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Now accepting submissions for BOTH SIDES: An Anthology of Border Noir, edited...
Polis Books is thrilled to announce BOTH SIDES: An Anthology of Border Noir, edited by Bram Stoker Award nominee Gabino Iglesias. Agora Books, the new imprint dedicated to publishing diverse voices in...
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Gluten-free Fancy. Lupe of Happy Valley 2019 Update.
The Gluten-free Chicano CooksCompany or Courtship: Elegant, Easy, Gluten-free Peppercorn Beefsteak With Rum Sauce and "that potato"Michael SedanoCourtship meals should be delicious, impressively...
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2019-2020 Tejas Star Reading List
The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) provides a recommended reading list to encourage children ages 5-12 to explore multicultural books and to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism...
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Chicanonautica: Here Comes Kaiju Mexicana
by Ernest HoganMonsters are global, even universal. All human beings make their fears into something tangible, visible. No wonder they are a staple part of entertainment.At first I was horrified of...
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Lalo Delgado Poetry Festival
First -- writing advice from the back of a pencil._______________________________The following is a press release from Metropolitan State University of Denver, Chicana/Chicano Studies (with some edits...
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Interview of Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros by Xánath Caraza
Interview of Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros by Xánath Caraza Carolina Hinojosa-CisnerosWho is Carolina? I am a Tejana poeta, Chicana, and Mujerista. I hope that my work gives light as it wrestles between...
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Gluten-free Cuaresma Dinner Sinfully Fancy
Michael SedanoLast week, the Gluten-free Chicano shared his peppercorn steak with rum sauce as a fancy dining option, something to serve when company comes, or an easy-fancy meal for a big date. Then...
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René Colato Laínez at CABE: California Association of Bilingual Education
AwardI am so excited to receive a Campoy-Ada Honor Award for my book Telegrams to Heaven: The Childhood of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero/ Telegramas al cielo: La infancia de monseñor Óscar Arnulfo...
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Spring Brings Green
Melinda PalacioSpring brings good news for California and weather-beaten Santa Barbara County, where we've battled fires and a drought that's lasted 7 years. In Santa Barbara, or paradise as locals...
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AWP'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMES TO PORTLAND!
Each year, AWP holds its Annual Conference and Bookfair in a different region of the United States in order to celebrate the outstanding authors, teachers, writing programs, literary centers, and small...
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Cabañuelas: Two Views
Review: Norma Elia Cantú. Cabañuelas A Novel. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 2019. Isbn book/ebook 978-0-8263-6061-8 / 978-0-8263-6062-5Michael SedanoCabañuelas doesn’t mean “there’s no...
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Lee & Low Announces New Voices Award and New Visions Award Winners
New York, NY—January 22, 2019—LEE & LOW BOOKS is pleased to announce that SD Youngwolf of Moffat, Colorado is the winner of the company’s nineteenth annual New Voices Award. His picture book...
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Chicanonautica: Inked in Dystopia
by Ernest HoganThe United States will soon be require all residents to have color-coded biometric tattoos to keep track of their immigration status and citizenship.Sounds like something out of recent...
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Sabrina & Corina: Stories -- Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Back in September of 2016 I interviewed Kali Fajardo-Anstine, a writer who had published several short stories and who hoped to publish her novel-in-progress and a collection of stories. You can read...
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Balamkú
Balamkú Elizabeth Coonrod MartínezDePaul UniversityIguanas of Mayan stone come alive with the sun.Rhythms of water and of jungle,roar of Chaac in the belly,pleasure paralyzes.Rhythms of water and of...
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Spotlight: Judithe Hernandez
Guest Columnist Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera Cultural Truth: The Art and Activism of Judithe HernándezAetatis Suae TrilogyJudithe Hernández is a fierce mujer whose art inspires and enlightens Angelenos...
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The Boy Who Touched the Stars / El niño que alcanzó las estrellas
Written by José M. Hernández Illustrated by Steven James PetruccioISBN: 978-1-55885-882-4 PublicationDate: May 31, 2019 Bind: Hardcover Pages: 32This autobiographical, bilingual picture book recounts...
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Through American Eyes
Youth and Innocence "I quit [high] school right about April of '41, just before Pearl Harbor," my father said,...
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Spring Poems Palacio and Kane
Melinda PalacioIt’s National Poetry Momth. April always reminds me of my grandmother because it’s her birth month. She was and is one of my muses. One thing I may not have mentioned before is she is a...
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