Renee Hudson is an assistant professor of English at Chapman University, where she specializes in Latinx and Multiethnic American literature. A former University of California Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSD and a current Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellow, she is currently at work on a project that considers the hemispheric role of revolution in shaping Latinx literature.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
“Our Energy Is the Epilogue of Empires”: On Angel Dominguez’s “Desgraciado”
Renee Hudson considers “Desgraciado” by Angel Dominguez....
Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part II: Adam Silvera’s Infinity Cycle and the Superhero Quandary
Renee Hudson sees in Adam Silvera’s YA a thoughtful examination of what it means to engage in policing over community forms of care....
Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part I: Isabel Ibañez’s Inkasisa Series and the Failure of the “Woke” Conversion Narrative
Renee Hudson worries over anti-Indigeneity in the novels of Isabel Ibañez....
Border Waters: On Ayendy Bonifacio’s “To the River, We Are Migrants”
Renee Hudson considers “To the River, We Are Migrants” by Ayendy Bonifacio....
Latinidad in the Age of Trump: On Ricardo Ortiz’s “Latinx Literature Now”
Renee Hudson considers Ricardo L. Ortiz's "Latinx Literature Now: Between Evanescence and Event."...
Jennine Capó Crucet and Post-Trump Latinx Literature
Renee Hudson reviews Jennine Capó Crucet’s “My Time Among the Whites.”...
The Americas of Carmen Giménez Smith
Renee Hudson reviews “Be Recorder” by Carmen Giménez Smith....
Situating the Enslaved: Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide” and the Politics of Allyship
Renee Hudson looks at the relationship between betrayal and revolution in Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide.”...
“King Comus” and the Elasticity of the Neo-Slave Narrative
Renee Hudson appraises William Demby’s experimental novel “King Comus” in the context of black speculative fiction and the neo-slave narrative....
