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

La reivindicaci\u00f3n de las ra\u00edces hist\u00f3ricamente olvidadas en la poes\u00eda de la di\u00e1spora puertorrique\u00f1a <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Aileen Vezeau <\/strong><\/p>\n

Aileen Vezeau<\/strong>\u00a0is a Ph.D. student in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies with a concentration in Caribbean Studies at the University of Miami. Her research interests include twentieth and twenty-first century U.S. Latinx and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures with an emphasis on Puerto Rican,\u00a0AfroLatinx,\u00a0and Panamanian (im)migration.<\/p>\n

The Emotions of Immigrant Identity in Cristina Henr\u00edquez\u2019s The Book of Unknown Americans<\/em> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>by Adrienne Erazo <\/strong><\/p>\n

Adrienne Erazo<\/strong> specializes in contemporary Mexican, Central American, and Latinx literature, with an investigative focus on the representation of the border space, migration, and migrant identity. Her current research studies the symbolic dehumanization of Central American immigrants for critical impact in contemporary Latin American and Latinx literature. In both her teaching and research, she prioritizes themes of social activism and engagement with the Latin American immigrant community. These interests intersect with her role at Appalachian State University as an Assistant Professor of Spanish for the Professions, literature, and cultural studies courses.<\/p>\n

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

Word and Warning <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Alberto Quero <\/strong><\/p>\n

A writer and musician, Alberto Quero<\/strong> holds a BA in Literature and Linguistics, a Masters in Venezuelan Literature and a Doctorate in Humanities from the University of Zulia in Venezuela. He is a member of the Venezuelan Association of Semiotics and has published six books of short stories, two books of poems and multiple peer-reviewed papers. He has received several literary awards. His works have appeared in collective anthologies and his songs have been recorded by Franco-Canadian artists in two CD collections.<\/p>\n

In Memory of Borges<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Beatriz F. Fernandez <\/strong><\/p>\n

Beatriz F. Fernandez <\/strong>is a poet and reference librarian at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.\u00a0 She grew up in Puerto Rico, the daughter of a Peruvian mother and Puerto Rican father and was educated in Madrid and Sevilla, Spain. She has worked in academic libraries for more than 30 years.\u00a0 Two things inspired this poem: she recently audited a graduate literature class called The Library of Borges and the presence of a bronze bust of Jorge Luis Borges in the library where she works.<\/p>\n

Escritura and Welcome <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by <\/strong>Adriana Prieto Quintero<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adriana Prieto Quintero<\/strong> naci\u00f3 en Venezuela. Ha estudiado Letras y Educaci\u00f3n y ha cursado una Maestr\u00eda en Literatura. Ha sido profesora de literatura y de espa\u00f1ol; tambi\u00e9n ha trabajado como escritora en diferentes proyectos educativos en su pa\u00eds. En el a\u00f1o 2021 public\u00f3 un libro titulado: \u201cWhere Are We From?\u201d como parte de un financiamiento obtenido por la National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC). Actualmente cursa su PhD en el Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Romances y \u00c1rabes de la Universidad de Cincinnati, Ohio, donde tambi\u00e9n dicta clases de espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n

Short Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Cuestiones de magia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Fernando Olszanski <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fernando Olszanski<\/strong> naci\u00f3 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ha vivido alternativamente en Escocia, Ecuador, Jap\u00f3n y varias ciudades de los Estados Unidos. De profesi\u00f3n educador, tambi\u00e9n es escritor y editor. Es autor de la novela Rezos de marihuana, el poemario Parte del polvo, y los libros de cuentos El orden natural de las cosas, Rojo sobre blanco y Grandes lagos vac\u00edos. Como editor ha compilado las antolog\u00edas Am\u00e9rica Nuestra, Trasfondos, Ni B\u00e1rbaras ni Malinches, Antolog\u00eda de narradoras en Estadios Unidos, F\u00e9minas, y Don\u2019t Cry For Me, Am\u00e9rica, Escritores argentinos en Estados Unidos. Actualmente dirige la editorial Ars Communis. Reside en Chicago, Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n

Selva<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

by Patricia Schaefer R\u00f6der <\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia<\/strong> Schaefer R\u00f6der<\/strong> was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She lived in Heidelberg, Germany and New York, USA, and since 2004 in Puerto Rico. Among her literary translations are the novels El mundo oculto<\/em> (The<\/em> World Unseen<\/em>) by Shamim Sarif, and Por la ruta escarlata<\/em> (The<\/em> Reddening Path<\/em>) and Mi dulce curiosidad <\/em>(My Sweet Curiosity<\/em>), both by Amanda Hale and for which Patricia won two prizes at the International Latino Book Awards (ILBA) 2019 and 2020 in the USA for best translation into Spanish. In 2011, Patricia received the First Prize in narrative from the XX Literary Contest of the Institute of Peruvian Culture in Miami, USA, with her story \u201cIgnacio\u201d. She has published two collections of short stories: Yara<\/em> y otras historias<\/em> and A la sombra del mango <\/em>(second place at the ILBA 2020), as well as the minimalistic poetry book Siglema 575: poes\u00eda minimalista<\/em>. Since 2015, she organizes and conducts with great success the International Contest of Siglem 575 \u201cDi lo que quieres decir,\u201d sponsored by Scriba NYC, which publishes an anthology of the best poems from the contest. The anthology Di lo que quieres decir<\/em> won a Second Prize at the ILBA 2019. Patricia is a member of the American Translators Association, the Asociaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Traductores Literarios, the Pen Club of Puerto Rico International and the Asociaci\u00f3n Internacional de Poetas y Escritores Hispanos PR, among others.<\/p>\n

The Artists\u2019 Exchange <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Sandro Francisco Piedrahita<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sandro Francisco Piedrahita<\/strong> is an American writer of Ecuadorian and Peruvian descent with a degree in Comparative Literature from Yale College (English, French and Spanish). He practiced law for years before he decided to begin to write. His wife Rosa is an Afro-Puerto Rican teacher, his son Joaquin lives in China and his daughter Sofia is studying urban planning at USC.<\/p>\n

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