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I've always loved noirs. One of my fave definitions of them is from Nino Frank: "They are essentially psychological narratives with the action—however violent or fast-paced—less significant than faces, gestures,

Apropos of nothing in particular: I feel one big problem with publishing and readers is expectations of correct POC performance. Like, if you're Latina you better have the right number

I say: “When you’re Latina American, everything you write is ‘magical realism,’ an arcane and meaningless label, and yet it’s kind of the hole where publishing/marketing puts us.”Horror is back!

So the label 'horror' for books or movies doesn't mean that every book is supposed to give you a heart attack, just like not every 'romance' makes your heart thump.

My theory is that those people who have been caught cosplaying Black, Indigenous or Latinas were so successful because people expect gross stereotypes of POC. For example, the lady who

If you're curious, American Dirt has Bookscanned (sold) over 300,000 copies. It's that a lot? I'm on the bestseller lists with Mexican Gothic with a total of 10,000 copies sold

I've seen reviews for MEXICAN GOTHIC where the reviewers, who are white, lament it's not Mexican enough. Today I read one from a Latina who said it was full of