{"id":44476,"date":"2018-09-30T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T15:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=44476"},"modified":"2018-10-01T12:47:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T16:47:35","slug":"tales-from-la-vida-a-latinx-comics-anthology-edited-by-frederick-luis-aldama-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tales-from-la-vida-a-latinx-comics-anthology-edited-by-frederick-luis-aldama-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology edited by Frederick Luis Aldama [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The latest title in Mad Creek<\/a>\u2019s impressive Latinographix<\/a> series showcases 80-plus contributions from the flourishing Latinx graphic community. Creators were prompted \u201cto reflect upon the most significant moments of their lives,\u201d rendering seven sections that explore language, coming-of-age, mythology, identity, heritage, self-image, and pop culture.<\/p>\n

The auspicious result features a manifold cast from the most established\u00a0\u2013\u00a0title and series editor Frederick Luis Aldama<\/a>, for example, is a pre-eminent author\/academic in the graphic industry\u00a0\u2013 to as-yet-unproven discoveries, each working in varied styles, methods, lengths. As with many collections, individual results are (wildly) uneven, but the communal outcome wholly embodies the Latinographix intention: \u201cprovides a place for exploration and boundary pushing and celebrates hybridity, experimentation, and creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Standouts abound, including Samuel Teer\u2019s \u201cMIXED\u201d (\u201cThe texture of my otherness was all that most friends perceived\u201d); Ivan Velez Jr.\u2019s \u201cQue Significa?\u201d (\u201c… are my Latino moments judged on significance or worthiness by the gaze of others?\u201d); and Miguelangel Ruiz\u2019s \u201cThe Day I Discovered My Alter Ego\u201d (\u201c…there are some things that cannot be left unsaid\u201d).<\/p>\n

As testimony and magnification of the multitudinous Latinx experience, La Vida<\/em> bursts forth con fuerte<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: modified from\u00a0“Fiction: Graphic Novels,” Booklist<\/em>, September 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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