Renee is the author of Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas, out in 2024 with Fordham University Press. She is currently working on a second project on Latinx girlhood.
Renee Hudson reviews Eliana Hernández-Pachón’s “The Brush” and Selva Almada’s “Not a River.”
Renee Hudson reviews Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo’s “Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites.”
Renee Hudson reviews Lucas de Lima’s “Tropical Sacrifice.”
Renee Hudson considers “Akrílica,” a collection of poems by Juan Felipe Herrera.
Renee Hudson considers “Desgraciado” by Angel Dominguez.
Renee Hudson sees in Adam Silvera’s YA a thoughtful examination of what it means to engage in policing over community forms of care.
Renee Hudson worries over anti-Indigeneity in the novels of Isabel Ibañez.
Renee Hudson considers “To the River, We Are Migrants” by Ayendy Bonifacio.