Since 1967, Genre has published multilingual, multicultural, and multimedia perspectives from CSULB-affiliated and global contributors. Honoring Comparative World Literature’s transdisciplinary focus, we celebrate perspectives in and out of traditional literature. Genre foregrounds synthesis as a platform welcoming all forms of expression. True to our name, we publish creative and scholarly works across genres. With each issue of Genre, the Genre Editorial Collective showcases original works inspired by an annual theme. Each year, our journal embodies a specific thematic focus, enlivening socioemotional, political, and cultural topics of global relevance.
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Tending/The Body/Materiality (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Tending/The Body/Materiality."
A still life by Alexandria Lara.
A photo collection by Kimberly Wong.
An interview with Comparative World Literature professor, Dr. Crystal Yin Lie.
An illustration by Nicky Da Kiid°.
A section divider for "Nature/Grief/Repair."
Tensions between the Rhetoric of Efficiency and Ecological Harmony: Environmental Stewardship in The Wild Robot
An illustration by Emily Peterson.
“When You Feel it That Deep, You Should Listen”: Uncovering an Ecological Sense of Brown Helena María Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus
Liberation/Subversion/Sovereignty (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Liberation/Subversion/Sovereignty."
Five Ways to Fight Fascism (Cinco maneras de combatir el fascismo)
A poem by Stina Pederson, with a Spanish translation by Dulce Galvez.
Capitalist Decomposition of Holidays and Bodies in Craig Santos Perez’s Habitat Threshold
An illustration by Danica Mendiola.
A collaboration between Genre, Campus Couture, and Thrift Club.
Genre Editorial Collective (Campus Couture) (Thrift Club)
Faculty/Staff Spotlights (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Faculty/Staff Spotlights."
An interview with Print Services Manager Josie Ramirez by Emily Trejo.
An interview of Comparative World Literature professor Levon Parseghian.
An interview with Comparative World Literature professor Amy DeSuza-Riehm.
Entanglement/Intimacy/Romantics (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Entanglement/Intimacy/Romantics."
A photograph by Victoria Venegas.
the unmade queen bed (la cama matrimonial deshecha)
A poem by Jorge Alas, with a Spanish translation by Dulce Galvez.
Kinship/Home/Remembrance (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Kinship/Home/Remembrance."
The Banality of Exile: Queerness and Memory in Elaine Castillo’s America Is Not the Heart
El Amor de una Madre: "Mi Pequeña Milagro"
An Editor's Note from the 2025-2026 Genre Editorial Collective.
A Table of Contents from the 2025-2026 Genre Editorial Collective.
Front Matter from the 2025-2026 Genre Editorial Collective.
Tension/Reckoning/Introspection (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Tension/Reckoning/Introspection."
Kindness Constructed in Technology: Comparative Analysis of “Cat Pictures, Please” and “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis”
Kismet/Encounters/Chance (Section Divider)
A section divider for "Kismet/Encounters/Chance."
A ceramic set by Janelle Klarysa Lennarz.
A mixed-media artwork by Rory Ferrara.
A mixed-media artwork by Julieann Sierra.
A Faculty Advisor's Note from the 2025-2026 Genre Editorial Collective.
A Contributors List for Vol. 41: Care.