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Three Dominicans at Miss Universe 2025: Jennifer Ventura, Yamilex Hernández, and Bereniece Dickenson

November 21, 2025Notis, News, CultureNelson SantanaComment

Jennifer Ventura, Yamilex Hernández, and Bereniece Dickenson spotlight Dominican roots at Miss Universe 2025; two reach Top 30 amid pageant turmoil.

Freylin Pérez Díaz Wins the CSWC in Santo Domingo: A Triumph That Celebrates the Soul of the Dominican Cigar

September 2, 2025Culture, NewsNelson SantanaComment

Freylin Pérez Díaz wins the 2025 Cigar Smoking World Championship in Santo Domingo, celebrating Dominican cigars as culture, heritage, and global pride.

Elizabeth Acevedo Becomes First Person of Color to Win Carnegie Medal

July 3, 2019Cultura, Culture, Literature, Literatura, NewsNelson SantanaComment

The NYC-born Dominicana wins prestigious literary award.

Junot Confronts His Childhood Rape for the First Time in Public

April 11, 2018Culture, Cultura, News, LiteratureNelson SantanaComment

In a brutally honest and painful article, the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens up about his childhood trauma.

The Poem Dedicated to Gun Reform Activist Emma Gonzalez

April 2, 2018Cultura, Culture, NewsNelson SantanaComment

Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, writer and Professor of Spanish and U.S. Latina/o literature at Mount Holyoke College recently penned a poem inspired by the activist work of Emma Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the February 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Ursula K. Le Guin in Her Own Words

January 26, 2018News, Culture, Cultura, NotisESENDOMComment

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), a product of 20th century Cold-War era social upheavals and transformations including the civil rights movement and the sexual revolution of the 1960s, passed away on Jan. 22.

Richard Hambleton, the Man Behind the Shadow, Has Died

November 2, 2017Culture, Cultura, Notis, NewsNelson Santana1 Comment

Richard Hambleton (1952-2017), the Canadian-born public art provocateur who became a fixture of 1980s New York Downtown art scene, died on October 29. He was 65.

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Boletín poético Brigadas de la palabra en PDF

Sale a la luz un nuevo boletín de poesía y cultura.

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Dossier on Women in Translation in PDF

Last year, inspired by the #WomenInTranslation hashtag, the Esendom editorial collective launched what has become our first dossier. Our goal was to open up a conversation on translation and the often-silenced creative work by women especially women of color.

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Experimento ESE: Ayudando a los vulnerables en época del coronavirus: entrevista con Lissette Acosta Corniel

Muchas personas han perdido sus empleos en esta época del coronavirus. En esta entrevista, compartimos como Lissette Acosta Corniel ayuda a personas vulnerables en República Dominicana y Nueva York.

OPINIÓN

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Aug 10, 2025

The “Lesbian National Anthem” Controversy Rekindles the Debate: Is Freedom of Expression in the Dominican Republic Real—or Conditional?

Aug 10, 2025

An LGBTQIA version of the Dominican National Anthem by Yoseli Castillo Fuertes ignites a fierce debate over freedom of expression and legal limits in the Dominican Republic.

Aug 10, 2025

Aug 8, 2025

La controversia del «Himno Nacional Lésbico» reabre el debate: ¿Existe realmente la libertad de expresión en República Dominicana?

Aug 8, 2025

Análisis provocativo sobre los límites de la libertad de expresión en República Dominicana tras la controversia del Himno Nacional Lésbico de Yoseli Castillo Fuertes.

Aug 8, 2025

May 2, 2025

La política migratoria revela la doble moral del gobierno de Luis Abinader

May 2, 2025

Elena Lorac escribe una pieza de opinión sobre la última política de Abinader buscando abrir una discusión sobre migración en República Dominicana.

May 2, 2025

Sep 3, 2024

The War in Gaza: The Anti-War Movement, the Netanyahu/Hamas Dynamic, and the 2024 U.S. Election

Sep 3, 2024

CULTURA

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Nov 21, 2025

Three Dominicans at Miss Universe 2025: Jennifer Ventura, Yamilex Hernández, and Bereniece Dickenson

Nov 21, 2025

Jennifer Ventura, Yamilex Hernández, and Bereniece Dickenson spotlight Dominican roots at Miss Universe 2025; two reach Top 30 amid pageant turmoil.

Nov 21, 2025

Tres dominicanas en Miss Universo 2025: Jennifer Ventura, Yamilex Hernández y Bereniece Dickenson

Nov 21, 2025

Jennifer Ventura y Yamilex Hernández entran al Top 30 de Miss Universo 2025, junto a Bereniece Dickenson. Tres dominicanas en la tarima global.

Nov 21, 2025

HISTORIA ORAL

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Historia oral: Sención Minaya y su merengue de guitarra

Conversamos con Sención acerca de su vida como trabajador y músico durante un tiempo incierto para la música popular dominicana en los 70s y 80s.

Historia oral: Dagoberto López-Coño

Dagoberto López-Coño es un escritor, orador, poeta, activista, e intellectual. En esta entrevista oral hablamos acerca de su formación como escritor, su pueblo Tamboril, sus obras, su activismo, la historia de la comunidad dominicana en Nueva York, y otros temas.

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