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Open Letter to Cultural Leader Gil CedilloJanuary 7, 2020Councilmember Gil CedilloLos Angeles, CaliforniaDear Mr. Cedillo,Did you see today's La Bloga? Michael Sedano reports encouraging progress on...
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Los Bloguitos en el mes de enero
www.losbloguitos.blogspot.comLos Bloguitos es ahora un sitio de búsqueda para niños y niñas que hablan y leen español. Encontrarás cuentos, poesías, adivinanzas, dibujos y mucho más.En el mes de...
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I Heard this Story in Kirkland, Washington
2002 Western Division Champions I was watching my granddaughter’s team, North Venice Girls Little League Softball...
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A Decade in the Life of a Chicana Author
Melinda Palacio2010 Santa Barbara2010: La Bloga NewbieOne of the best things about the past decade is finding my voice on La Bloga. La Bloga was the first online journal for Latino authors. This...
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¡Xicano!
A poem by Daniel A. OlivasIt began as a cruelJibe (so the etymologists say)Because the descendantsOf the great, fallenMoctezuma could notPurge their mouths ofThe indigenous sounds ofNahuatl, their...
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Words On A New Decade: On With It.
Editor's Note: With 2020 the beginning of a new decade, La Bloga looked at the last time we entered a new decade. tatiana de la tierra, QEPD, launched the decade of the 2010s. Changes, futures,...
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Stella Diaz Never Gives Up
By Angela Dominguez *Age Range: 6 - 9 years*Grade Level: 1 - 4*Series: Stella Diaz*Hardcover: 208 pages*Publisher: Roaring Brook Press *Language: English*ISBN-10: 1250229111*ISBN-13: 978-1250229113From...
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Chicanonautica: ¡Remember El Espejo!
By Ernest HoganI buy a lot of books at used book and thrift stores. Not only are they cheap, but I often find lost treasures. I like rescuing books before they end up in the landfill to rot, or...
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Más y más: Art in the City
My previous post for La Bloga featured art shows in Northern Colorado. As a follow-up, I now present a short list of other exhibits on display in Colorado. This is not an exhaustive list of Chicanx...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Xánath Caraza
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Xánath CarazaEl Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. es honrado en enero de cada año. Este 2020 lo recordamos hoy, lunes 20 de enero. Comparto con los lectores de La Bloga un par...
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Prospects for 2020: Looking Up
The buildings of Old Town Pasadena offer hard evidence of the reality of Alejandro Morales'quintessential California novel (link)The Brick People. Those characters dug up Sleepy Lagoon wash and turned...
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ARENAS Y TRINOS: ABECEDARIO DEL RÍO / SAND AND SONG: THE ABCS OF THE RIVER
By: Alma Flor Ada English version by: Rosalma Zubizarreta-AdaIllustrations by: Gabhor UtomoISBN: 978-1-55885-899-2Publication Date: May 31, 2020Format: HardcoverTrim: 8.5″ x 11″Pages: 40Imprint: Piñata...
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Part I, Argentina on My Mind
Whatever they think of her, always an enigma Actually, I never had intentions of visiting the country, too many psychic...
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U.S. Poet Laureates to Visit Santa Barbara
Melinda PalacioKing Palms in Santa BarbaraThanks to recent rains, Santa Barbara has returned to its lush, pre-drought splendor. If the clear winter skies and balmy weather prompts a visit to paradise,...
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Luis J. Rodriguez, in conversation with Daniel Olivas, discusses and signs...
In his new book published by Seven Stories Press, Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile...
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Poseurs in NY Editorial Suites
Limpia Contra Mugre AmericanaMichael SedanoFive New York publishing houses bid on the book, the mugre that says its name. One million dollars reflected an editor's confidence in the author. Four...
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American Library Association Award Winners 2020
Pura Belpré Awards honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: “Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano...
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Chicanonautica: Here There Be Monsters
by Ernest HoganNot long ago, I did a Chicanonautica about my new story "Cuca" that's in the anthology American Monsters Part Two. I also wrote a piece for the publisher's blog, that to help with the...
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Raices
When I was fourteen and just beginning my highly anticipated cool teen-aged life with my pals, which meant cruising the main street, road trips to happening Pueblo, dances and parties, my father moved...
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Interview of Liliana Ramirez Vidaurre by Xánath Caraza
Interview of Liliana Ramirez Vidaurre by Xánath CarazaWho is Liliana Ramirez Vidaurre? I define myself as a multi-faceted woman, one that has tried many things to get me out of my comfort and...
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