Larry La Fountain
@larrylafountain.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Michigan. Author of Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021) + Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora. Coeditor Keywords for Latina/o Studies. On sabbatical this year. 🇵🇷 🌈
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/
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/
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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/
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/
Natural Disasters and Puerto Rican Art as Resistance to Colonialism: Responses to Hurricane María in Latinx Talk.
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Natural Disasters and Puerto Rican Art as Resistance to Colonialism: Responses to Hurricane María in Latinx Talk.
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
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.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/selected-...
Spanning 35 years, this reader includes 21 seminal works by the scholar, theorist, and activist Antonia Darder.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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.
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...
Edited by Rafael Ocasio
Published by University of Georgia Press @ugapress.bsky.social
www.ugapress.org/978082037411...
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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...
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...
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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.
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.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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.
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...
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...
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
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
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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.
Miércoles, 5 de noviembre | 4:00- 5:30 PM | Sala del Consejo de Estudiantes, Centro Universitario | Presentación magistral Cuentos completos de Manuel Ramos Otero.
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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...
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
6.NOV.25
6:30 PM
Patio Interior, MAC
Entrada libre de costo
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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
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.
HORA: 9:00pm (puertas 8:00pm)
LUGAR: Teatro Paradise, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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.
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.
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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.
University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center launch of Ken Chitwood's new book Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (@utexaspress.bsky.social, 2025)
RSVP: myumi.ch/z9y1R
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UMMA Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room
RSVP: myumi.ch/z9y1R
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UMMA Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center launch of Ken Chitwood's new book Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (@utexaspress.bsky.social, 2025)
RSVP: myumi.ch/z9y1R
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UMMA Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room
RSVP: myumi.ch/z9y1R
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UMMA Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room
NWSA Presidential Session
"55 Years Later: Honoring the Transgressive and Worldmaking Legacy of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson's STAR"
Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 1:00pm
With @roqueraquel.bsky.social, Dr. Julian Kevon Kamilah Glover, @larrylafountain.bsky.social and @mtheleon.bsky.social
"55 Years Later: Honoring the Transgressive and Worldmaking Legacy of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson's STAR"
Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 1:00pm
With @roqueraquel.bsky.social, Dr. Julian Kevon Kamilah Glover, @larrylafountain.bsky.social and @mtheleon.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NWSA Presidential Session
"55 Years Later: Honoring the Transgressive and Worldmaking Legacy of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson's STAR"
Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 1:00pm
With @roqueraquel.bsky.social, Dr. Julian Kevon Kamilah Glover, @larrylafountain.bsky.social and @mtheleon.bsky.social
"55 Years Later: Honoring the Transgressive and Worldmaking Legacy of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson's STAR"
Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 1:00pm
With @roqueraquel.bsky.social, Dr. Julian Kevon Kamilah Glover, @larrylafountain.bsky.social and @mtheleon.bsky.social
¡Muchas felicidades a Juan Otero Garabís por la próxima publicación de su libro SABERES SALSEROS: ENSAYOS EN CLAVE con la Editora Educacion Emergente! #LiberaTuLectura
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
¡Muchas felicidades a Juan Otero Garabís por la próxima publicación de su libro SABERES SALSEROS: ENSAYOS EN CLAVE con la Editora Educacion Emergente! #LiberaTuLectura
¡Release party de Ejnúa de Alegría Rampante el 14 de noviembre en Abracadabra Counter Cafe en Santurce! Es a las 7:00pm.
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
¡Release party de Ejnúa de Alegría Rampante el 14 de noviembre en Abracadabra Counter Cafe en Santurce! Es a las 7:00pm.
Review by Felipe Hinojosa @fhinojosa956.bsky.social of Laura C. Chávez-Moreno’s How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America (Harvard Education Press, 2025) in Latinx Talk. @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
latinxtalk.org/2025/10/16/b...
latinxtalk.org/2025/10/16/b...
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Review by Felipe Hinojosa @fhinojosa956.bsky.social of Laura C. Chávez-Moreno’s How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America (Harvard Education Press, 2025) in Latinx Talk. @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
latinxtalk.org/2025/10/16/b...
latinxtalk.org/2025/10/16/b...
Presentación del libro Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens por José Blanco F. (Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY) y Raúl J. Vázquez-López (Independent Researcher), Bloomsbury Academic (2025).
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Presentación del libro Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens por José Blanco F. (Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY) y Raúl J. Vázquez-López (Independent Researcher), Bloomsbury Academic (2025).
Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens by José Blanco F. (Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY) and Raúl J. Vázquez-López (Independent Researcher), published by Bloomsbury Academic (2025). www.bloomsbury.com/us/dress-fas...
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens by José Blanco F. (Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY) and Raúl J. Vázquez-López (Independent Researcher), published by Bloomsbury Academic (2025). www.bloomsbury.com/us/dress-fas...
Emilio Rodriguez, Artistic Director of Black and Brown Theatre in Detroit, will present a free concert reading of his new musical Salomé at Theatre Nova in Ann Arbor.
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Address: 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Address: 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
October 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Emilio Rodriguez, Artistic Director of Black and Brown Theatre in Detroit, will present a free concert reading of his new musical Salomé at Theatre Nova in Ann Arbor.
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Address: 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Address: 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
TODAY: TELLING AND ARCHIVING OUR STORIES -
INTERROGATING THE FIELD OF PUERTO RICAN STUDIES
Online Puerto Rican Studies Association Symposium
Friday, October 10, 2025, online
TO REGISTER (RSVP):
tinyurl.com/PRSA25
PANELS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
INTERROGATING THE FIELD OF PUERTO RICAN STUDIES
Online Puerto Rican Studies Association Symposium
Friday, October 10, 2025, online
TO REGISTER (RSVP):
tinyurl.com/PRSA25
PANELS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
TODAY: TELLING AND ARCHIVING OUR STORIES -
INTERROGATING THE FIELD OF PUERTO RICAN STUDIES
Online Puerto Rican Studies Association Symposium
Friday, October 10, 2025, online
TO REGISTER (RSVP):
tinyurl.com/PRSA25
PANELS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
INTERROGATING THE FIELD OF PUERTO RICAN STUDIES
Online Puerto Rican Studies Association Symposium
Friday, October 10, 2025, online
TO REGISTER (RSVP):
tinyurl.com/PRSA25
PANELS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
TODAY AT 4:00 PM
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
TODAY AT 4:00 PM