We find ourselves at a time of great political uncertainty, when ideologies once thought distant are again clashing for power. At first glance, so much progress blossomed in the last decade. America saw its first black president.... Read More

Welcome to another riveting Indigenous Month installment whereby we do you the great service of raising your anthropological IQ. What’s that you say? But I don’t want to celebrate diversity. I’m only interested in people who look... Read More

An independent publisher with an appellation as uplifting as Wings Press just sings ascent. But looking over the catalog of the San Antonio-based house—a list that includes such literary luminaries as Lorna Dee Cervantes, Rosemary... Read More

To create change through books takes more than representing diversity; it takes celebrating peoples’ differences without acknowledging them outright. This might seem counterintuitive, but it’s not. So many children’s books admonish... Read More

We are all familiar with the tragedies that have happened in recent months regarding the deaths of black men by the hands of the police. No matter your personal feelings on the issue—if you feel police actions were justified or... Read More

When “diversity” becomes a political catchword, it’s easy to lose sight of whose stories matter and why. As a literary genre, the memoir is an exceptionally powerful tool for presenting new points of view and perspectives, and for... Read More