Jack Kerouac, the “poet of jazz” who found Nirvana in Mexico
It is the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death, a traveler and a beat rebel who crossing the border was a hallucinated path to a lost paradise for. What was Kerouac’s Mexican refuge?
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It is the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death, a traveler and a beat rebel who crossing the border was a hallucinated path to a lost paradise for. What was Kerouac’s Mexican refuge?
Se celebran los 50 años de la muerte de uno de los escritores más representativos de la Generación Beat
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.
¿Qué tienen en común Mexico y Estados Unidos, además de un muro que los separa? Las identidades Latinxs y el drama de la deportación centran la sexta edición del Festival Lit-Luz de 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.
Rap, deportes, películas, y un libro que apunta a convertirse en su tercer bestseller. El mexicano Shea Serrano ha logrado triunfar escribiendo sobre lo que más le gusta.
El evento tuvo lugar en el corazón de City Hall y fue la combinación perfecta entre cultura e inspiración.
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.
Edgar Ramírez, fundador y locutor de Philatinos Radio, ha unido fuerzas con un grupo de organizadores para llevar a cabo la primera celebración de la literatura en español en Filadelfia.
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.
Una reseña literaria de un libro distinto del autor colombiano, Luis Carlos Barragán.
Recomendamos 5 de los libros y ensayos para leer en honor al legado de la autora ganadora del Premio Nóbel quien falleció el pasado 5 de agosto a los 88 años de edad.
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.
La lengua indígena, hablada por más de 10 millones de personas en América Latina, tiene una rica tradición literaria y narrativa.
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.
Aquí están cinco de los poetas inmigrantes cuyo trabajo está dando forma al panorama de la literatura estadounidense.
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.