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In lieu of a review, a treasure trove of memory
Treasure Trove in a 2002 BookMichael SedanoCheech Marin. Chicano Visions. American Painters On The Verge. NY: Bullfinch, 2002.ISBN 9780821228067I have two copies in the house of Chicano Visions by...
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Día de los Muertos
By Hannah EliotIllustrated by Jorge GutierrezAge Range: 2 - 4 yearsGrade Level: Preschool and upSeries: Celebrate the WorldBoard book: 24 pagesPublisher: Little Simon; Brdbk editionLanguage:...
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Chicanonautica: Ernesto Art in San Antonio
by Ernest HoganRemember Monarchs: Brown and Native ContemporaryArtists in the Path of the Butterfly?It was last year at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, in Omaha, Nebraska. Some of my drawings,...
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The Relevance (?) of Crime Fiction Escapist Literature in Twenty-first...
The following was presented by Manuel Ramos at the 8th annual Conferencia Internacional de Literatura Detectivesca en Español (CILDE), also known as the International Hispanic Crime Fiction Conference,...
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Rescuing a Historic Home in Battle Creek Michigan by Antonio SolisGomez
View from the corner- yes i had to rake all those leaves, several times before winterMy wife Margaret and I moved to Battle Creek Michigan in the summer of 1993, when I accepted employment with the...
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Celebrating "Cornucopia:" The Artistry of Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez
Dinner guests discussing art at the Weinberger Fine Art's Drawing RoomImagine sitting among a group of people at a long, beautifully decorated table, set for a sumptuous meal, surrounded by gorgeous...
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Day of the Dead at the Writers Place 2018: Celebrating Life & Honoring our...
Day of the Dead at the Writers Place 2018: Celebrating Life & Honoring our Ancestors por Xánath CarazaUnir el pasado y nuestro presente se concentra en el Writers Place cada año desde el 2010. La...
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An N of 9
Michael Sedano“Three back is pretty good. The kids at Cal Tech were doing nine back.”The neuroscience researcher was describing a way to measure short-term memory using an n-back visual test. Numbers...
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Just One Itsy Bitsy Little Bite / Sólo una mordidita chiquitita
By Xavier GarzaIllustrations by Flor de VitaISBN: 978-1-55885-872-5Publication Date:October 31, 2018Bind: HardcoverPages: 32A colorful bilingual picture book that introduces numbers and Mexican...
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Early Caravans: A Song for my Father
West Los Angeles, A Father's Hands. 1947Before my father passed, I would pick him up, and we'd cruise the neighborhoods of his...
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Making My Peace with Time: the Song
Melinda PalacioWorking on a new song, stay tuned for a video. Yesterday, I wrote a new song, my second effort. If this were the fifties I might have a complete 45 record with an A side, "Bird...
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Celebrating Xánath Caraza's _Hudson_ and "100 Thousand Poets For Change" in...
On Saturday, October 27th, Xánath Caraza read from her latest book of poetry, Hudson. It was a special event at The Dialogue Institute of Kansas City to celebrate Xánath Caraza's latest publication...
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An interview with Daniel Acosta Regarding His Young Adult Novel, “The Iron...
By Daniel A. OlivasDaniel Acosta was born in Monterey Park, California, and grew up in Iron River’s Sangra neighborhood, across the street from the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks until his teens....
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Veterans Day 2018
500 WordsIncipient VeteranMichael SedanoThe Draft notice waited in the unopened mailbox. My wife sensed something was wrong and urged me to come on, let’s have some fun on a sunny October day at Santa...
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Vincent Ventura and the Mystery of the Chupacabras Vincent Ventura y el...
By Xavier GarzaISBN: 978-1-55885-869-5Publication Date: October 31, 2018Bind: Trade PaperbackPages: 64Award-winning author returns with thrilling new bilingual series for intermediate readers!When...
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Chicanonautica: Extra-Fiction and Beyond
by Ernest HoganSomos en escrito: The Latino Literary Online Magazinejust held its first Extra-Fiction Writing contest, and announced the winner. I was the final judge. It was my pleasure to pick the...
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White Devils and Cockroaches
It's been a throw-back kind of week, so for La Bloga I thought I'd re-present my first published short story. White Devils and Cockroaches first appeared in the Denver weekly Westword in 1986. These...
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Interview of J. Michael Martinez by Denise Low
Interview of J. Michael Martinez by Denise LowGuest Blogger Denise Low J. Michael Martinez’s third book Museum of the Americas (Penguin Poets) has been longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry....
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Two Years For a Free Meal
Michael SedanoFormerly of the 7th of the 5th Air Defense Artillery (HAWK) BattalionEighth U.S. Army, Republic of KoreaI claimed my first Veterans Day free meal. Every year I would read this or that...
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IX Festival Internacional de Literatura Infantil
IX Festival Internacional de Literatura InfantilBiblioteca Nacional de El Salvador Francisco GavidiaDel 12 al 15 de Noviembre 2018La Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador Francisco Gavidia, BINAES, se...
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