Latino literature in the U.S. offers a vibrant tapestry of voices navigating identity, migration, and cultural hybridity. Through bilingual storytelling and deeply personal narratives, these works ...

I am shocked and troubled that the newly organized Santa Barbara Literary Festival includes almost no Latino writers even though Latinos constitute almost 40 percent of Santa Barbara residents.

Paul Stojsavljevic Flores, a respected Chicano poet and activist, was invited by the Orange Coast College CLEEO Project to ...

Chicana literature has grown from the activism of the Chicano Movement into a vibrant, multi-voiced exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. From early pioneers like Sandra Cisneros and ...

Every year, Arizona State University professor Mathew Sandoval travels to various parts of the Southwest and Mexico to experience the various ways communities celebrate Day of the Dead. Day of the ...

Ngo Cong Binh, a barber in Ho Cho Minh City, cuts a customer's hair. When Nguyen Phuoc Loc first started dabbling in Chicano culture eight years ago, it was simply because he liked the way that the ...

Since the 16th century, the Spanish language has been interwoven into the fabric of American history, shaping its literary and cultural landscapes. Yet, much of this literary tradition remains ...

During summers and winters as a kid, Manuel Muñoz worked alongside his family in the farm fields of California’s Central Valley, surrounded by hard labor, poverty and his community’s constant fear of ...

“He is like the full package of an artist and activist. I can’t think of anyone that better embodies that identity,” his editor and translator Carmen Giménez said. In recognition of his pioneering ...

Prolific writer Rudolfo Anaya has deep ties to the University of New Mexico. Known especially for his first book, “Bless Me, Ultima,” Anaya received three degrees from UNM and served as a professor ...

Growing up in National City meant that children’s book author María Dolores Águila was never far from Barrio Logan and its famous Chicano Park. Whenever her family headed north on Interstate 5, she ...

Reporter, author, columnist and food writer Gustavo Arellano has covered California’s fastest growing — and now biggest — ethnic group for the past two decades. His coverage of the complex influences ...