Frederick Luis Aldama is the author, coauthor, and editor of over thirty books, including recently Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands and Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics. He is Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor, University Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the award-winning LASER (Latinx Space for Enrichment & Research) at The Ohio State University.
"The auspicious result features a manifold cast from the most
established to as-yet-unproven discoveries, each working in varied
styles, methods, lengths. . . . As testimony and magnification of
the multitudinous Latinx experience, La Vida bursts forth con
fuerte." --Booklist
"The best collection of Latinxdad--humor, pathos, politics, and
DESMADRE--since the empanada." --Gustavo Arellano, Taco USA: How
Mexican Food Conquered America "An eclectic and artistically
stunning collection of work overflowing with emotional resonance
and cultural reverence, Tales from la Vida is a gift to cherish."
--David Walker, Luke Cage and Bitter Root
"These are all our stories. Every single one. We have dealt with
all these issues at some point or another because we are Latinx. We
are descendants of the indigenous peoples of the Americas--mixed,
colonized, and gentrified with foreign blood and ideas. We are who
we are now because of the past 500 years of key moments. Because of
this we need to hold on to and uplift collections like Tales. They
are crucial to propagating our stories and our lives."
--Christopher C. Hernandez, Latinx Spaces
"This is comic book storytelling at its best. These deftly
constructed stories shake us to our core selves, waking us and the
world to the sweeping spectrum of Latinx identities and
experiences. Mind blowing!" --Keith Knight, The Knight Life and K
Chronicles
"You want cutting edge? Tales from la Vida showcases the best of
the best. This bounty of Latinx talent opens eyes and hearts to the
extraordinary possibilities of comic book storytelling!" --Jeff
Smith, Bone
"Tales from la Vida gives me vida! The sheer volume of testimonies
bearing witness to the depth and complexities of being Brown and
Latinx, of being an interesting sentient being, of being a vato/a
nerd, of being a wordsmith and visual creative--and the broad range
of intelligence and artistry displayed in these biting comics is
mind-bogglingly astonishing, and stands shoulder-to-shoulder with
any seminal, canonical anthology of American poetry or prose. We
are gifted here with double-barreled throwdowns of resistance,
rebellion, and love from some of the most genius Latinx (and
American!) comics creators in the land--all mitigated by the
judicious and generous inimitable scholar-artist himself, the Good
Doctor, Frederick Luis Aldama! Vaya!!!" --Tony Medina, I Am Alfonso
Jones
"These stories represent the independent voice for Latinxs in
comics today and Professor Aldama is the 'cerebro' that had the
vision to pull them all together." --Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, La
Borinque�a
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