L'Shleimut: A Jewish Radical Tradition Against Capitalist Science & Medicine by Yarden Azoulay Katz. Traces the lives & work of Jewish scientists, healers, artists, and activists who challenged the racist, sexist, and for-profit expectations of science and medicine. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352342/

This week's class readings: Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo & The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas by Diana Taylor. We also discussed videos by Bad Bunny & the documentary Mucho, Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado. It went well!

Las lecturas en mis clases de esta semana: Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación de Jorell Meléndez-Badillo y El archivo y el repertorio: El cuerpo y la memoria cultural en las Américas de Diana Taylor. También discutimos videos de Bad Bunny y el documental Mucho, Mucho Amor. ¡Nos fue bien!

"Puto" is the first collection of the works of Ricardo A. Bracho, a playwright who has been breaking ground since the 1990s by dramatizing the lives of gay Black and Brown partisans of anti-capitalism and decolonization. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/feyuzc6

¡Felicidades a Petra Rivera-Rideau y a Vanessa Díaz! ¡Ya me llegó su tremendo libro P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance publicado por @dukepress.bsky.social! SEE HERE: www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

In "P Fkn R," Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau offer a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices: Bad Bunny. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/hbSewLN

A Curated Guide to the U.S. Attack on Venezuela. North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) @nacla-report.bsky.social editors selected several articles from decades of coverage to provide you with the information you need to understand the recent events in Venezuela. nacla.org/a-curated-gu...

The University of Michigan Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lecture will feature Professor Ollie Johnson (Wayne State University) DATE: Thursday, January 15 PLACE: RLL Commons, 4th floor, MLB, Ann Arbor TIME: 4:30-6:00pm lsa.umich.edu/rll/news-eve...

El año de Bad Bunny: la figura del 2025 de El Nuevo Día -

Ghassan Zeineddine has a beautiful linked story collection titled Dearborn, which might offer you a better sense of the people in that place after so much destructive discourse. Plus it is wonderful. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/825467...

A pesar de incontables retos, la cultura puertorriqueña sobresalió en 2025. @elnuevodia.bsky.social destaca algunos de los logros particulares de los distintos sectores que trabajan para enaltecer y preservar las artes y las humanidades. Por Víctor Ramos Rosado. www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimie...

A pesar de incontables retos, la cultura puertorriqueña sobresalió en el 2025

Melanie Pérez Ortíz retrata el llanto del cocodrilo. La autora boricua explora en su más reciente novela la hipocresía de la gente y las capas de violencia en una ciudad moderna. Por: Juan Carlos Talavera. www.excelsior.com.mx/cultura/mela...

Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens. n.pr/4pMl0tF

Whitney Biennial Names 56 Artists to Unwind These ‘Weird Times’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/a...

Chuwi interpreta la canción “Mi bandera” como parte del especial musical “Estampas de mi tierra” del Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. ¡Poderosísima! Increíble su talento y sentimiento youtu.be/aoaIAU_UyeA?...

Reading @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social’s book on José Esteban Muñoz! IN THEORY, DARLING: SEARCHING FOR JOSÉ ESTEBAN MUÑOZ AND THE QUEER IMAGINATION (@beaconpress.bsky.social ). It’s a good read.

Now available in hardback: In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination by @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social, published by Beacon Press. A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself. www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...

really, REALLY looking forward to this one!

The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers, making it the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” #AcademicSky

Now available in hardback: In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination by @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social, published by Beacon Press. A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself. www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...

really wild to think that there are 3 books out there in the world, by me.

The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet by Lisa Nakamura, @lnakamura.bsky.social Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economy www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...

Presentación de "Spanish-Language Television: Cultural and Industrial Transformations" de Jillian Baez y Manuel Avilés-Santiago con Silvia Alvarez Curbelo, Eliseo Colón-Zayas y Bárbara Idalissee Abadía-Rexach 18 DIC, 6:00pm Salón Multiuso, Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín Carr. 877 Km. 0.4, San Juan, PR

César Chávez Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College 2026-28, due 2/1. Had this fellowship in 2008, and so many good things came from it. lalacs.dartmouth.edu/our-fellowsh...

Cincuenta años después: la odisea cubana en Angola. ¿Por qué Cuba tuvo que involucrarse en una guerra al otro lado del Atlántico que no tenía nada que ver con sus vidas? Este texto repasa la huella y legado de la presencia bélica cubana en Angola. POR MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES TORRES

LeAnn Fields and University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social | A fantastic tribute to a leading editor published in Theatre Survey, in celebration of her extraordinary contributions to theater and performance studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3LIkOwI

Fleshing the Archive An Intimate Genealogy of Chicana Knowledge Praxis by María Eugenia Cotera 288 Pages, 6.00 × 9.00 in, 26 b&w photos Sales Date: January 13, 2026 utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332962/

Bad Bunny won five trophies at the 26th annual Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Karol G, Liniker, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso and other artists also received awards. Here are eight of the most striking moments from this year's show.

