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Deadlines and Assignments Are My Friends
Melinda PalacioBringing the Bird Forgiveness Tour to the E.P. Foster Library's Topping Room When my editor, Andrea Watson, heard me read in Phoenix four years ago, she said she wanted to...
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Té in my life, by Antonio SolisGomez
Té de CanelaOn wintry day abuela would drop a couple of sticks of canela into a pan of boiling water, letting it boil for a few minutes before pouring a small amount of cold water to deepen the red...
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Get your tickets now for Tía Chucha's Gala 2018!
In many ways, La Bloga is a celebration of Latinx culture in its many forms: literature, art, food, politics, you name it. And we try to bring you news of where and how you can join in the...
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The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks Carb-aware
The Gluten-free Chicano CooksGluten-free Green Chile Chicken Low-Carb Deconstructed TacoThis is harvest time in Hatch, New Mexico, and rival tierra, where fields covered with the long green chile have...
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International Latino Book Awards 2018 Winners
Congratulations to all the ganadores. This is the Children, Youth & Young Adult categories. To see the complete list of winners...
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Chicanonautica: On the Lookout for Aztlán
By Ernest HoganEvery summer, my wife (author of Medusa Uploaded) and I, and her mother take a road trip to New Mexico, and other nearby states. The Southwest. AKA, the Wild West. I like to think of it...
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Alebrijes -- How They Came To Be
Alebrijes -- the fantastic folk art creatures of Mexico -- have been around for a while, but the recent animated motion picture hit, Coco, raised the visibility of these beautiful monsters to new...
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Nena, La Jefita, by Antonio SolisGomez
Nena's Children. Top L to R Raul, Maria, Miguel, Jesus (Tito) Bottom L Robert and MeIt’s not surprising that 'chinga tu madre' is the most despicable slur that a Chicanx can hurl or receive, a person’s...
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Teeth Never Sleep: Interview with Poet, Ángel García
Cover Design by Guillermo Lorca García HuidobroÁngel García is this year’s CantoMundo Poetry Prize winner! His poetry collection,Teeth Never Sleep,will soon be out October 2018, published by University...
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Poesía en los International Latino Book Awards de 2018
Poesía en los International Latino Book Awards de 2018Por Xánath CarazaEl sábado pasado, 8 de septiembre, fue la ceremonia de premiación para la edición de 2018 de los International Latino Book Awards....
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Review: Gypsy Curses Beatified Bearded Woman. The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks
Review: Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The Curse of the Gypsy. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-55885-862-6Michael SedanoAlicia Gaspar de Alba calls her collection of stories, The Curse of the...
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When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Book Signing:Meet the Author & IllustratorSaturday • September 22, 2018A note from Jose Ramirez, illustrator of When Angels SingDear Friends and Family,I’m excited to announce the release of: When...
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The Bulldozer, Progress, and Gentrification
Daniel Cano Epifanio Holquin, Brentwood, CA 1920s "We all knew he was somebody famous, but, in...
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Melinda PalacioI arrived in Dublin today and didn’t expect jet lag and technical difficulties to keep me from my duties at La Bloga. You will have to wait until October 5 for a proper post from me....
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Timber Frames: An Unfulfilled Dream by Antonio SolisGomez
As a young man I became interested in working with wood, an interest that was an easy enough transition from time spent helping my carpenter stepfather. However my interest was now in building...
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Works by Eloy Torrez and Juliane Backmann at the Los Angeles County Library...
Don’t miss the opening celebration for this wonderful exhibit! I have long been a fan of Eloy Torrez’s paintings, so much so that I was able to arrange having his playfully evocative painting "El rey...
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500-word memoir. News 'n Notes.
500-word memoirMy Boys In the SnowMichael SedanoBack in 2011 I ran a 500-word memoir. That one was about snow, too. The 500-word exercise offers fun for the effort. Write, tighten, write, tighten,...
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The Amazing Watercolor Fish / El asombroso pez acuarela
Text and illustrations by Carolyn Dee FloresSpanish translation by Carmen TafollaISBN: 978-1-55885-873-2Publication Date: October 31, 2018Bind: HardcoverPages: 32This rhyming bilingual picture book...
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Chicanonautica: The Steampunk Banditos Are Coming! The Steampunk Banditos Are...
by Ernest HoganI thought that Mario Acevedo had taken his Chicano vampire detective hero Felix Gomez to the outer limits with his last novel, Rescue From Planet Pleasure. It went from paranormal noir...
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YA Books You Might Have Missed
Presenting a short list of YA books from 2018 that you might have overlooked, or should look for in the next month. Holiday gifts?Forgiving Moses Gloria L. VelásquezPiñata...
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