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Tía Chucha’s 14th Annual Celebrating Words Festival
Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore is proud to invite you to the 14th Annual Celebrating Words Festival: Written, Performed, and Sung, the longest running literacy and arts festival in the...
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Conversation sobre un desmadre
Evil is afoot in parts of south TexasMichael Sedano, Rossy Lima, David BowlesEvil is afoot in parts of south Texas and I’m not talking la llorona (not evil) nor los rinches (unmitigated evil)....
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My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders/ Mis zapatos y yo: Cruzando tres...
Written by René Colato LaínezIllustrated by Fabricio Vanden BroeckMy Shoes and I is back! Now in a bilingual edition published by Piñata Books an imprint of Arte Público Press. The publication date in...
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Chicanonautica: The Taste of Salsa Nocturna
by Ernest HoganThings go better with salsa. Especially if makes the inner ears tingle. It sure can make a night better.When I saw the title Salsa Nocturna: A Bone Street Rumba Collectionby Daniel José...
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Balamkú
BalamkúXánathCarazaTranslated by Sandra KingeryPhotos by Stephen Holland-WempeForeword by Elizabeth Coonrod MartínezPandora Lobo Estepario Productions Press -- April, 2019The publisher's summary of...
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Two Rainbows by Xánath Caraza
Two Rainbows by Xánath CarazaEl pasado 30 de abril en el Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center en la Ciudad de Kansas, tuve el honor de ser entrevistada por el programa Literario de radio New...
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New from Feminist Press in July
Review: Claudia D. Hernández. Knitting the Fog. NY: Feminist Press, 2019.Michael SedanoYou’ll have to wait until July to read Claudia D. Hernández’ Knitting the Fog. The publisher, Feminist Press,...
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Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits
Written by Anna MerianoIllustrated by Mirelle OrtegaSeries: Love Sugar Magic (Book 2)Hardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Walden Pond Press Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0062498495ISBN-13: 978-0062498496The...
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Are You Afraid of Six Days of Writing at the Beach?
Melinda PalacioThe Santa Barbara Writers ConferenceSanta BarbaraBy popular demand, Lida Sideris and I are joining forces to address all your writing needs and fears at the Santa Barbara Writers...
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PEN America’s Grants & Fellowships program: Applications now being accepted
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. The organization champions the freedom to write, recognizing the...
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Artists Creating Cultural Capital: Güiro II. News 'n Notes.
Workshoppers Fabricating Functional Toys, Artists Creating Guarneri of GüirosMichael SedanoLos Angeles’ Plaza de la Raza hosted the year’s third workshop in the Artists Creating Cultural Capital...
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Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas
ByJuana MedinaSeries: Juana & LucasHardcover: 96 pagesPublisher: CandlewickLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1536201316ISBN-13: 978-1536201314When her mami meets someone new, Juana worries that everything...
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Chicanonautica: Thoughts on Latinofuturism
by Ernest HoganI was recently interviewed by Diego Juaregui as part of an oral history project on space history and Latinofuturism for the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. It will be...
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Moony's Road to Hell
In 2002, University of New Mexico Press published my fifth novel, a stand-alone private-eye story I called Moony's Road to Hell. At the time, it was the edgiest and most cynical writing I'd done. I...
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Conversation with Odilia Galván Rodríguez by Xánath Caraza
Conversation with Odilia Galván Rodríguez by Xánath CarazaOdilia Galván Rodríguez is a poet, writer, editor, and activist. She is the author of six volumes of poetry. Her latest, The Color of Light,...
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Memorial Day 1969, 2019
Memorial Day 1969. Ft. Ord, CaliforniaMichael SedanoBasic Training builds strong bodies and washes minds. Unless a man is a total dud and gets his ass bounced out of Basic, military training infects a...
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Where Are You From? ¿De donde soy?
Written by Yamile Saied MéndezIllustrated by Jaime KimAge Range: 4 - 8 yearsGrade Level: Preschool - 3Hardcover: 40 pagesPublisher: HarperCollins (June 4, 2019)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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What's in a Name?
The Gonzales home, Santa Monica, 1934 When he was a teenager, my grandmother ordered my uncle Chuy to return to the family...
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I Madonnari Italian Chalk Festival Santa Barbara 2019
Melinda PalacioEvery year over the long Memorial Day weekend, Santa Barbara's mission turns into a creative street chalk palette. The festival, now in its 33rd year, brings to life familiar...
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