Natural Disasters and Puerto Rican Art as Resistance to Colonialism: Responses to Hurricane María in Latinx Talk. latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...

Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows. The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...

The Selected Works of Antonia Darder: On Theory, Politics, and Struggle. Edited by Kevin D. Lam and Kortney Hernandez. www.bloomsbury.com/us/selected-... Spanning 35 years, this reader includes 21 seminal works by the scholar, theorist, and activist Antonia Darder.

Peach Pit Corazón: A Judith Ortiz Cofer Reader Edited by Rafael Ocasio Published by University of Georgia Press @ugapress.bsky.social www.ugapress.org/978082037411...

What joy! Ana Patricia Rodríguez's eagerly awaited new book, Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area, is now available from the University of Arizona Press! 30% off with code AZFLR, uapress.arizona.edu/book/avocado...

Clausura de la Exposición “Acerca del amor” de Ita Venegas Pérez. Sábado, 22 de noviembre. Con Mickey Negrón y Kairiana Núñez. Presenta Gradissa Fernández. 4:00pm, Humanidades Puerto Rico, Cuartel de Ballajá, Viejo San Juan. Auspicia el Centro para el Libro Puerto Rico.

MAMDANI WON!

Miércoles, 5 de noviembre 2:30-4:00pm Sala Conferencia 2, Centro Universitario, UPR Presentación del libro I Am My Own Path (traducción de poemas de Julia de Burgos) Ed. Vanessa Perez-Rosario, con Zaira Rivera Casellas, María Consuelo Sáez Burgos, María Soledad Sáez Matos y Larry La Fountain.

An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture: Disaster Nation by María Acosta Cruz. En este libro la autora ofrece un análisis ecocrítico sobre la historia y cultura puertorriqueña desde los taínos hasta hoy en día, analizando desastres climáticos. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Programa de Actividades, Feria Internacional del Libro de Río Piedras UPR, FIL RÍO 2025. Del 3 al 8 de noviembre. #FILRIO2025 www.uprrp.edu/FILRio2025

Estaré participando en varios eventos durante la Feria Internacional del Libro - Río Piedras UPR #FILRIO2025 en la UPR, Río Piedras. Miércoles, 5 de noviembre | 4:00- 5:30 PM | Sala del Consejo de Estudiantes, Centro Universitario | Presentación magistral Cuentos completos de Manuel Ramos Otero.

Estaré participando en varios eventos durante la Feria Internacional del Libro - Río Piedras UPR #FILRIO2025, que será del 3 al 8 de noviembre de 2025 en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras y en el casco urbano de Río Piedras. repeatingislands.com/2025/10/27/r...

Estaré participando de este evento en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico junto a Marielba Torres Muñoz el jueves 6 de noviembre a las 6:30pm. ¡Vengan! El catálogo (que es en dos tomos) está precioso. 6.NOV.25 6:30 PM Patio Interior, MAC Entrada libre de costo

Penny Stamps Speaker Series Presents: Narsiso Martinez: Field Work, Art, and Labor in America stamps.umich.edu/events/narsi... Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:30 pm Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Open to the public Free of charge

Este próximo sábado, 1 de noviembre, La Trinchera celebrará una década de trabajo escénico y colaborativo con #Antrolux, una noche multidisciplinaria que incluirá elementos de performance, instalación y música. HORA: 9:00pm (puertas 8:00pm) LUGAR: Teatro Paradise, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Presentación de la novela "Con llanto de cocodrilo" de Melanie Pérez Ortiz el 4 de noviembre a las 7:00pm en la Librería Mágica de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, a cargo de Sofía Irene Cardona. Publicada por Elefanta Editorial de México.

Nos complace anunciar que, como parte del Mes de la Historia LGBT, vamos a celebrar un taller especial organizado por la Sección de Estudios sobre Sexualidad de @lasabluesky.bsky.social ¡Obtenga más detalles y reserve sus entradas para este increíble taller virtual aquí! t.co/nLni3JBVt8

According to award-winning UTP author Felipe Hinojosa, “Borícua Muslims is intellectually rich, well written, and full of incredible stories that offer a compelling look at the varied and complex intersections of American religion, global Islamic studies, and Latinx Muslims.”

Dive into the #PuertoRican Muslim experience with BORÍCUA MUSLIMS by Ken Chitwood. Chitwood has crafted a rich ethnographic study of the cultural & religious experiences of Latinx Muslims across the U.S. and the Caribbean to explore intersectional belonging. ❤️ 🔗↓ utpress.utexas.edu/9...#PuertoRican