Latinx Pop Lab

08/18/2026

RECLAMACIÓN: A CHARLA WITH DAVID SALAZAR! Dive into the story behind Reclamación Wines: a Mexican‑American, sustainably farmed label built by David Salazar. Learn about his journey, craft, and the reclamation of tradition in every bottle. Read more: https://wix.to/MdPb3kH

David returned home to build Reclamación Wines, a Mexican-American owned, sustainably farmed label: Reclamación. Reclamation.

08/11/2026

New on Latinx Pop: “Dead Man Talking: Javier Hernandez at the Blanton”! Check Out Javi’s creative odyssey, from his upbringing in Whittier to creating his extraordinary El Mu**to. 7-minute read by Frederick Aldama. Read more: https://wix.to/7u02z79

Javier rebuilds his creator odyssey, showing how a bicultural kid in Whittier scavenged a Latino principia aestetica from whatever the culture left lying around.

07/13/2026

INSIDE THE MATRON: David Bowles on horror, craft, and building worlds — a deep dive into how horror exposes humanity in extreme situations. Read the full interview and explore the craft behind the scares: https://wix.to/9crjj4F

Horror, more than any genre, lets you put people in extreme situations and watch their humanity shine.

06/22/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Spotlight: BIPOC LGBTQ+ Voices in Pop Culture

From music and film to television and digital media, BIPOC LGBTQ+ creators have helped redefine what representation looks like in popular culture. Their work has expanded opportunities for storytelling, challenged stereotypes, and created space for more diverse experiences to be seen and heard.

This Pride Month, we're highlighting the impact of BIPOC LGBTQ+ voices and their lasting influence on media and culture.

05/19/2026

Happy summer from Latinx Pop Lab ☀️🌺🌴
Here’s a roundup of some recent BIPOC news in pop culture, media, fashion, and entertainment that’s been bringing joy, creativity, and representation to our feeds lately 💫

04/22/2026

Three Days with My People: Dispatches from BIPOC PoP 2026 — Dan Johnson’s recap of powerful panels, unforgettable performances, and community moments from this year’s BIPOC PoP. A must-read if you want to feel the energy and learn what’s next for Latinx pop culture. Read more: https://wix.to/7GO2ip0

Dan Johnson recaps BIPOC POP 2026!

04/22/2026

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight: Hanya Yanagihara (Saturday, May 2)

Hanya Yanagihara is one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation and the editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Her debut novel, The People in the Trees, announced a bold literary imagination drawn to questions of cultural collision and moral ambiguity. Her second novel, A Little Life—a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize, and winner of the Kirkus Prize—became a literary phenomenon and a defining novel of the twenty-first century, adapted for the stage in an internationally celebrated production directed by Ivo van Hove. Her third novel, To Paradise, a sweeping triptych spanning three centuries of an alternate America, debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Yanagihara's work—epic in scope, unsparing in its emotional depth, and alive to the collisions of culture, identity, and history—speaks powerfully to the questions at the center of multi-ethnic storytelling.

📍 Austin, TX | April 29–May 2, 2026

04/22/2026

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight: Cathy Park Hong (Friday, May 1)

Cathy Park Hong is a poet, essayist, and one of the most vital voices in contemporary American letters. Her bestselling essay collection Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning won the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, earning her a place on Time's 2021 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her three poetry collections—Translating Mo'um, Dance Dance Revolution (winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize), and Engine Empire—are celebrated for their daring experiments with language, voice, and form, from invented creoles to speculative frontiers. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and NEA and Fulbright fellowships, Hong brings a fearless, genre-crossing intelligence to questions of race, identity, and belonging that sit at the very heart of our conference theme.

📍 Austin, TX | April 29–May 2, 2026

04/22/2026

MELUS 2026 is more than a conference, it’s a space to explore how storytelling shapes culture, identity, and power across different media and borders. 📚🌍
From literature to film, digital media to performance, this year’s theme ‘Beyond the Page’ highlights how stories evolve in today’s world.

Connect with scholars, creatives, and thinkers, share your work, and be part of conversations that matter.
📍 Austin, TX | April 29–May 2, 2026
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04/19/2026

Here is this week's booktok! Check it out if you like comics and great art!