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querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the
verb
querer, which means to want” or “to love. But the reality of
querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions and culture and a sense of longing for and belonging to a place where the heart resides.
Spencer Herrera
Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by UNM alumni Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, Spencer R. Herrera, and UNM professor Levi Romero, was published in 2020 and was reviewed by
The Western Historical Quarterly in June by Joseph Ukockis, a doctoral student in History at the UNM Center for the Southwest.
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros talks with Megan Howell about her short story “Patriotic Sex” from her collection
Una casa en los Catskills. Erin Goodman’s English translation of the story is available in
Megan Howell: In “Patriotic Sex,” an Afro-Cuban woman reflects on her tumultuous relationship with Humbercito, a white Cuban American. Her allusions to slave barracks, sexual violence, and intergenerational trauma are more reminiscent of James Baldwin’s “Going to Meet the Man” or Gayle Jones’s
Corregidora than, say, the euphemistic depictions of interracial sex in shows like
Always a Witch and
Escrava Isaura. At the same time, she’s not a complete victim; she has agency, going out of her way to seek out Humbertico.