Latino Literary Links
Here are some of my favorite links to Latino websites. This list is not meant to be comprehensive; there are hundreds of resources out there that I haven't had the time to discover yet. Please feel free to send me an e-mail if you'd like to see something included here.
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- HISPANIC Online - By and for Latinos
- The Azteca Web Page
- Information accumulated especially for Mexicans, Chicanos, and/or Mexican-Americans.
- LANIC
- The Latin American Network Information Center
- Making Face, Making Soul A Chicana Feminist Homepage
- The ultimate site for everything Chicana. How much am I indebted to these people? Let me count the ways. Y'all kick butt!
- Las Mujeres
- Information, links on writers, singers, celebrities Latinas from all nationalities.
- Latino Culture at About.com
- Tons of resources gathered together in one convenient spot by this web community/search engine.
- LatinoNet
- A Latino cyberspace community. See other Latino business and organization links, add your own.
- LatinoWeb
- Search other Latino/a websites by Home, Art, Business, Books, Education, plus a chat room, classifieds, more.
- Picosito
- Really fun, great-looking online community for Latina/os. Would make a cool home page on your browser.
- LatinoLink - Latino Literature Makes Inroads in the United States
- December 1999 article on the rush to publish Latina and Latino authors. Y'all know who: Sandra Cisneros, Esmeralda Santiago, Ana Castillo, etc.
- Recovering U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage
- The tremendous project at the University of Houston/Arte Publico Press to rediscover Latina/o authors writing throughout this country's history and restore them to their rightful place in literature.
- LatinoLink - In 20 Years Arte Publico Has Made an Indelible Mark on Publishing
- Arte Publico Press has consistently published quality Latina/o authors, carving out a space for our literature before we were the latest publishing craze in New York.
- El Andar
- Fabulous magazine with excellent articles, offers the El Andar Prize for Literary Excellence. Check it out!
- Frontera Magazine
- Latino music, art and culture. Cutting-edge, very Gen-X, Gen-Y.
- Pocho.com
- It's not a gang, it's a website. If you haven't been to this site yet, prepare to laugh your butt off.
- Arte Publico Press
- From its beginnings on the artistic fringe during the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement to its current status as the oldest and most accomplished publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by U.S. Hispanic authors, Arte Público Press and its imprint, Piñata Books, have become a showcase for Hispanic literary creativity, arts and culture.
- Austin Hispanic Writers
- Texas-based writer's group for prose and poetry. Online newsletter announcing events, etc., and posts poems from members.
- Bronzeword
- Chicana Literature, WhiteBread Competition by JoAnn Hernandez. Editorial and marketing services for authors.
- Cafe Latino
- Café Latino in association with Amazon.com offers dozens of highly recommended titles on several subjects concerning the Latino culture.
- Generation Mex
- Writings, columns & essays by Lalo Lopez. Lalo is a political satirist and columnist, and has been writing the political satire column Mexiled in the Los Angeles Weekly since 1996.
- Grito Serpentino
- A spoken-word poetry group out of California.
- Taco Shop Poets
- With feet on both sides of the border we declare that Cappuccino and poetry are no more! Long live salsa and the spoken word! Cultural guerrillas, taking over taco shops in San Diego, Tijuana, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose.
- Tammy Gomez' Homepage
- Austin-based Chicana performance artist.
- Proyecto Sherezade
- An online writing journal in Spanish.
- Indigenous Peoples' Literature
- Dedicated to the 400 million unseen/unheard people on this planet. Information, articles, screen savers, poetry, more.
- Mexican-American Literature
- Great bibliography posted at the University of Southern California Ethnic Studies web site.
- Latina-o Literature and literature of the Americas at UNC
- Latina/o Literature and literature of the Americas are taught in courses offered by both the Department of English and the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. At this site you will find posted various courses and syllabi, and there are substantial links to Latinidad.
- Palo Alto College Reader's Forum
- Pick a title from the reading list, and join the discussion on Chicana/o literature.
- CLNet
- University of California networking website for Chicana/os.
- CyberVato
- Cool performance art/cultural questionnaire.
- Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
- A San Antonio-based non-profit, multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples. Each year the Center presents and produces a season of events, exhibitions and festivals, including the San Antonio Cinefestival, the Juried Women's Art Exhibit, the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, the San Antonio Inter-American Bookfair & Literary Festival, and more.
- Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande The Juan B. Rael Collection, 1940
- Spanish 10,000 Volkslieder, German and other Folksongs
- An archive with hundreds of downloadable songs.
- El Mariachi
- Cool website with downloadable music, discussion groups, plus you can send someone a "virtual serenata"! How neat is that?
- mundotish
- The Official Tish Hinojosa website. Tejana musician extraordinaire.
- La Peña
- La Peña is an Austin community-based organization dedicated to the preservation, development and promotion of Latino artistic expression in all its forms. They sponsor art exhibits, concerts, the "Nuevo Flor y Canto" literary celebrations, and special art programs for young people.
This page was created by
Olga
Herrera. Last updated May 9, 2000.