Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing

Lázaro Lima and Felice Picano have edited a new anthology, Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing, to be released this week. According to the publisher, the "stories range from sensual pieces to comical romances and from inner-city dramas fueled by street language to portraits of gay domesticity."

Kimberle, Achy Obejas

Pandora's Box, Arturo Arias

Shorty, Daisy Hernández

Puti and the Gay Bandits of Hunts Point, Charles Rice-González

Porcupine Love, tatiana de la tierra

The Unequivocal Moon, Elías Miguel Muñoz

Dear Rodney, Emanuel Xavier

This Desire for Queer Survival, Horacio N. Roque Ramírez

La Fiesta de Los Linares, Janet Arelis Quezada

Malverde, Myriam Gurba

Aquí viene Johnny, Raquel Gutiérrez

Haunting José, Rigoberto González

Imitation of Selena, Ramón García

Currawong Crónica, Susana Chávez-Silverman

I Leave Tomorrow, I Come Back Yesterday, Uriel Quesada

Six Days in St. Paul, Steven Cordova

Arturo, Who Likes to Shave His Legs in the Snow, Lucy Marrero

Comments

[Sandy]

"I Leave Tomorrow, I Come Back Yesterday" is such a good title, no? And if it weren't already taken, I would immediately change my name to the beautifully alliterative and evocative tatiana de la tierra. Perhaps just privately. I can't wait to read this book.