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Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage
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Recovery is an international project to locate, preserve and make available US Latino culture. The US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH) is a venue for the development, support and training in digital humanities projects using Latino archives.
Come say hi to Arte Público Press at the La Cosecha Dual Language Conference! We’re on the 2nd floor of the Albuquerque Convention Center, right in front of Ballroom B.
All books are 40% off during the conference—don’t miss out! #LaCosecha #LaCosecha2025 #duallanguage #bilingualeducation #DLeNM
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Nos encontramos hoy en @HumanidadesPR guiando un taller para maestras y maestros sobre cómo incorporar @proyectodelitpr.bsky.social en el salón de clase. ¡Qué alegría compartir ideas y aprender juntos! #plpr #proyectolitpr #usLdh #apprecovery @artepublico
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
El equipo del Proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña (PLPR) te invita a participar en sus próximos eventos en San Juan, Puerto Rico. Explora con nosotros cómo la tecnología puede preservar y difundir la herencia literaria. plpr.uh.edu/s/es/page/in... #plpr #usLdh @proyectodelitpr.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
📚✨ Lanzamiento de PLPR el 3/11 en la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. Archivo digital bilingüe de escritores puertorriqueños. Lectura de poesía con Yara Liceaga, Nicole Delgado, Cristina Pérez Díaz, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves y más. 🕚 11 a.m. #PLPR #Poesía #proyectolitpr
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Save the date: Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Nicolás Kanellos
Join us for a special fundraising luncheon honoring Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, founding director of @artepublico.bsky.social and distinguished University of Houston scholar.
📅 Oct. 7, 2026
artepublicopress.com/celebratekan...
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Now online: the Esther Campos Collection, celebrating the life of Maria “Esther” Campos (1930–2025), pioneering Mexican-American educator and civic leader in Houston. Explore her legacy in our digital collections: usldhrecovery.uh.edu/collections/...
#LatinaLeaders #HoustonHistory #usLdh
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We just stopped by Morales Memorial Foundation to drop off items in preparation for this weekend's Death by Chocolate event! Make sure to stop by the Arte Público Press table to browse our books and get a 20% discount. @artepublico.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Arte Público Press Director, Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura speaks at the Greater Houston Arts Forum about the importance and role of literacy for our communities of color. @artepublico.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join our very own archivist, Mikaela Selley, for "City as Canvas, Art as Archive: Public Art and History in Conversation" on Friday, Oct. 24. RSVP va the QR code below.
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join Arte Público Press Director, Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura next week for Latinx in Publishing: Getting In & Moving Up.

Wednesday, October 22, at 7pm ET, via zoom. Registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

(Please check your time zone: 4pm PT, 5pm MT, 6pm CT, 7pmET.)
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🎉 Congrats to @SERJobs on 60 years! To celebrate, we curated with a pop-up exhibit featuring items from the Historic LULAC Clubhouse Collections and a SER Scrapbook. Browse the digital flipbook: online.fliphtml5.com/fyods/lpqy/#... @artepublico.bsky.social #LULAC #SERjobs #Latinos #usLdh #archives
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to Recovery Board member, José F. Aranda, Jr. (Rice University), on receiving the 2025 Susan J. Rosowski Award, presented by the Western Literature Association (WLA). This award goes to a generous and caring mentor and teacher in the field of western American literary studies.
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Recovery scholar & Arte Público Press author Cynthia Orozco has been named National Historian of LULAC. Her latest book, Pioneer of Mexican American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales (Arte Público, 2020), profiles the org’s principal founder. lulac.org/m/U2FsdGVkX1... @artepublico.bsky.social #LULAC
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
✨ Mickey Ibarra hosted the 75th Latino Leaders Luncheon today honoring Latina/o/e trailblazers! 🌟 Guests receive Latino Leaders Speak, Vol. I (APP). Vol. II coming this November via @artepublico.bsky.social

#LatinoLeaders #Trailblazers
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dr. Carolina Villarroel, our Director of Research, poses with Robert the Reader at the Pasadena Fairmont Library’s Viva la biblioteca event!
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Find Arte Público Press at Pasadena Fairmont Library’s Viva la Biblioteca event!
September 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@artepublico.bsky.social Director Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura is representing Arte Público Press at the National Reforma Conference VIII!
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Latinidad in the making: DH projects and collective futurities, a symposium focusing on Hispanic-serving digital humanities by connecting DH scholars who do community-engaged research:

Friday, September 12, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM (EST time). Registration is open on tinyurl.com/LatinidadDH
September 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Congratulations to Recovery Board Member, Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez (Carnegie Mellon University) on her latest publication, Latinx Literature in Transition 1444-1886, co-edited with Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela.
August 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join us for a screening and discussion of the documentary, Change the Subject on Sept. 6 at the Julia Ideson Building (Meldrum Room) on Saturday, September 06, 2025, at 1:00pm, as part of the Houston Public Library event, #JoinLaCharla. More info: calendar.houstonlibrary.org/event/149784...
August 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Get ready to go back to school with this Recovery tote bag, featuring archival images of Leonor Villegas de Magnón, Aracelito García, Félix Varela and María Cristina Mena! Get yours today at: artepublicopress.com/product/reco...
August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy National Intern Day! We're proud to celebrate the brilliant interns who bring fresh ideas, curiosity, and energy to our team every day. Thank you for all the work you do. You're shaping the future!

#usLdh #archives #apprecovery #digitalhumanities @artepublico.bsky.social @uh.edu
July 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Exploring the profound impact of Latinos on their communities and the nation, Latino Firsts: Trailblazers and Milestones in United States History by Nicolás Kanellos (Visible Ink Press) gathers more than 1,250 Latino American firsts, both renowned and less known. visibleinkpress.com/t247/Latino-...
July 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Did you see Willy Chavarria and Maluma wearing zoot suits to the Met Gala? Luis Valdez's critically-acclaimed play, "Zoot Suit" was the first, and only, Chicano play to open on Broadway. Get your copy here: artepublicopress.com/product/zoot... @artepublico.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Congratulations to Arte Público Press/Recovery founder, Dr. Nicolás Kanellos on receiving a 2025 University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award! @uh.edu
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM