Two poetry collections that interrogate what we inherit from complicated legacies.

With help from Violet, I picked the most exciting poetry collections 2025-2026 by women and trans poets of color.

From the Backlist (March Plaidness, 2021)

Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And ...

A photographer documents extreme drought in Chihuahua and a Tucson poet talks apocalypse, and finding inspiration from Interstate 10 for her new book. Plus, more news from across the border region.

Southwest Reconstruction is Raquel Gutiérrez’s debut poetry collection, a disquieting journey through the uncharted dreamspace of memory and loss, expulsion and shelter, family and recognition. Enacti...

Los Angeles' ascension coincided with the 46-year career of art critic Christopher Knight. In his final column for The Times, he cites three important factors in that rise.

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In an exclusive interview, two prominent members of ACT UP, which has been credited with saving millions of lives, hope to inspire younger LGBTQ activists to embark on a bold trans liberation movement

Former Los Angeles Times art critic, the beloved writer and critic, Carolina Miranda, joins writer Raquel Gutierrez in a conversation on art, culture and movement in Los Angeles. Both writers will als...

Raquel Gutiérrez will be reading from her 2022 book of essays, “Brown Neon”, Friday night at 7:30 in the Creative Media Theatre inside Milton Hall on the NMSU campus, part of the Nelson-Boswell Readin...

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