Vol. 36(3) is Out Now!

Dear Bilingual Review Family,

The Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe is thrilled to announce the publication of the journal’s newest issue, Vol. 36, No. 3 (2024): Historias de la Frontera: Bilingual Lives in the Borderlands.

This issue includes multiple articles on translanguaging, bilingual education programs, and multicultural representation through literature and advertisement.

Our first article, “The Vitality of Spanish Language Programs in the US Higher Education System” by Dr. Clara Burgo, delves into the need for better attention to heritage Spanish speakers in university level Spanish language and linguistics programs.

Next, Dr. Gibran Escalera examines the frontera classic, George Washington Gomez, through a modernist lens in his article, “Modernist Quick Characters: Translation as Anti-Colonial Action.”

The following article, “Easy de Traducir: Geomapping Spanish Language Billboards Across Fort Worth, Texas” by Dr. Steve Przymus and Dr. Melissa Mendoza, breaks down the use of billboards throughout Fort Worth, Texas in an attempt to illustrate the use—and often denigration—of Spanish in the United States.

To conclude our Research section, Dr. David Martínez-Prieto, Dr. Sue Kasun, and Dr. Peter Sayer discuss the use of translanguaging in English language teacher education programs abroad in their bilingual article, “Los Retos and Opportunities del Transnational Translanguaging in English-Language Teaching Programs in Mexico.”

Finally, in our Literature section, we are pleased to showcase the poetry of Alfredo Arevalo—“Los Machetes” and “Sonnet Sun by the Alcoholic in Quarantine”—and Jonathan Lloyd—“Tears, Lágrimas” as well as the short story, “Down in the Dust They Were Born In” by Michael McGuire.

Please forward this issue’s link (https://bilingualreviewjournal.org/) to your colleges and colleagues and encourage them to submit to The Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe. Also, please share this issue on social media with friends, family, and readers so this issue can get the furthest reach possible.

Thank you to all the contributors and editors for bringing this issue to life.

            Happy Holidays! We’ll see you next year.

-The Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe Editorial Team