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an introduction is presented which discusses articles in the issue on topics including the Womxn of Color Initiative allowed Santos-Febres to bring a communal practice of women writers; and collection of out-of-print works by Afro-Puerto Rican women writers with theme "Cuerpo, conjuro y memoria."

This essay uses a fusion of queer and Puerto Rican studies, and a small sample of literature by Puerto Rican women writers, to initiate a conversation about representations of colonized subject positions through articulations of sexuality and non-conforming expressions of gender in contemporary Puerto Rican literature. The two writers whose works I discuss, Ana Lydia Vega and Mayra Santos-Febres, are unarguably part of the Puerto Rican literary canon, which is characterized by the highly political content of its narratives. Using authors that are generally understood to be straight to talk about queerness and anti-coloniality provides a unique perspective, for it shows women from a colony utilizing non-dominant sexualities and gender identities strategically to both articulate and subvert power. That is to say, they are using queer sexualities and gender identities within their narrative serves as powerful analogies to myriad themes, in this particular case to the theme of colonialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a literary criticism for the novel "Fe en disfraz" by Mayra Santos-Febres. The author comments on the influence of Santos-Febres' ethnic identity as a Black Puerto Rican woman on her works and examines the subject of memory and faith explored in the novel. The representation of the history of Black people in Puerto Rico is also examined.

This article presents a literary criticism for "Fe en disfraz" by Mayra Santos-Febres and "Las Negras" by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro. The influence of Santos-Febres and Pizarro's ethnic identity as black Puerto Rican women on their works and literary characters is examined. Themes including eroticism, sexuality, and race in these novels is also explored.

El artículo analiza cómo los caminos interpretativos y traslaciones étnicos se entrelazan en la novela "Sirena Selena vestida de pena," de la escritora afro-puertorriqueña Mayra Santos-Febres. Aunque el tiempo del discurso en la novela es corto, el lector se entera del pasado de los varios personajes. El libro se trata de las vidas de dos travestís puertorriqueñas y está narrada por las dos personajes.

The article discusses the contrasting body signs in the short story "La muñeca menor," by Puerto Rican author Rosario Ferré. Ferré's first story deals with a young girl who gets bitten by a prawn and cannot be treated since the creature stays in her leg. The young woman remains hidden in her family home, making dolls for family members. The article analyzes the symbol of the prawn to express the relationship between mind and body.