Inside a cardboard box, Mama packed a tin of chicken soup, heavy on cilantro, along with a jar of peppermint tea, peppers from our garden, and a hunk of white goat cheese that smelled like Uncle...
Traditionally, the Mexican myth of La Llorona and the Dominican ciguapa legend correspond to misogynist stereotypes; at the same time, there are versions of the folktales rooted in Azteca and...
In this conversation between Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Isabel Millán, they reflect on their experiences as authors and their relationship spanning over a decade. As queer Chicanx authors and...
In “Mujeres y Madness: Deconstructing Chicana Teoria on Locura, Queerness, and Love,” I explore the intersections of Chicanidad, queerness, and mental health as I navigate locura as a "typology in...
John Rechy, the eternal literary outsider or “outlaw,” as he prefers, has provided nearly sixty years of sharp, critical analysis through several written media— journalistic articles, short...
