https://angel-matos.com/books/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-1-matos.pngChapter 1 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-6-matos.pngChapter 6 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-5-matos.pngChapter 5 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-4-matos.pngChapter 4 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-3-matos.pngChapter 3 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapter-2-matos.pngChapter 2 - Matoshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/matos-reparative-impulse.pngMatos - Reparative ImpulseMy first book, The Reparative Impulse of Queer Young Adult Literature, was published by Routledge in October 2024!https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-26-at-10.24.12e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-05-26 at 10.24.12 PMhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/books-bookstore-book-reading-159711.jpegbooks in black wooden book shelfPhoto by Pixabay on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/books-in-black-wooden-book-shelf-159711/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2024-10-08T03:56:44+00:00weekly0.6https://angel-matos.com/essays/2024-10-06T03:22:59+00:00weekly0.6https://angel-matos.com/teaching/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pexels-photo-301926.jpegteach dice ornament on tablePhoto by Pixabay on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/teach-dice-ornament-on-table-301926/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-22-at-7.14.11e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-05-22 at 7.14.11 PMhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-22-at-7.36.28e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-05-22 at 7.36.28 PMhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-22-at-7.37.02e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-05-22 at 7.37.02 PMhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-22-at-12.15.46-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-04-22 at 12.15.46 PMhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-14-at-2.26.56-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-14 at 2.26.56 PM2024-10-06T03:17:57+00:00weekly0.6https://angel-matos.com/book-chapters/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-21-at-3.33.24e280afpm-322501396-e1716340996637.pngScreenshot 2024-05-21 at 3.33.24 PMI recently published an essay in this volume focused on examining the (de)construction of family and the home in Adam Silvera's YA novel THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END (2017). https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_5914.jpgIMG_59142024-10-06T03:17:35+00:00weekly0.6https://angel-matos.com/news-and-updates-2/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/288140_4268411351278_1774055119_o.jpg288140_4268411351278_1774055119_ohttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/teaching-intro-to-gsws.jpgteaching-intro-to-gswshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mis-gatos.pngmis gatosA huge shout out to my pandemic emotional support team. Here they are enjoying the rare sunny day in Maine. https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/plants.jpgplantsI'm especially fond of growing orchids similar to the ones around me in Puerto Rico. I currently am growing over 15 different species of orchid around my house! https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1918483_568588233679_692338_n.jpg1918483_568588233679_692338_nI've been teaching independently designed college-level courses since I was 22 years old. I taught literature courses at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, which was one of my most formative experiences as a teacher. The MA in English Education program offered me resources to connect my research and teaching in unforeseen ways. Here's a picture of me in the first college-level class I ever taught independently. I. Was. Terrified. https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/uprm-teaching-10402108-e1716474381780.jpguprm teachingI've been teaching idenpendently designed college-level courses since I was 22 years old. I taught taught introductory and intermediate literature courses at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, which was one of my most formative experiences as a teacher. The MA in English Education program offered me resources to connect my research and teaching in unforeseen ways. https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/home.jpgview of homeThis was the view from the front yard of my childhood home in Puerto Rico. My father's cow, Coco, was our resident lawnmower and home mascot. https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/131762562_10224457848416514_7487912248772968371_n.jpg131762562_10224457848416514_7487912248772968371_nhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-22-at-12.38.09-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-04-22 at 12.38.09 PM2024-06-03T14:38:08+00:00weekly0.6https://angel-matos.com/2014/02/10/the-line-of-beauty/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lineofbeautyfrontcover.jpglineofbeautyfrontcoverFront cover of Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty (2004)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lineofbeautycover.jpglineofbeautycover2016-09-06T04:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2015/08/26/perks-article-online/2015-08-26T23:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2014/11/10/winger/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_00003_2_crop-1.jpgimg_00003_2_crop (1)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_00002_2_crop.jpgimg_00002_2_crophttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/winger_front_cover.jpgWinger_Front_CoverFront