My Taco Laughs at You: On Death Threats Aimed at Women of Color Who Don’t Fellate White Supremacy
When telling the truth is dangerous. Threats to women of color online and in real life....
On #DignidadLiteraria and American Dirt, Old and New
Below is a collection of articles that respond to American Dirt, consider the injustices of the publishing industry’s Big Five, and highlight books by Chicanx and Latinx writers.
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A reading list assembled from these articles:
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff by Sara Borjas
My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capó Crucet
The Five Acts of Diego León by Alex Espinoza
Be Recorder by Carmen Giménez Smith
Dancing with Butterflies by Reyna Grande
Mañana Means Heaven by Tim Z. Hernandez
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga
Carved in Bone by Michael Nava
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
Ocotillo Dreams by Melinda Palacio
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Lima :: Limón by Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
Pocho by José Antonio Villarreal
Lotería by Mario Alberto Zambrano
Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora
Pies on the Windowsills of “El Norte”
Esther Allen offers context for, and a translator’s perspective on, a publishing controversy....
Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes”
The “American Dirt” dustup recalls another publishing fiasco....
Comping White
Laura B. McGrath looks at the data to find out why the publishing industry is still so white....
Big Lit Meets the Mexican Americans: A Study in White Supremacy
Latinx novelist Michael Nava considers the unbearable whiteness of publishing....
Jennine Capó Crucet and Post-Trump Latinx Literature
Renee Hudson reviews Jennine Capó Crucet’s “My Time Among the Whites.”...
Beyond People’s History: On Paul Ortiz’s “African American and Latinx History of the United States”
Paul Ortiz's book helps us remember that the people who fought united against white supremacy, have a long and powerful track record....
Learning to Breathe: On Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath”
A queer Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx has a summer fling in Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath.”...
World Split Open: The Poetry of Adolescent Girlhood
In "The Poet X," a teenage Dominican girl in Harlem discovers herself through slam poetry....
Pocha and Proud: An Interview with Sara Borjas
Brenda Delfino interviews her former teacher Sara Borjas about her new book of poems, “Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff.”...
Three Questions for Erika L. Sánchez Regarding Her YA Novel, “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter”
Daniel Olivas talks to Erika L. Sánchez about her new young adult novel....
