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A Puerto Rican Goodbye
Honoring Tato LavieraWe said goodbye as only we could, with poetry, music, dance and food. Almost two hundred de nuestra comunidad gathered to bid Jesús Abraham “Tato” Laviera farewell. The service,...
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Boricua hasta en la luna? Not So Fast!
A Review of The Accidental NativeJ.L. Torres’s novel may concern itself with the patria, but it’s the women who drive the heart of this millennial-diasporic book. Rennie Falto, a 20-something...
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J.L. Torres, Redefining Nuyorican Literature
J.L. Torres is a Puerto Rico-born, Bronx-raised writer, poet, and professor of literature at Plattsburgh State University. He is one of the co-founders of the Saranac Review, and currently its Editor....
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Don’t Be a Coconut: Checking Viviana Leo’s “White” Rican Privilege
[Photo: Tom Woodward, Flick]Today, a friend posted a link to Viviana Leo’s recent piece in The HuffPost Latino Voices, “Racism over Rice and Beans.” Reading it was… infuriating, to say the least. The...
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Sin Límites, Sin Fronteras: Seis del Sur Hosts Second Exhibit in The Bronx
Seis del Sur collective Friday, July 25 marked two important events for the Puerto Rican community. One is the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of the island and the other was the opening reception to...
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