''Literal: Latin American Voices'' is a quarterly cultural magazine focusing on art, architecture, literature, politics, culture, writers, intellectualism and current world events. It publishes most of its articles in both English and Spanish. It distributes nationwide in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

History

''Literal'' was founded in 2004 by

Rose Mary Salum Rose Mary Salum has authored 9 books. She is the founder of the award winning bilingual magazine Literal Magazine. She is also the founder of Literal Publishing, a bilingual publisher house. She has taught as a visiting professor at Universidad ...

. Its purpose is to provide a medium for the critique and diffusion of the

Latin American Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-eth ...

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

and art, recognizing its potential strength as a point of departure for understanding.

Reception and awards

''Literal'' has won 2 Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) Awards and four Lone Star Awards.

Chief editors

*Rose Mary Salum. *David Medina Portillo

References

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* Magazines established in 2004 Bilingual magazines Quarterly magazines published in the United States Spanish-language magazines Visual arts magazines published in the United States {{art-mag-stub