Sandra Ruttan: What’s your new book/work in progress about? Barbara Winkes: I have just introduced the all new covers for my Carpenter/Harding series. The next release will be #9, Implications, in which the protagonists Jordan Carpenter and Ellie Harding have to solve a murder that happened a long time ago. At the moment I’m writing...
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Barbara Winkes on What Fostered Her Love of Reading and Mysteries
My parents used to read to me a lot, and some of those stories continued in my mind long after the book was closed (this was perhaps an early attempt at fan fiction, but I soon came up with my own stories and characters). Words were like magic to me, and I wanted to practice...
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Latinx Horror Films for Halloween
by V. Castro Halloween will always be my favorite holiday. It gives you something to look forward to once the school year begins, but is not as far away as Christmas. Growing up in Texas, October was also the beginning of a break from the sweltering summer temperatures. The crisp air and dark nights shifted...
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Who are the actual aliens in Roswell, New Mexico?
by Sarah M. Vasquez Roswell, New Mexico is one of the many TV show reboots in recent years, but it was apparent from the opening scene that this iteration is not a straight copy and paste version of the original. The CW show is about a woman who returns to her hometown to be with...
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Dear Straight People
How NOT to Interact With Queer People in Public by Laila Winters Although I don’t suppose this will come as much of a surprise, I’m a homebody. A queer, anxious homebody who does not leave her apartment unless otherwise prompted by an equally as queer fiancée. But on the rare occasion that I do go...
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A Minor Twitter Movement #Oct1st
Protecting Indigenous Persons Against Racism and Misinformation on Social Media and In Society By E.M. Lunsford Why October 1st? It’s what I see as the beginning of the Indigenous Appropriation Season. Columbus Day, where many “celebrate” a man “discovering” land that was already occupied. We already knew it was there. He was a violent invader,...
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Movie Review: Tigers Are Not Afraid
“We forget that we are princes, warriors, tigers when things outside come to get us.” Estrella is in school, working on an assignment to write a fairy tale, when shots ring out. Her class dives to the floor, taking cover until the violence stops. While she is lying there her teacher gives her three pieces...
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The Mis-education of a Suburban White Boy: How Reading Banned Books Helped Unfuck My Upbringing
by Brian Lindenmuth I grew up in a blue collar (what we would now call a “working class white”) family in Baltimore County in the 80s. It was a fairly racially mixed and religiously diverse area that has continued to diversify over the years, frankly, because of white flight. By the start of the next...
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Authors in the Latino Community You Probably Haven’t Heard Of … But Should Read
J. L. Ortiz Diaz Being Latino can be described as many things. We’re multilingual, friendly and we love to party. Our culture is rich and diverse, our food is full of flavor and our grandparents like to hide the sewing tools in cookie containers. That might seem odd to some, but it’s what makes us...
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Selena Quintanilla and the Vampire’s Tale
by V. Castro I know nothing of Helen of Troy, but I do know that Selena Quintanilla had the talent to inspire millions of women and girls with a voice that belted out heartache and hope like a blinding light with her bejewelled bustier of her own design and lipstick that never faded. Selena’s voice...