Our Creative Realidades
A Nonfiction Anthology
Kathleen Alacalá, Juan Alvarado Valdivia, Carmen Baca, Norma Burgos-Vázquez, Vanessa Caraveo, Robert René Galvaán, Nisé Guzmán Nekheba, Ernest Hogan, Maria Nieto, Matthew Olivas, Violeta Orozco, Álvaro Ramírez, Edel Romay, Dionisio Salazar, David Vela, Rosa Martha Villarreal
Released Apr 1, 2024 · Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press
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This is a nonfiction anthology of essays, stories, and poetry by Latino/Raza writers exploring cultural identity, history, and lived experience. The collection aims to center authentic voices and counter mainstream media narratives about Latino communities. Without access to the full text or individual contributor pieces, it's difficult to assess specific content concerns; the work appears intended for older teens and adults seeking cultural and historical perspective.
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This explorative collection resounds as a first-hand account of experiences and visions that offer powerful responses to such questions, found in the diverse writings of Kathleen Alcalá, Juan Alvarado Valdivia, Carmen Baca, Norma Burgos-Vázquez, Vanessa Caraveo, poet Robert René Galván, Nisé Guzmán Nekheba, Ernest Hoga... This explorative collection resounds as a first-hand account of experiences and visions that offer powerful responses to such questions, found in the diverse writings of Kathleen Alcalá, Juan Alvarado Valdivia, Carmen Baca, Norma Burgos-Vázquez, Vanessa Caraveo, poet Robert René Galván, Nisé Guzmán Nekheba, Ernest Hogan, Maria Nieto, Matthew Olivas, Violeta Orozco, Álvaro Ramírez, Edel Romay, Dionisio Salazar, David Vela and Rosa Martha Villarreal. ¿Together, engaging a variety of genres, each of the contributors enables the reader to shatter the lens that corporate media has superimposed over Raza narratives, and reclaim the storylines. In doing so, la Raza's own reality shines forth in ways that only Raza writers can illuminate. Our Creative Realidades presents provocative and revealing insights, frameworks, and understandings, creating imaginative space for change, speaking directly to the many complex realities of Raza. The unique writings in this anthology convey a perspective of la Raza that is distinctive because it captures our legacy from the past, and our vision of the future: a bright future in which Raza not only exist, but thrive. It is our creative reality at work.
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- Literature, history and criticism
- United states, history
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ISBN 9798990206809 · Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press