The new book Stories of Return / Cuentos del retorno: Bilingual Dimensions of Puerto Rican Migrations (Editora Educación Emergente, 2026) edited by Carmen Haydée Rivera Vega, will be launched at FIL RÍO 2026— the Río Piedras Intercultural Book Fair— which takes place from November 16 to 19, 2026, at the University of Puerto Rico’s Río Piedras Campus and in surrounding areas (@filrio2026).
The launch will take place in the session titled “El retorno y la nación en vaivén” [Returning and the Nation in Flux] on Monday, November 16, at 2:30pm in the Student Council Room [Sala del Consejo de Estudiantes] at the University Center, UPR-Río Piedras. The event will feature the participation of contributors to the collection, including Diógenes Ballester, Anjanette Delgado, Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Urayoán Noel, Yolanda Rivera, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, and Mayra Santos-Febres. The presentation will be moderated by Carmen Haydée Rivera Vega.
Book Description (from EEE): It is well known that Puerto Rican-ness is multifaceted, diverse, and fluid. At times, it is still— like gentle ripples peeking at the sands along the island’s southern coast. At other times, it is better captured by the metaphor of a thunderous Atlantic surge. Especially after the U.S. invasion of the archipelago, Puerto Rican lives have been forged through a journey that, very often, is not exactly a matter of choice. Bodies, families, friendships, generations, languages, aspirations, and anxieties are all etched into the act of leaving just as much as in the act of staying, in departing just as much as in returning.
This book is an ode to this state of transit as a fundamental way of being. Yet, unlike much of the existing literature, the careful and loving curation and editing by Carmen Haydée Rivera in Stories of Return / Cuentos del retorno: Bilingual Dimensions of Puerto Rican Migrations focuses on returns rather than departures. It does so by honoring the multiplicity of linguistic codes that define our expressive richness, as well as a significant portion of our artistic, cultural, intellectual, and medical endeavors. A brief glance at the table of contents reveals the valuable diversity of the people who have contributed their indispensable voices to the creation of this collective work.
Description translated from https://www.editoraemergente.com/index.php?stories-of-return-cuentos-del-retorno-bilingual-dimensions-of-puerto-rican-migrations1
Also see our previous post https://repeatingislands.com/2026/10/21/forthcoming-stories-of-return-cuentos-del-retorno-bilingual-dimensions-of-puerto-rican-migrations/