October 10, 2023
To celebrate Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month this year, we are thrilled to feature our recent award-winning books in Latinx and Chicanx studies, plus some highlights from these incredible authors!… READ MORE
December 19, 2022
Visible Borders Invisible Economies: Living Death in Latinx Narratives is part of the Latinx: The Future Is Now series. The 2022 book by Kristy L. Ulibarri connects themes of social… READ MORE
November 14, 2022
This week—Monday, November 14, through Friday, November 18—is the annual University Press Week (#UPWeek) celebration and the Association of University Presses has chosen “Next UP” as the theme for this year. #ReadUP… READ MORE
November 10, 2022
In her book Undocumented Motherhood, author Elizabeth Farfán-Santos combines oral history and personal reflection in revealing how immigration status impacts health care experiences. As part of this work, she shares… READ MORE
November 8, 2022
Marisel Moreno’s Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature & Art is the first book-length study of literary and artistic representations of undocumented migration within the Hispanophone… READ MORE
September 30, 2022
To celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, we are pleased to share some great reads and award-winning selections from our bookshelves. These books cover Latinx and Chicanx culture, history, politics, and more…. READ MORE
September 19, 2022
Excerpts from Mario Barradas and Son Jarocho: The Journey of a Mexican Regional Music Mario Barradas’ influence on Son Jarocho music is undeniable. From its rural origins in the Sotavento… READ MORE
January 21, 2020
The essayist Adela Sloss-Vento (1901–1998) was a powerhouse of activism in South Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley throughout the Mexican American civil rights movement beginning in 1920 and the subsequent… READ MORE
November 11, 2019
Quinceañera celebrations, which recognize a girl’s transition to young womanhood at age fifteen, are practiced in Latinx communities throughout the Americas. But in the consumer-driven United States, the ritual has… READ MORE
