Categoría: essay
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Book Review: The Correspondent by Edward Ortiz
Photo by Ed Ortiz – Coffee was nice and hot! Last November, I wrote a post titled When a Story Finally Finds Its Moment, where I discussed an article I read in The Wall Street Journal about the novel The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. It took her a long time…
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Earthly mastery by Susana Cabaço
Making the most of what is, as it is, is the way of the masters. They don’t demand outer perfection but make each moment perfect by the way they see and use outer conditions to refine their beingness. If it’s rainy, they don’t fight the rain; they peacefully use an…
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Book Review: The Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley by Edward Ortiz
Photo by Ed Ortiz – Book and Hot Puerto Rican Coffee in My Taíno-Inspired Mug I finished reading The Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley over the weekend, and I really enjoyed reading her poems and learning more about her life. Most importantly, I learned that people often think less of…
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Buds of hope by Susana Cabaço
hen the trees start to bud after the harsh winter conditions, they gently bring about the energy of hope. Hope in warmer and brighter days and in the mildness and potential of life. The buds tell that the worst is behind. The standby of winter, though necessary for natural rebalancing,…
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Pearls of life by Susana Cabaço
Nature quietly utters universal truths through alluring, mystical moments that speak more than words. Depths that, despite their relevance, the majority fail to capture, given their briefness or discreetness and people’s rapid pace and distracted state. Under a soft winter rain, in an apparently lifeless scenario, countless pearls of water…
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Nelle Harper Lee by Luisa Zambrotta
Harper Lee was born on 28 April 1926, and died on 19 February 2016She is best known for writing the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, published in 1960, which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Gregory Peck The novel is both a coming-of-age…
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Decisions: Loving an AI Ms. or Mr.? —01 by j Re Crivello
“They call it the loneliness economy,” he added. “There’s the boom in feminism in China, increased media attention to domestic violence… and then there’s still strong gender discrimination in the workplace. I think all of this together leads women to try at least one boyfriend through AI.” (Expansión 16-02-26) We…
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Congratulations on writing 500 posts on LatinosUSA!
February 2025/ february 2026 Just a quick note: if current traffic levels continue, LatinosUSA will go from 35,000 visits at the end of 2025 to 70,000 in 2026. And thank you to everyone! Readers and writers alike, for supporting this community. Juan Ré Crivello Editor & Founder
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Living is flowing by Susana Cabaço
All living things, just like the physical reality they express themselves in, exist in a flow state. Living in itself implies flowing—an organic beingness that fluidly heads toward new horizons and states. You, as an integral part of the Universe, also exist in a fluidness that keeps unfolding at every…
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Psychological Warfare: Put Down Your Weapon and Relocate
Author: Salizan Takisvilainan Translator: C. J. Anderson-Wu Outside of the tribal community A broadcast is heard: Dear fellows, you are already surrounded by landslides, stop resisting in vain. Put down your weapons Put down the shovel you carry on shoulder Put down the hope in your mind Put down the…
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Seasonal Winds by C J Anderson-Wu
Seasonal winds shift with the changing temperatures of land and sea. Sometimes they arrive too cold to linger, sometimes they are driven away by scorching heat. Rarely do they stay. Their songs are stored in the clouds, waiting for the storm to pass. Yet the air they need to soar…
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Venus de Milo by Luisa Zambrotta
On 8 April 1820 the famous ancient statue Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos (Milos in modern Greek) . It was presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. The marble statue, which is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek…
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Mr Tambourine Man: cultural references (2)
LE BATEAU IVRE (Rimbaud) Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship,My senses have been stripped, my hands can’t feel to grip,My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heelsTo be wanderin’. This verse recalls the poem “Le Bateau Ivre” (The Drunken Boat) written by…
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The Masquerade of the North by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
In the dusty outskirts of Maiduguri, where the sun scorched the earth and the air transported the weight of unspoken fears, Zainab lived a life stitched together by survival. She was a schoolteacher, or had been, before Boko Haram’s shadow fell over Borno State. Now, her days were spent weaving…
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Review: The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (@CathChidgey) by Olga Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book by an author new to me, but one that I will follow in the future. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey England, 1979. Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a secluded New Forest home, part of the government’s…
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Book Review: The Hardest Job in the World – The American Presidency by Edward Ortiz
It’s interesting to learn how the office of the president of the United States came to be and how it has changed over time, mostly due to Congress’s neglect. I have been reading about the Founding Fathers and the important documents they produced that have guided this country. So when…
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