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New Books in Translation
Here's some exciting new literature, translated from the Spanish. Get them before they're banned, deported, or burned.________________________Río MuertoRicardo Silva Romero translated by Victor...
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Comentario a la película “Nickel Boys” por Xánath Caraza
Comentario a la película “Nickel Boys” por Xánath Caraza La película “Nickel Boys” es un testamento visual en primera persona a la sobrevivencia a través de la amistad. Contada en primera persona,...
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Culver City Captivates
Culver City Book Fair Hosts Eaton Fire Poets Michael SedanoSpring arrives in Southern California bringing warm, brilliant light everywhere, and an outdoor book fair in Culver City. Readers shuffle...
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Libertad
Written by Bessie Flores Zaldívar Publisher: Dial Books Language: EnglishHardcover: 432 pagesISBN-10: 0593696123ISBN-13: 978-0593696125Reading age: 14 - 17 years A queer YA coming-of-age set...
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"Man, Shoot me."
Some memories last a lifetime by Daniel Cano I wasn’t sure what to think when Alfred Martinez approached and...
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Poetry Connection: Connecting with Oxnard Writers
Melinda Palacio Melinda Palacio and Michele Serros Over the weekend, I read a book I couldn’t put down. While it’s an academic book and not everyone’s cup of tea, the subject was about Michele...
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El Día Internacional de la Mujer de 2025 por Xánath Caraza
El Día Internacional de la Mujer de 2025 por Xánath Caraza El Mes de la Historia de la Mujer se celebra cada año en marzo. Cada 8 de marzo se destaca esta fecha como el Día Internacional de la Mujer...
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Guest Columnist Thelma Reyna: Octavia's Bookshelf Fire Fundraiser
A Roman God, History, and Poets: The Altadena Eaton Fire RevisitedThelma T. Reyna History is a bit like the mythological Roman god Janus, a two-faced being who simultaneously looked at the past and the...
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Wild Dreamers- Sueños salvajes
By Margarita Engle Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Language: EnglishHardcover: 224 pagesISBN-10: 1665939753ISBN-13: 978-1665939751Reading age: 12 years and upGrade level: 7 – 9...
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Chicanonautica: Everybody’s Redrawing the Maps
by Ernest HoganThank Tezcatlipoca, my crazy career has been demanding my attention lately, giving me a break from the political pendejada that has been sweeping across the planet. The stench of...
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Noche de poesía con Brenda, Katori y Xánath para el Día de la Mujer 2025
Noche de poesía con Brenda, Katori y Xánath para el Día de la Mujer 2025 Este 2025 nos reunimos en Zoom para celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer con poesía. Las invitadas fueron la poeta y...
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Tim Z Hernandez at Vroman's. Eaton Fire Survivor: Fragment of a Mask
Patty Rodriguez and Tim Z. Hernandez Explore "They Call You Back" Michael Sedano A dark and rainy night doesn't daunt the eager collective gathering in Pasadena's venerable independent bookseller,...
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The Dream Catcher- El atrapasueños
Written and illustrated by Marcelo Verdad Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 40 pagesISBN-10: 0316330663ISBN-13: 78-0316330664Reading age: 4 - 8...
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Some Make History, Some Live History, and Some Try to Erase History
Note: This is a retelling of an essay I posted in 2017. I thought it appropriate for today....
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Poetry Connection: Connecting with the Poetry Buffet in New Orleans
Poetry Connection: Connecting with the Poetry Buffet in New OrleansMelinda Palacio, City of Santa Barbara 10th Poet LaureateGina Ferrara at the Poetry BuffetWhile the search for Santa Barbara’s next...
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The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks Comida de Cuaresma
Gluten-free Cheese Enchiladas for Lent or NotMichael Sedano, The Gluten-free Chicano • fotos: Thelma T. ReynaIt so happens this is Lent, in the Catholic world many Chicanos are brought up in, but...
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Abuelo, the Sea, and Me
Written by Ismée Williams. Illustrated by Tatiana Gardel. *Publisher: Roaring Brook Press *Language: English*Hardcover: 40 pages*ISBN-10: 1250848776*ISBN-13: 978-1250848772 Abuelo, the Sea, and Me is...
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Chicanonautica: Xicanx Futurism Covered
by Ernest HoganThe cover of Xicanx Futurism: Gritos for Tomorrow has been revealed, and it’s gorgeous. They went with the image I would have picked.It’s the work of artist who goes by El Indio © 1985,...
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New Books for Spring
Two new titles coming in May._____________________________________________My Name is Emilia Del ValleIsabel AllendeBallantine Books - May 6[from the publisher]In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun,...
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Yolanda Montes, la Tongolele, y Paquita la del Barrio por Xánath Caraza
Yolanda Montes, la Tongolele, y Paquita la del Barrio por Xánath Caraza Yolanda Montes, mejor conocida por su nombre artístico la Tongolele, murió el pasado mes de febrero de este año. Muere en México...
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Rich Weekend Anticipates Writer Trade Show
Pair of Readings Launches Writing Week in Cityof LaMichael SedanoAWP is coming to the city of LA, and with the coming of the peripatetic writing industry trade show come dozens of offsite...
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¡LA CELEBRATES MACONDO! AWP OFF-SITE READING
#AWP25: March 26-29, 2025 Los Angeles Convention Center The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the essential gathering for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Join thousands of...
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I Tried, I Really Did or Thanks to Second Chances
by Daniel Cano Books and Music, A Life in Education It was the first week of classes at the local city college,...
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Lissette Solorzano, directora de la Fonoteca de Cuba por Xánath Caraza
Lissette Solorzano, directora de la Fonoteca de Cuba por Xánath Caraza Lissette Solorzano, Cuba, 1969, ha sido nombrada directora de la Fonoteca de Cuba. Lissette, fotógrafa documental, ha visto su...
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Never Forgotten Gone Forever
Michael SedanoUphill from where I’ve stopped to stare, a skip loader scrapes its yellow claw across the cement slab that, today, is what remains of where I used to live. A dream house built upon the...
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