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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH MARISOL SCHULZ ABOUT LéaLA
LéaLA, the Spanish-Language Book Fair and Literary Festival of Los Angeles, returns September 24–27, 2026, to LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Organized by the University of Guadalajara Foundation USA, the four-day festival brings Continue reading...

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FICTION
LAS CORRECCIONES | RAFAEL REYES-RUIZ
Colombian-American anthropologist, editor, and writer Rafael Reyes-Ruiz has developed a body of academic and literary work rooted in transnational experience, cultural encounters, and a life lived across the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. ​Continue reading...

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PODCAST
LATINO BOOK REVIEW PRESENTS ALFREDO ÁVALOS
Alfredo Ávalos is a cultural promoter, writer, and editor. He is a bridge-builder between literary communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. He is currently the community and culture coordinator at UNAM San Antonio and Continue reading...​

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ESSAY
MY AFRO IS MY CROWN BY ALANIS N. CRUZ SOTO
For a long time, I did not understand why my hair bothered me so much. It was not just my hair. It was everything that came with it. As a child, when I looked in the mirror, I saw a Black girl in a country where being Black often seemed to Continue reading...

HIGHLIGHTS

SPIRIT OF MLK AWARD

SANDRA CISNEROS 
​INTERVIEW

JULIA ALVAREZ 
​INTERVIEW

MARIA HINOJOSA 
​INTERVIEW

ISABEL ALLENDE 
​INTERVIEW

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YEARLY PRINT ISSUES

"Thank you for the work you and Latino Book Review are doing."
​–Julia Alvarez

"This work is really important. It is part of our narrative."
​–Maria Hinojosa

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ARCHIVES

LATIN AMERICAN LITERARY MASTERS

HISTORY

TLAXCALANS AT WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES

HISTORY

POPE FRANCIS AND BORGES

HISTORY

THE ORIGINS OF LA LLORONA

HISTORY

THE ORIGINS OF EL CUCUY (EL COCO)

LANGUAGE

13 TRANSLATIONS FROM OF NAHUATL STORIES

DATABASE

DATABASE OF LITERARY AWARDS IN THE U.S.

DATABASE

LATINX & BLACK-OWNED BOOKSTORES