The University of Arizona Press
April 8, 2025
Writing That Matters: A Handbook for Chicanx and Latinx Studies, by L Heidenreich and Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, received the 2025 Catrióna Rueda Esquibel Recognition Award at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 3, 2025. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz accepted the award on behalf of both authors during the Plenary Session.
Gabriella Sanchez and Veronica Sandoval, Chicana Caucus Co-chairs, said that the book “exemplifies the kind of scholarship we aspire to produce and engage with as part of Chicana Studies.”
Congratulations, L and Rita!
About the book:
Have you ever wanted a writing and research manual that centered Chicanx and Latinx scholarship? Writing that Matters does just that.
While it includes a brief history of the roots of the fields of Chicanx literature and history, Writing that Matters emphasizes practice: how to research and write a Chicanx or Latinx history paper; how to research and write a Chicanx or Latinx literature or cultural studies essay; and how to conduct interviews, frame pláticas, and conduct oral histories. It also includes a brief chapter on nomenclature and a grammar guide. Each chapter includes questions for discussion, and all examples from across the subfields are from noted Chicanx and Latinx scholars. Women’s and queer scholarship and methods are not addressed in a separate chapter but are instead integral to the work.
