Literatura

What do Mexico and U.S. have in common besides a border? The Latinx identities and the migration experience are the core of the sixth Lit-Luz Festival of Chicago.

Rap, basketball, movies… And a book about to be his third bestseller. Mexican author Shea Serrano has excelled writing about what he loves. ‘Movies (and other things)’ is the funniest yet.

The event that took place in the heart of City Hall and was the perfect combination of culture and inspiration.

Edgar Ramírez, founder and host of Philatinos Radio, is working with a group of organizers to hold the first celebration of literature in Spanish in Philadelphia.

Mia Concepcion is a South Philly native, and currently a senior at Science Leadership Academy. 

A literary review of a striking novel by the Colombian author, Luis Carlos Barragán. 

Here are our recommendations for the books and essays to read to honor the legacy of the Nobel-Prize-winning author, who passed away in New York City at the age of 88 on Aug. 5.

In his fourth novel of the series, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, captures the essence of Mexico City while writing the everyday life and loneliness of Detective Belascoarán. 

Author Maribel García shares her inspiration for writing her recently published novel– Profound and Perfect Things. 

Witchcraft, cosmetic reconstruction, and a classic love story that ends in tragedy– Fernando de Rojas writes about a century with revolutionary ideas. 

We explored the rich literary and storytelling tradition of the language of Quechua with UPenn professor Américo Mendoza-Mori in our latest episode of Literatura Oral.

Here are five of the immigrant poets whose work is shaping the landscape of American literature. 

Professor Americo Mendoza Mori shares a poem from Peruvian writer José María Arguedas.

In our latest episode of Literatura Oral, AL DÍA reporter Emily Neil reflects on the impact of the poet Federico García Lorca on her own life.

The Honduran-born and Philly-based author, Allan Fajardo, talked to AL DÍA about his recently published novel that reveals the history of Honduras and the experience of being an immigrant.

The seventh episode of Literatura Oral explores the controversial family Buendía in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien Años de Soledad.