Anguishing in old age, this vivid character documents his fragmented memory of a childhood in Cuba and an art career in rural America. “I know that memories wrinkle and spoil... Read More

Altagracia Villalobos spends her childhood, the years before she becomes American Grace Thornberry, in the Mexican border town of Mesquite. "Tree of Sighs" is the story of... Read More

Becoming an author is often serendipitous and circuitous, and for Nash Candelaria, one of Chicano literature’s prominent novelists, tracing his discovery of writing quickly... Read More

With both amigos laughing riotously “Oh Pancho!” “Oh Cisco!” were the enduring closing lines of each "The Cisco Kid" television show from 1950 to 1956. Starring Duncan... Read More

In a world of ever-increasing specialization and narrow approach to life, this author seems a messenger from hungrier times. His professional credentials run the spectrum from... Read More

With more than typical Latin fierceness, this series of prose poems by a native Puerto Rican twists the traditional meaning of the title word to introduce a new concept of... Read More