Women often find themselves filling roles they never asked to be in. Yxta Maya Murray captures the roles that Latina women find themselves in. Murray’s novel Locas is based around the lives of two young women, Lucia and Cecilia, as they attempt to escape the roles that have been forced upon them by their gender.… Read more

In Denise Chávez’s Loving Pedro Infante she details the way that mass hysteria surrounding the fantasy of “celebrity” can alter reality. The protagonist of Chavez’s novel is young woman named Tere Avíla. Tere and her best friend Irma’s everyday lives are consumed by Mexican pop singer and cinematic icon Pedro Infante. This is despite the… Read more