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Love and Horror

by Sonia Gomez

Poetry

I am in love with Yesika Salgado's poetry and highly recommended her books, Corazon and Tesoro. Her poems explore  intimacy, race/ethnicity, and politics from the perspective of a self-proclaimed "fat, fly, and brown" poet. For more on her poetry, activism, and other work, check out her website. 

Yesika Salgado

Image from https://www.yesikasalgado.com/

TV

Lovecraft Country (HBO) is a year old, but if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it even if you are not a fan of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction (I am not) or have not read any of his works (I have not). The series isn't perfect but it offers a lot to unpack around issues of race, gender, sexuality, and war with a historical perspective. Be warned there is a lot of horror both real and imagined.

Lovecraft Country

Image from HBOMax.com

Aug 2, 2021
summer 2021 blog, cah blog feature

Sonia Gomez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History where she teaches classes on race and ethnic relations, gender, and immigration in U.S. history. She is currently working on her second book, Dear Mollie: Friendship Across Barbed Wire and Racial Lines about an interracial group of friends who maintained their bond through letter writing throughout World War II.