Larry La Fountain
@larrylafountain
Professor at the University of Michigan. Author of Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021) + Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora. Coeditor Keywords for Latina/o Studies. On sabbatical this year. 🇵🇷 🌈
Juan Sanchez: Art and Politics Ricanstructed By Carolina A. Miranda Foreword by Chon A. Noriega Forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press in 2027 A comprehensive look at Juan Sánchez’s mixed-media art and its commentary on Puerto Rican life. www.upress.umn.edu/978089551138...
Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities By Jessica Lopez Lyman Forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press An in-depth look at how Latina/x artists transform art into activism and reclaim space in the Twin Cities. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792003...
Editor's Choice Ep. 13: P FKN R: Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Resistance w/ Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau. sites.libsyn.com/456621/latin...
My book TRANSLOCAS is free to read until the end of 2026 as part of the @uofmpress.bsky.social US at 250 initiative. It was one of the 11 books selected by student Larnell Gross to be part of the section titled Soul of America: 250 Years through Books. Thanks Larnell! press.umich.edu/Books/US-250
La película puertorriqueña Esta Isla está espectacular. Ya la he visto 2 veces en el cine Fine Arts de Miramar. Filmada casi exclusivamente en el oeste de la isla (Mayagüez, Añasco, Las Marías, Cabo Rojo, Sabana Grande, Guayanilla), centra la historia de dos hermanos afropuertorriqueños en Mayagüez.
Toward Dissent: Accessing Political Struggle across the Americas, ed. Matthew Edwards, now available from Univ of Toronto Press! Centers political resistance, activist work, and cultural productions from across the Americas, engaging feminist, LGBTQ, and immigrant rights activism in diverse ways.
¡Morir en reversa, el nuevo disco de CIRCO! ¡FELICIDADES! ¡Maravilloso!
Congrats Jade Power Sotomayor for your forthcoming book ¡Habla! Speaking Bodies and Dancing Our América (@nyupress.bsky.social, August 2026)! nyupress.org/978147980206...
¡Gracias a CinemADOC y al cineasta Ryan Pérez Hicks! Esta foto es de la segunda sesión de CinemADOC organizada por AdocPR (la Asociación de Documentalistas de Puerto Rico) en CAFÉ CON CÉ en la calle Cerra el miércoles 20 de mayo de 2026. #AdocPR #CinemADOC
Recital Realengo para Saltamontes de Eduardo Alegría en Ponce, 29 y 30 de mayo de 2026.
In memoriam: Xavier Navarro Aquino, assistant professor of English, unexpectedly died Wednesday (May 6). He was 36. He is survived by his wife, Jayleen Santiago Diaz. Condolences may be sent to the Department of English, 233 Decio Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. news.nd.edu/news/in-memo...?
Professor Marisel Moreno has shared the very sad news of Xavier Navarro Aquino's death. He was the author of the acclaimed novel "Velorio" and an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. May he rest in peace. He is survived by his wife Jayleen Santiago.
Catálogo Desbocadas. Yeguas del Apocalipsis. Retrospectiva. (PDF de descarga gratuita) www.mnba.gob.cl/publicacione...
The Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan is marking its 90th anniversary! We are planning a year of celebration and reflection that highlights the history, vitality, and promise of American and ethnic studies at Michigan. lsa.umich.edu/ac/news-even...
Las Reinas de Queens: HISTORIA Y MEMORIA TRANS EN EL MUSEO DE QUEENS. Radio Ambulante Studios e iHeartRadio te invitan al lanzamiento de su serie podcast: Las Reinas de Queens. 7 de abril de 2026 - Puertas: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm. Lugar: Queens Museum, Corona, NY radioambulante.org/lanzamiento-...
TALLER HISTORIOGRÁFICO Martes, 24 de marzo | 2:00-5:00pm Metodologías de la investigación queer/cuir trans en Puerto Rico Taller a cargo de @larrylafountain.bsky.social Centro de Recursos de Información y Aprendizaje (CRIIAS), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales - UPR-Río Piedras Modalidad híbrida
CONFERENCIA: Bregando con un flow cabrón: Villano Antillano, Estrella Transmediática CUÁNDO: lunes, 23 de marzo de 2026 DÓNDE: Humanidades Puerto Rico, tercer piso, Cuartel de Ballajá, Viejo San Juan HORA: 5:00pm COSTO: GRATUITO
Very exciting! Great cover! Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies, a forthcoming anthology edited by Aurora Santiago Ortiz @santiaaurora.bsky.social & Jorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social. @dukepress.bsky.social DISCOUNT CODE: E26PRSTD www.dukeupress.edu/interrogatin...
¡Muchísimas felicidades a Gladys M. Jiménez Muñoz por la publicación de su libro "Womanhood and Race in Interwar Puerto Rico: Labile Bodies, Colonial Disparities"! ¡Tremenda noticia! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Elián González Goes Pop! The Cultural Afterlives of a Cuban Child Icon. By Paul Allatson. Forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. link.springer.com/book/9783032... Focuses on popular-cultural representations and appropriations across national borders of the celebrity that came to Elián González.
Thursday, February 5th @ 4:30PM - Donia Human Rights Center presents "Immigration Policy and Lived Experience: Perspectives on the First Year of Trump 2.0" with Melissa Borja, Jack Kanarek, Paulina D. Arnold, and William Lopez. Weiser Hall 1010, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
RECITAL REALENGO PARA SALTAMONTES de Eduardo Alegría Parte del programa de Residencias Artísticas 2026-2027 del Programa de Artes Escénicas del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 15-17 mayo 2026 Teatro Victoria Espinosa San Juan, Puerto Rico boletos.boletera.net/e/recital-re...
¡ACirc presenta Circo Fest! Decimoprimer Festival Internacional de Circo y Artes de Calle de Puerto Rico, 14-15 de marzo de 2026, Viejo San Juan, PR. Festival a la gorra.
Programa General del Ciclo 38 de Conferencias Caribeñas que tomará lugar este segundo semestre del año académico 2025-2026 del Instituto de Estudios del Caribe UPRRP (UPR, Río Piedras). Incluye conferencias por Yolanda Rivera, Aurea María Sotomayor Miletti, Martín Espada y César A. Salgado.
Collective Memories of the U.S.-Mexico War and Mexican American Activism Professor Omar Valerio-Jiménez (University of Texas, San Antonio) Wednesday, February 25, 4pm Tappan Room, Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI Presented by University of Michigan Latina/o Studies events.umich.edu/event/142114
El Laberinto del Coco: Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion Ensemble concert and dance party Friday, February 6 | 7:00 pm League Ballroom, Michigan League 911 N University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Groove to the irresistible, rhythmic beats of PR! Free and open to the public smtd.umich.edu/event/06-feb...
Latina/o/x/e Comedy Night Wednesday, February 4 | 7:00 pm Keene Theater, East Quadrangle 701 E. University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free and open to the public Featuring a dynamic lineup of comedians who bring their diverse Latin American backgrounds to the stage. smtd.umich.edu/event/04-feb...
University of Michigan Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador. February 2-26, 2026 | International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall, Ann Arbor, MI. events.umich.edu/event/143613
Broad Underground X MSU Latinx Film Festival: Performance and Video Art with LA 18. Friday, February 20 in East Lansing, Michigan. FREE. Featuring a documentary on performer Helen Ceballos: RITO DE PASO, with Freddie Mercado and Teresa Karolina. 6:00pm. broadmuseum.msu.edu/events/broad...