<h4>Rubén Martínez is a professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author, most recently, of Desert America: A Journey Across Our Most Divided Landscape (Picador, 2013).</h4>

Rubén Martínez

Shocked Silent

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

Greening Justice: Can Disparate Actors Heed Pope Francis’s Call for Unity?

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal

Religion

Dagoberto Gilb is the author of The Magic of Blood, Woodcuts of Women, and others, most recently Before the End, After the Beginning. He is the founding editor of the magazine HUIZACHE: the magazine of Latino literature. In Mexico City right now, he lives in Austin. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dagoberto-Gilb/156371697723749">DG on Facebook</a>.

Dagoberto Gilb

A Tale of Two ’Hoods: A Rap on Silver Lake

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

The Moor’s Account

Improbable Journey

The Interior Circuit

Endless Mourning: Rubén Martínez on Francisco Goldman

Darling

Desert Pilgrimage

Rubén Martínez is a professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author, most recently, of Desert America: A Journey Across Our Most Divided Landscape (Picador, 2013).