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jonathan leal

@jonathanjleal.bsky.social

Asst Prof of English | Wild Tongue: A Borderlands Mixtape (Duke 2026) | Dreams in Double Time (Duke 2023) | National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors | RGV Raised, LA Based www.leal.studio

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Wild Tongue," a Borderlands mixtape of Latine sonic cultures and expressive forms by Jonathan Leal is one of our many great new October titles: buff.ly/bWWE29D

Cover of Wild Tongue: A Borderlands Mixtape by Jonathan Leal. Cover features a vibrant collage of flowers, a guitar, accordian, palm leaves, butterfly, and other objects against a black background. A large pink mouth with a blue string on the tongue centers the collage. The title is in distressed yellow letters at the top with the subtitle and author's name in smaller white text.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Combining lyric nonfiction, artist interviews, archival research, autoethnography, and popular music criticism, Jonathan Leal’s "Wild Tongue" offers an exhilarating account of music, movement, belonging, and resistance in the Rio Grande Valley. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/HZE7Pvz

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