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Raza in the Ozarks: The C.D. Wright Women's Conference
Melinda PalacioCamille T. Dungy presented her keynote speech Friday eveningLast week, I brought my code-switching poetry to the C.D.Wright Women Writers Conference at the University of Central Arkansas...
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Three Questions for Erlina Ortiz
Erlina Ortiz is a Dominican-American playwright, performer, and theatre maker from Reading, Pennsylvania, and now based in Philadelphia. She graduated with a BA in Theatre from Temple University....
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Memory: Starting Over.
Michael SedanoStarting OverJust so everyone knows, dementia-related residential care is not a one-way proposition colored by Finality. That’s what I sensed when I had to find care for my Alzheimer’s...
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X Festival Internacional de Poesía Infantil Manyula
Del 18 al 24 de noviembre, 2019El Salvador LEER ES MARAVILLOSO10 años creando lectores entre las niñas y los niños de El Salvador.Lugares donde tomará lugar el festival-Biblioteca Nacional de El...
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Chicanonautica: Getting Ready for Holidaze in Trumptopia
by Ernest Hogan By the luck of the draw, for the first time in years, I’m not doing Thanksgiving duty here at La Bloga. I thank the gods, and wonder what else I should do?For me, this time of year...
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Random Thoughts as Winter Sets In
Here comes 2020, charging like a baby bull as it chases 2019 down the surreal alley of a year gone wacky. You may ask, with good reason, “What in the hell is going on?” Glad you asked. Let’s start with...
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Interview of Mercy Tullis-Bukhari by Xánath Caraza
Interview of Mercy Tullis-Bukhari by Xánath CarazaWho is Mercy Tullis-Bukhari?I am a poet, essayist, and fiction writer who is Bronx-bred Afro-Latinx, Honduran and Garifuna, of Jamaican descent. I am...
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Anniversary 2019 - 2004 = 15ñera
Thanksgiving [sic] this year falls on Throw Back Thursday, November 28, 2019. That date, November 28, fell on Sunday in 2004. In the news it was a day like any other day.Over in Iraq, Falluja caught...
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Manuelito
Written by Elisa AmadoIllustrated by Abraham Urias-Age Range: 12 - 17 years-Grade Level: 7 - 9-Hardcover: 104 pages-Publisher: Annick Press -Language: English-ISBN-10: 1773212664-ISBN-13:...
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Happy Thanksgiving: Courtesy of Pabst Blue Ribbon
by: Daniel Cano Too little gratitude for a lifetime of laborI was in my twenties the first time my dad told me this story. Of...
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Grateful for Black Clouds on Black Friday
Melinda Palacio Fire broke out on Camino Cielo in Santa Barbara last Tuesday. I wondered if my house would survive. We were lucky, no homes burned during the Cave Fire. Global warming means frequent...
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Mamá’s Advice
A short story by Daniel A. Olivas As she stepped into the warm Los Angeles morning, María remembered what her late mother, Concepción, told her each night at bedtime since María had turned...
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Anaya. Old Men. Death, Dying, Sorrow.
Michael SedanoAfter my wife's diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type I sent myself into a spiral of shock, sorrow, suffering, endurance and all-around general aporia. It didn't help I was...
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JIMENA PÉREZ PUEDE VOLAR / JIMENA PÉREZ CAN FLY
By Jorge Argueta*ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-889-3*Format: Trade Paperback*Ages: 10-15*Pages: 96*Imprint: Piñata BooksTen-year-old Jimena Pérez loves life with her parents in El Salvador. They sell fruit at...
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Chicanonautica: The Father of Chicano Science Fiction Gets Older
by Ernest HoganOne of the advantages of being the Father of Chicano Science Fiction is that I'm still seen as a young troublemaker. It kind of goes with the territory. Mixing rasquache and sci-fi tends...
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2020 TBR
The year 2020 promises much, as the future always does. In fact, I feel like the theme song for the year should be I Can See Clearly Now (20/20, right?) What do we have to look forward to? Well, how...
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Entrevista a Alain Lawo-Sukam sobre ‘La poesía guineoecuatoriana en español...
Entrevista a Alain Lawo-Sukam sobre La poesía guineoecuatoriana en español en su contexto colonial y (trans)nacional por Xánath CarazaEl Doctor Alain Lawo-Sukam es profesor de estudios hispanoafricanos...
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The Miracle at Tepeyac.
The Miracle at TepeyacMichael SedanoFoto taken on December 12, 2011The man lies at the edge of a deep pool, his arms motionless in the water despite the icy chill. He stares intently at his day's meal...
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Children's Books About Lotería
This week Google updated its homepage to feature a Doodle inspired by Lotería. https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-loteriaIf you haven’t played it yet, visit Google and then you can read one,...
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New Life for a Dying Breed
In with the new; together, the size of a hardcover novel, laid sideways It all started when my old CD player began...
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