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A few thoughts on adapting “The Courtship of María Rivera Peña” for the screen
Nineteen years ago, a small independent press based in Pennsylvania—sadly now defunct—published my first book, a novella titled The Courtship of María Rivera Peña(Silver Lake Publishing). The story is...
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Defining Moment on the LA Metro, And A Life
Review: One Day On The Gold LineMichael SedanoAs I read One Day On The Gold Line my first response was “please, Carla Rachel Sameth, let this be fiction, despite you call it memoir.” I found myself...
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2019 Américas Book Award Winners
The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English...
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Chicanonautica: Steelsnake Amok Again
by Ernest HoganBe on the lookout, Cultura fans! My postcyberpunk lucha libre antihero, Steelsnake, will be amok againtomorrow, June 7.That’s because Unfit MagazineVol. 3 is going live. You’ll be able...
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SomedayI shall seewhere allthe colorsare made. Stephen BealThe particular colors in the display below come from Flo's hard work in our yard....
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Interview of Reyes Cárdenas by Xánath Caraza
Interview of Reyes Cárdenas by Xánath CarazaWho is Reyes Cárdenas? Reyes Cárdenas is a totally different person from his poetry. Let’s not go there. I want to focus on my poetry.Who guided you through...
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Blogueras Forever: Alvarado Reviews Cardinal. Living Room Floricanto Vincent...
Wonder Woman is Puerto Rican or Ann Dávila Cardinal has a new novel!!!Lisa Alvarado*Editor's Note. La Bloga welcomes former weekly columnists Lisa Alvarado and Ann Dávila Cardinal to today's pages.Ann...
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Your Author Series- Los Angeles Public Library
Read, create and discover this summer by meeting and connecting with authors at your library! Refreshments will be provided and lucky winners will also be receiving a free copy of the author’s book....
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Labels, Baseball, and Equality
New book on Westside Baseball, Available Soon The professor’s assignment: “Write what you know, what you’re good...
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Ukulele Mel: New Adventures in Writing, Singing, and Playing
Melinda PalacioAt East Beach, Santa BarbaraI have a new toy, a beautiful tenor ukulele. The Fender ukulele, as if in costume and ready to rock and roll, looks a bit extravagant with its four strings...
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"Amna" a monologue by Daniel A. Olivas
SCENE: A dark, empty stage. A young woman walks slowly but deliberately to center front stage. Spot goes up focusing on woman’s head and torso. She wears ragged, dirty jeans, dirty T-shirt, sandals....
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Chicano Photography: The Bees And The Xerophyte Flowers:Gemini Writers...
Honey Bees, Bumblebees, and FlowersMichael SedanoAnticipation builds when the first buds appear on my Epiphyllum pencas. I watch the buds swell and become incipient beauties. Some discolor, fade, fall....
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Celebraciones at ALA Washington DC
Pura Belpré CelebraciónLet’s celebrate the winners of this year’s Pura Belpré Award! Hear their voices, meet them, get their autographed books at the Pura Belpré Celebración.Sunday, June 23, 20191:00-...
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Chicanonautica: The Haunted Girl Attacks
by Ernest HoganI didn’t know what to expect from Lisa M. Bradley’s collection,The Haunted Girl. It had poems as well as stories. I don’t mind poetry, but it’s never been my thing. Like I keep saying,...
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Interview -- Christopher David Rosales
This week I interview a writer currently living in Colorado who has racked up writing awards, published three novels, and teaches at more than one university. He's a busy erudite guy who writes noir...
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Joy Harjo: Poeta Laureada de los Estados Unidos por Xánath Caraza
Joy Harjo: Poeta Laureada de los Estados Unidos por Xánath CarazaJoy Harjo nació en Tulsa, Oklahoma y es miembro del pueblo Mvskoke. Es autora de diez libros de poesía que incluyen los títulos...
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His Wife Enters Memory Care
Michael Sedano"Yesterday,Today. Today, Tomorrow."“It’s been fun,” she said and I smiled at the sardonic humor. That was the old Barbara talking, wise-cracking in the sobering face of tragedy. What she...
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2019 Newberry Award Acceptance- Meg Medina
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library...
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With Liberty and Justice for All
Dedicated to Barbara and Michael Sedano: just another fork in the road. America's Pastime and Cultural Crossroads In his...
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By Steve BeisnerNarcissistic Spring at the End of HistoryWhen "I" became all, and "We" the name of fools,when our mountains of shared beingcrumbled into oceans of insignificance,Then Self stole the...
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