cover of Andrew Smith's Winger (2013)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/winger_front_cover_banner.jpgWinger_Front_Cover_Banner2015-01-05T18:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2015/01/02/more-than-this/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/morethanthisbanner1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/morethanthiscover.jpgMoreThanThisCoverFront cover of Patrick Ness' More Than This2015-01-03T04:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2012/10/14/stephen-chboskys-the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.jpgthe-perks-of-being-a-wallflowerhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/movies_perks_of_being_a_wallflower_3.jpgThe main characters of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." From left to right: Charlie (Logan Lerman), Patrick (Ezra Miller), and Sam (Emma Watson)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/movie-stills-2.jpgPerks Moviehttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/perksofbeingwallflower1.jpgPerks Cover2015-01-02T21:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2014/01/19/disneys-frozen-queer/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frozenelsaqueer.jpgfrozenelsaqueerWhat do you think about reading Elsa as a queer/gay character? Do you consider this claim to be solid or weak? 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Page 95.https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fun-home-snippet1.jpgFun Home SnippetFigure 2.https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fun-home-snippet.jpgFun Home SnippetFigure 2.https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/funhomeexampe1_edited.jpgfunhomeexampe1_editedFigure 1. Alison and her father have their first frank discussion regarding his sexuality. Although their relationship is cold and distant, this marks one of the moments in which they begin to grow closer to each other.https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/funhomecover.jpgfunhomecoverFront cover of Alison's Bechdel's Fun Home (2007 paperback version)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fhbanner.jpgfhbanner2016-02-29T12:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2014/01/16/memory-mambo/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/memorymamboneurons.jpgmemorymamboneuronshttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/memory-mambo.jpgMemory MamboFront cover of Achy Obejas' Memory Mambo (1996)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cubanflagmemorymambo.jpgcubanflagmemorymambo2014-01-24T00:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2013/05/22/john-donovans-ill-get-there-it-better-be-worth-the-trip/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/illgetthere.jpgillgettherehttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/922726_10201411704197312_1244485547_n.jpgI'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip.My 1969 first edition copy of Donovan's _I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip_2014-01-21T02:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2014/01/04/masculinity-in-robert-cormiers-the-chocolate-war/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chocolate-war-header.jpgChocolate War Headerhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chocolate-war-cover.jpgchocolate war coverFront cover of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War2016-09-14T20:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2013/10/07/e-m-forsters-maurice/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mauricecover.jpgmauricecoverhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/forster-maurice-cover.jpgForster Maurice CoverFront cover of E.M. Forster's Mauricehttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/maurice-forster.jpgMaurice Forster2015-10-21T18:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2013/10/10/ellen-wittlingers-hard-love/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hardlovecover.jpghardlovecoverhttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wittlinger-structure_edited.jpgWittlinger Structure_editedExcerpt from page 93 of Ellen Wittlinger's Hard Love. The novel is mostly told through the protagonist's perspective, and this perspective is enhanced with the novel's zine-like structure. Text is written in different fonts, images and text are combined in unique ways, and the pages sometimes give the impression that they are collages of letters, newspaper clips, and clip art.https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wittlinger-hard-love.jpgWittlinger Hard LoveFront cover of Ellen Wittlinger's Hard Lovehttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hardlove.jpghardlove2014-01-20T20:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2013/07/09/michael-cunninghams-the-hours/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/thehoursmainframe.jpgThehoursmainframehttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the_hours_cover.jpgthe_hours_coverFront paperback cover of Cunningham's The Hours2017-07-22T03:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2014/01/12/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oranges-cover.jpgOranges coverFront cover of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oranges.jpgoranges2014-01-12T19:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://angel-matos.com/2013/12/08/j-c-lillis-how-to-repair-a-mechanical-heart/https://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mechanical-heart.jpgMechanical.Hearthttps://angel-matos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/how-to-repair-a-mechanical-heart.jpgHow to Repair a Mechanical HeartFront cover of J.C. 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