Charlie Vázquez
Women’s Networks Drive Puerto Rico’s Decolonization Work (OPINION)
Puerto Ricans are pushing for sustained interconnectivity between stakeholders doing the rebuilding in the islands and the diaspora and its allies advocating for long-term investment from the mainland — and these coordination efforts are largely driven by women’s networks.
Teaching Seniors How to Meditate on the Lower East Side: What I’ve Learned (OPINION)
Something bothered her.
Latinx/POC Arts Nonprofits Deserve a Fairer Share of Funding (OPINION)
We’re calling for significant, intentional investment.
Puerto Rico Governor Disrespected Our Dead
Con los muertos no se juega.
How the Arts and Fame Drive Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief
These initiatives all demonstrate the combined power of local and global stakeholders who chose to make a difference in the wake of devastation.
Annual Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference Fosters Latino Literature
Organizers Nora Comstock, Adriana Domínguez and Marcela Landres speak with Latino Rebels ahead of the annual conference in October in New York City.
Discussing the Spirit World and White Supremacy in Publishing with Daniel José Older
Bronx Writers Center director and Rebelde Charlie Vázquez sat with Daniel José Older at a Brooklyn restaurant to discuss —among other things— the spirit world in storytelling, the importance of building community and how the publishing industry needs to restructure its acquisitions and marketing strategies if it wishes to engage more Latino readers. CV: […]
#Latinolit Banned Book Review: “The Devil’s Highway” by Luis Alberto Urrea
Based on a true story that unfolded in the deserts and mountains of the Devil’s Highway region—a landscape so harsh and brutal that it even claims the lives of people born in adjacent deserts, and one that became the preferred “crossing” route for Coyotes (guides that lead crossers from Mexico to the US) once the […]
#LatinoLit: Jaime Manrique On His New Book “Cervantes Street” (Akashic, 2012)
The Colombian-born, award-winning author chats with Latino Rebels about his riveting new historical novel based on the mysterious life of the author of Don Quixote, the Golden Age of Spain's most famous literary text, and what many consider to be the first modern novel. Interview by Charlie Vázquez LR: Much of Miguel de Cervantes’ life is […]