Joy Ramirez

Essays

Hot Flash in Nashville Scene

Fast Car in Nashville Scene

O Mole Night in Nashville Scene

Cooking Through COVID in Chapter 16

A Decade Into My Marriage, Shoes Remain a Point of Contention in Nashville Scene

I Need a Little Christmas in Nashville Scene

Family Ties in Nashville Scene

Book Reviews

Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics by Keeda Haynes in Chapter 16

Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han in Chapter 16

The Survival Expo by Caki Wilkinson in Chapter 16

Make Me Rain: Poems and Prose by Nikki Giovanni in Chapter 16 and the Nashville Scene

Afterlife by Julia Alvarez in Chapter 16 and Nashville Scene

Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses by Josephine Camino OrÍa in Chapter 16

Sown in Earth: Essays of Memory and Belonging by Fred Arroyo in Chapter 16

Staten Island Stories by Claire Jimenez in Chapter 16

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System by Cyntoia Brown in Chapter 16 and Nashville Scene

The Truth Will Set You Free But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion by Gloria Steinem in Chapter 16 and Nashville Scene

Profiles

Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, MDiv’15: Rebel Writer in Vanderbilt Magazine

Vanessa K. Valdés and Nathan Dize: Collaborative Vision in Vanderbilt Magazine

Luis Fonsi Finds His Style in Music World, BMI Magazine

Don Omar: King and Kingmaker in Music World, BMI Magazine

10 Questions: Beatriz Luengo in Music World, BMI Magazine

Banda Los Recoditos in Music World, BMI Magazine

Academic Writing

“Silent Divas: The Femme Fatale of the Italian Cinema Muto,” in The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts, Catherine O’Rawe and Helen Hanson, Eds., Palgrave Macmillan (2010).

“Las Vegas:  La città metaforica dello sbaglio corretto,” in Real Cities: rappresentazioni della città negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, Carmen Concilio and Andrea Carosso, Eds., Otto Editore, Torino (2006).

 “The Desert of the Real: Las Vegas and the Production/ Reproduction of the Postmodern City. Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 49 (2001): 177-186.