Search Results for: Jonathan Marcantoni
A New Play About Puerto Rico’s Cerro Maravilla Tragedy Seeks to Make a Mark in Colorado
Puerto Rican Nocturne investigates the nature of power, the limits of ideology, and the search for autonomy and peace in a colonized society.
La Casita Grande Editores Is Calling for Latino and Caribbean Literature Submissions
“At LCG, publishing is not just a matter of a releasing a book, it is a matter of developing a whole artist ready to take on the world.”
The Diversity Problem: Interview with Linda Nieves-Powell, author of ‘Yo Soy Latina’
The author talks about her play and the diversity problem perpetuated even within the Latino community
Kings of 7th Avenue: A New Era of Puerto Rican Literature
Puerto Rican neo-fiction seeks to address the social and psychological problems that afflict modern Puerto Rico, whether in regard to ‘self-racism,’ neo-colonialism, foreign influence, identity crisis and the effects of issues that have afflicted the island for the last two hundred years. The genre would not be bound by single traditional genres such as horror […]
F*ck Being a ‘Latino Writer’
“Latino writer” is a label whose purpose is to make you feel like you are a part of something big, important and ultimately has nothing to do with you as an individual. “Latino writer” does not denote quality or innovation, it is not a movement nor does it embody a single worldview, but what it […]
Confessions of a Puerto Rican Independentista in the U.S. Army
A week after I completed AIT (job-training school you go to after Basic Training), I found myself on a bus listening to three senior NCOs, each one close to retirement, having what seemed to me at the time to be a peculiar and surprising conversation: “I hate when people say we fight for freedom. I […]