''Literal: Latin American Voices'' is a quarterly cultural

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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, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, the

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and

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History

''Literal'' was founded in 2004 by Rose Mary Salum. Its purpose is to provide a medium for the critique and diffusion of the

Latin American Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

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

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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