September 16: Celebrate Latinx Fantasy Writers

Fire-breathing dragons, rising phoenixes, flesh eating zombies,  and other mythical creatures have long been staples of literature. But many of those fantastical inspirations and world building elements come from European folklore. As part of Latinx Heritage Month 2021, the CSW Library is featuring Latinx fiction writers of fantasy as they explore the magical and mythical through the lenses of their own Latinx cultures. These stories, at their heart, create a tapestry of themes that explore fear, families, tradition, and belonging in new worlds that, in many cases, mirror and reflect the realities of ours.

Latinx Heritage Month recognizes and honors the enduring contributions and importance of Latinx Americans to the U.S. and celebrates the many heritages and cultures of Americans from or with ancestors from Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain and Central and South America. The CSW Library honors the culturally preferred and more appropriate term of Latinx. “Latinx” relates to people of Latin American origin or descent; the use of the 'x' does not imply a specific gender—as would the 'o' (masculine) or the 'a' (feminine) for nouns in Spanish—and is meant to disrupt the grammatical binary that is inherent in this Romance language.

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