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Book Review: “Rethinking the Struggle for Puerto Rican Rights”
Historians and Rutgers University Professors Dr. Lorrin Thomas and Dr. Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago collaborated in writing, “Rethinking the Struggle for Puerto Rican Rights” (Routledge, 2018), a survey of Puerto Ricans’ civil rights activism in the U.S. since the 1940s. In it they explore Puerto Rican activism within the broader context of the civil rights movements. Dr. Jorge Duany, Director of the...
Essential Boricua Reading List for the 2020 Holiday Season
The 2020 holiday season is like no other we have ever experienced. This year has been a challenging one for most of us. Natural disasters, the financial fallout from the pandemic and social justice and political struggles have reshaped society. We are having to assess and reorient our relationship to our communities, government, and each other; while witnessing the formation of a new normal...
So You Think You Can Craft?
In light of several plights affecting our communities, not only on the mainland or the island - political and natural disasters, I’m looking at you - but now also globally with the pandemic, there’s been a lot of uncertainty, losses and also a whole lot of encores of seguimos pa’lante. With most of the population being under a shelter in place, boredom, frustration, and perhaps, for many, la...
Puerto Rican Superheroes You Need To Know
In this day and age, we’ve seen superheroes of all different kinds of backgrounds. However, just how many of them are of Puerto Rico descent? While some may not have been given the spotlight they deserve, there are quite a number of Puerto Rican superheroes that you may not have been aware of. White Tiger ( Hector Ayala ) Publisher: Marvel Comics First Appearance: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19 (Dec...
Mellifluous and Multi-syllabic: An Interview with Lydia Cortes
Lydia Cortes is the author of the poetry collections Lust for Lust (Ten Pell Books) and Whose Place (Straw Gate Books). Her work appears in the anthologies: On the Road Monologues, Through the Kitchen Window, In Praise of Our Teachers, Affirming Diversity, Puerto Rican Poetry: An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times, and Breaking Ground: Anthology of Puerto Rican Women Writers in New...
Hidden Gems at The Archives: Edgardo Vega Yunqué
If I had to bring anyone back from the dead, Edgardo Vega Yunqué would be my top pick. My first encounter with his writing was initiated through a course on Latino literature in the United States. Prior to that class, I had read several other Puerto Rican writers–pioneering voices who paved the way for future narratives to emerge, such as Nicholasa Mohr, the revered poet Pedro Pietri, activist...
Washington D.C. Diaspora Summit 2019
September 20th, 2019 marked two years since Hurricane Maria brought destruction upon the island of Puerto Rico. Since then, the island has seen a mass exodus of residents to the mainland United States, failures in its power grids, failures in receiving relief funds, deaths numbered in the thousands, and a political scandal resulting in the resignation of a governor and his team of elected...
Dr. Edwin Mélendez Receives POCIG Ed Blakely Award
Dr. Edwin Mélendez, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, has been awarded the Ed Blakely Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in association with the Planners of Color Interest Group (POCIG). The Ed Blakely award is given to one who has supported the cause of social justice, particularly in urban planning or development, for communities of color. Last...
Interview with Toy Designer Rios Palante
Rios Palante is a toy designer and founder of Rios Toy Designs , a consulting agency, and developer of both toys and comics. Palante has launched Fu-Stamps , a comic book taking place in the South Bronx and focuses on a band of teens obsessed with martial arts. With an extensive background in toy production, Palante has launched his own line of toys based on characters within Fu-Stamps . He is...
Muertos Daubed with Honey: An Interview with Lyn Di Iorio
Lyn Di Iorio is a fiction writer, scholar, and author of "Outside the Bones." She is a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and City College of New York, teaching literature and creative writing courses. Ivelissa Rodriguez is the editor of an interview series of contemporary Puerto Rican writers; below is her latest interview with Di Iorio, focusing on the various works the author has penned...

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