By Lauren Eggert-Crowe
Dr. Raina J. León is editor of The Acentos Review, a quarterly literary and arts journal that promotes and publishes Latinx work, and which has featured the work of several Women Who Submit members.
On their website, the review lets writers know, “The Acentos Review publishes poetry, fiction, memoir, interviews, translations, and artwork by emerging and established Latinx writers and artists four times a year. The LatinX community is international and so, too, do we pledge to represent that international community. We welcome submissions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, a combination of two languages, as well as the use of indigenous languages.
“The debate may rage forever as to who or what constitutes Latinx art. Here, there is no such identity crisis. We are already here, writing the histories of our neighborhoods, following the traditions of our ancestors, as well as the poetic traditions that came before us. To paraphrase Baldwin, the poet’s task as historian is to keep the story new, even when the telling is costly. This is the aesthetic we foster at Acentos. It is always about the word, the work, and it all begins here.”
Dr. León is passionate and exuberant about her work as an editor and educator. I asked her some questions about her work at The Acentos Review.
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By Hazel Kight Witham
