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ⓘ About Alex Espinoza
Alex Espinoza is an American published queer writer and educator who goes by the pronouns he/him/his/they. He has a disability and resides in Los Angeles. He is known for writing his 2007 debut fictional novel Still Water Saints, which came out to great reception and critical acclaim, as well as his subsequent fictional novels. These include The Five Acts of Diego Leon, which won a 2014 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Espinoza is also known for writing his nonfiction novel Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. He also wrote the 2024 fictional novel The Sons of El Rey and wrote the 2008 collection The Dream Within. He has won fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Macdowell, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
All Book Series by Alex Espinoza
Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production
Series opener · book 1 of 34 · published 2009 Anthology · Marivel T. Danielson
Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon
Book 2 of 34 · published 2009 Anthology · Regina M. Marchi
Day of the Dead in the USA, Second Edition: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon
Book 3 of 34 · published 2009 Anthology · Regina M. Marchi
Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom
Book 4 of 34 · published 2010 Anthology · Priscilla Peña Ovalle
The Making of Chicana/o Studies: In the Trenches of Academe
Book 5 of 34 · published 2011 Anthology · Rodolfo F. Acuña
The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939
Book 6 of 34 · published 2012 Anthology · Lisa Jarvinen
Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego
Book 7 of 34 · published 2012 Anthology · Rudy P. Guevarra Jr.
Disenchanting Citizenship: Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging
Book 8 of 34 · published 2012 Anthology · Luis F.B. Plascencia
Zapotecs on the Move: Cultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational Perspective
Book 9 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Domestic Negotiations: Gender, Nation, and Self-Fashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art
Book 10 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Marci R. McMahon
Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature: Explorations of Place and Belonging
Book 11 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Maya Socolovsky
Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands
Book 12 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · A. Gabriel Meléndez
Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture
Book 13 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Desirée A. Martín
Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption
Book 14 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Cecilia M. Rivas
Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán: From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement
Book 15 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Xóchitl Bada
Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence
Book 16 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Maraia Acosta Cruz
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos: Uncovering Hidden Influences from Spain to Mexico
Book 17 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Marie-Theresa Hernandez
Family Activism: Immigrant Struggles and the Politics of Noncitizenship
Book 18 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Amalia Pallares
Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles before World War II
Book 19 of 34 · published 2015 Anthology · Colin Gunckel
Of Forests and Fields: Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest
Book 20 of 34 · published 2016 Anthology · Mario Jimenez Sifuentez
Southwest Asia: The Transpacific Geographies of Chicana/o Literature
Book 21 of 34 · published 2016 Anthology · Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue
From the Edge: Chicana/o Border Literature and the Politics of Print
Book 22 of 34 · published 2016 Anthology · Allison E. Fagan
In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills: Latino Suburbanization in Postwar Los Angeles
Book 23 of 34 · published 2017 Anthology · Jerry Gonzalez
LatinAsian Cartographies: History, Writing, and the National Imaginary
Book 24 of 34 · published 2018 Anthology · Susan Thananopavarn
Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique
Book 25 of 34 · published 2018 Anthology · T. Jackie Cuevas
Constituting Central American–Americans: Transnational Identities and the Politics of Dislocation
Book 26 of 34 · published 2018 Anthology · Maritza E. Cárdenas
Forging Arizona: A History of the Peralta Land Grant and Racial Identity in the West
Book 27 of 34 · published 2019 Anthology · Anita Huizar-Hernandez
Parcels: Memories of Salvadoran Migration
Book 28 of 34 · published 2019 Anthology · Mike Anastario
Becoming Transnational Youth Workers: Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of Survival and Social Mobility
Book 29 of 34 · published 2019 Anthology · Isabel Martínez
Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora
Book 31 of 34 · published 2020 Anthology · José M Alamillo
Precarity and Belonging: Labor, Migration, and Noncitizenship
Book 32 of 34 · published 2021 Anthology · Juan Poblete,Catherine S. Ramírez,Sylvanna M. Falcon,Steven C. McKay,Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
Latinas on the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications
Book 33 of 34 · published 2022 Anthology · Melissa Villa-Nicholas
Embodied Economies: Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater
Latest in the series · book 34 of 34 · published 2022 Anthology · Israel Reyes
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Alex Espinoza?
Alex Espinoza is an American published queer writer and educator who goes by the pronouns he/him/his/they. He has a disability and resides in Los Angeles. He is known for writing his 2007 debut fictional novel Still Water Saints, which came out to great reception and critical acclaim, as well as his subsequent fictional novels.
Which Alex Espinoza series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States series, the earliest of Alex Espinoza's multi-book series: it opens with Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production (2009) and runs to 34 books across 2009–2022, ending with Embodied Economies: Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater (2022).
How many books has Alex Espinoza written?
Alex Espinoza has 161 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2025. 155 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States series with 34 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Alex Espinoza's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alex Espinoza's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States (2009–2022, 34 books).
How are Alex Espinoza's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alex Espinoza's 161 books into 2 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States (34 books, 2009–2022); Akashic Noir (121 books, 2002–2025).