For Sara Poot Herrera, distinguished professor of Spanish at UC Santa Barbara, literature isn’t about solitary reading or isolated academic work; it’s a vibrant force that builds community, fosters ...

I’m in Albuquerque to visit the National Hispanic Cultural Center. There’s an exhibit on chola culture that I want to consult for a new project. But really, I’ll make any excuse to come back to this ...

For Sara Poot Herrera, distinguished professor of Spanish at UC Santa Barbara, literature isn’t about solitary reading or isolated academic work; it’s a vibrant force that builds community, fosters ...

In a new book of literary criticism, Romance languages and literatures associate professor Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego explores how eight contemporary Mexican authors adhere to a tradition of writing ...

THERE are three writers of special significance in current Mexican literature: the novelist Agustín Yáñez, the playwright Rodolfo Usigli, and the poet and essayist Octavio Paz. To understand more ...

Luis Leal, an internationally recognized scholar of Mexican, Chicano and Latin American literature who was one of the founders of the field of Chicano literary studies, has died. He was 102. Leal, a ...

In the spring, I attended a memorial service held at the University of California at Santa Barbara for Luis Leal, who died on January 25 at the age of 102. Among the homages presented were speeches by ...

KOCHI: The inspiration fuelled by the Cuban Revolution and the Latin American Boom has vanished and Mexicans are struggling to uphold their identity in the face of an incursion of American capitalism, ...