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Essays<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A Woman\u2019s Portfolio: Beyond Survival to Female Agency in Rituals of Survival<\/em> by Nicholasa Mohr<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jennifer Col\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer A. Col\u00f3n<\/strong> earned a PhD in Hispanic Literature and a minor in Critical Theory from Florida State University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. Her research interests include contemporary short fiction by women and technology integration in second language acquisition.<\/p>\n

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Surmounting Masculine Subjugation in the Works of Esmeralda Santiago<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Oralia Preble-Niemi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oralia Preble-Niemi <\/strong>received the doctorate from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, specializing in Ibero-American Literature. Her dissertation was on poetic expression in the works by Miguel Angel Asturias. She is Emerita from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she was Professor of Spanish and Department Head of Foreign Languages & Literatures until her retirement. She has published numerous articles as parts of edited books and in scholarly journals in the United States and abroad. She has also presented scholarly papers at regional, national and international conferences. She is co-editor of the homage to Janet P\u00e9rez, El sujeto femenino en escritoras hisp\u00e1nicas<\/em> as well as of Ilustres autores guatemaltecos de los siglos 19 y 20<\/em> and editor of Afrodita en el tr\u00f3pico: Erotismo y construcci\u00f3n del sujeto femenino en obras de autoras centroamericanas<\/em>, and of Cien a\u00f1os de magia: Ensayos cr\u00edticos sobre la obra de Miguel Angel Asturias<\/em>. She has also contributed numerous essays to literary encyclopedias, such as Reference Guide to World Literature<\/em>, Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature<\/em>, and Feminist Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature<\/em>. In addition she has translated two novels, and three collections of poetry, and selected poems by a group of Central American female poets which will shortly be published.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Negotiating a New Identity for U.S. Latino Literature in Achy Obejas\u2019s Ruins<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Amrita Das<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amrita Das<\/strong> graduated from Florida State University in 2005. She specializes in contemporary U.S. Latino Literature. Recent publications include \u201cGlobal Health and Politics: Julia Alvarez\u2019s Saving the World\u201d (Coastal Review<\/em>, 2008) and \u201cGaze of the Outsider\/Insider: U.S. Latino Authors Writing of Latin America\u201d (Hipertexto<\/em>, 2011). Her book chapter \u201cEnvironmental Crisis and the Male Culture in Marie Arana\u2019s Cellophane,\u201d in an upcoming volume on Hispanic Women Writers of the 21st Century<\/em> (Routledge). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShooting Arrows with My Heart\u201d \u2013 An Exploration of Ana Castillo\u2019s Genre Jumping<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Maria-Cristina Ghiban<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria-Cristina Ghiban<\/strong> graduated from\u00a0the English Language\u00a0and Literature Department at the Faculty of Letters in \u201cAlexandru Ioan Cuza\u201d University of Iasi, Romania earning her M.A. in the\u00a0American Cultural Studies\u00a0Program. She is currently a PhD candidate in \u201cAlexandru Ioan Cuza\u201d University of\u00a0Iasi, and a beneficiary of funding by the European Social Fund in Romania under the responsibility of the Managing Authority for the Sectoral Operational Program for Human Resources Development (2007-2013). A member of the Iasi LINGUACULTURE Research Centre, the Romanian Association of American Studies (RAAS) and the European Association of American Studies (EAAS), her research interests include Chicano\/a literature, cultural and gender studies. Her doctoral dissertation (in progress) is entitled \u201cThe Female Subject in Chicano\/a Literature.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Interview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa\u2019s Daughters of the Stone<\/em>: Affirming the Afro-Latin<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

With Danielle Georges<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Danielle Georges<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in the Creative Arts in the Learning Division of Lesley University, and the author of a book of poems Maroon<\/em> (Curbstone Press, 2001).\u00a0Recent poems, essays, and reviews of hers have appeared in <\/em>The Bill Moyers Journal (PBS Program), The Caribbean Writer<\/em>\u2019s Special Issue on Haiti, <\/em>the Boston Haitian Reporter, Consequence,<\/em> and The Women\u2019s Review of Books.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa<\/strong> was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in New York City. She taught in the New York City School system before becoming a young adult librarian. She currently leads creative writing workshops for adults, young adults and seniors.<\/p>\n

Daughters of the Stone<\/em> was selected by Black Pearl Magazine<\/em> and LatinoStories.com as one of 2010\u2019s best fiction works, and as a finalist for the prestigious 2010 PEN America Bingham Literary Award. Llanos-Figueroa is also the recipient of the Bronx Council on the Arts ACE and BRIO Award, and its Literary Arts Fellowship.<\/p>\n

Her short fiction and essays have appeared in publications including Lost and Found: An Anthology of Teacher Writing, Acts of Emancipation: An Anthology of Teacher Writing, Rosebud, Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Older and Wiser, When Last on the Mountain: A View from Writers Over Fifty,<\/em> Wordsect, Narrative Magazine, Woman\u2019s Work: The Short Stories,<\/em> and Women Writing on Family.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more on Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, visit <\/strong>www.llanosfigueroa.com<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Without A Name<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sarah Rafael Garc\u00eda<\/em><\/strong>
\nSarah Rafael Garc\u00eda<\/strong> was born in Brownsville, Texas and raised in Orange County, California. She started writing after her father’s passing in 1988. She obtained a Bachelors of Science in Sociology at Texas State University, is bilingual in Spanish and knows enough Mandarin to speak to pre-k students and taxi drivers in China. She has lived in Beijing and traveled to various countries including a three-month backpacking adventure in Australia. She is an active writer, blogger, community educator and published author who strives to advocate for human rights.
\nSince the publication of Las Ni\u00f1as, A Collection of Childhood Memories<\/em> in 2008, she has continued to share her writings and community outreach by founding *Barrio Writers* in 2009, a reading and writing program aimed to empower youth through creative writing, higher education and the cultural arts. In 2010, she initiated *Wild Womyn Writers,* community workshops that
\ncreate spaces that help womyn explore their creative spirits, free themselves from societal restrictions and learn to embrace their natural instincts. Most recently, her essay “Crossing Borders” was published in Connotation Press<\/em> in April 2011. Her writings, workshops and lifestyle promote community empowerment, cultural awareness and global sharing. www.sarahrafaelgarcia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Obituary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Kurma Murrain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Colombian poet Kurma Murrain <\/strong>graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She is currently an ESL\/Math Teacher for CMS (Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools) in Charlotte, NC where she resides with her dog. Her poetry collection Esta Soy<\/em> was published in 1998 and her poems have appeared in newspapers like El Tiempo<\/em> (Colombia), and La Noticia<\/em>, and Que Pasa<\/em> (Charlotte, NC). She translated to Spanish Life in the Shadow of the Swastika<\/em> by Frieda E. Roos-van Hessen, and Honoring God with my Life<\/em> by Miriam Nadler and has participated in several individual and group poetry readings at libraries, universities, and galleries in\u00a0Charlotte and her native country. Currently, Kurma is collaborating with five other Charlotte poets on a bilingual poetry collection. Kurma teaches Zumba in her free time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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