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Sudden Death Living's Imperative
Review: Thelma T. Reyna. Dearest Papa. Poems. Pasadena, CA: Golden Foothills Press, 2020. (link)Michael SedanoDearest Papa. Poems by Thelma T. Reyna starts like so many books, with an Author’s...
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Los Bloguitos en el mes de febrero
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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The Argentine Musings of a Meandering Soul
One of Buenos Aires many parks and monuments (Note to reader. Take nothing here as historically accurate but...
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Joy Harjo Is Good Medicine
Melinda PalacioJoy HarjoAfter all the disappointment that surrounded the impeachment trial, Joy Harjo brought a sense of calm and beauty to Santa Barbara's packed audience at the Natural History...
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Witness for Survival: Existential Choice and Action Constructing Historical...
(Image by Salomon Huerta, 2017)By Dr. Juan Gómez-QuiñonesWitness or, more particularly, the witness frames the process of social movements for change beyond a generational approach by emphasizing...
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Living Room Floricanto Peculiar. Mural Update Particular.
Living Room Floricanto at Casa Sedano Welcomes Sergio TroncosoMichael SedanoLiving Room Floricanto is a social movement instigated by gente who love literacy as much as they love reading Chicana...
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2020-2021 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: American Dirty Secrets About Publishing
by Ernest HoganI started writing this as the American Dirtpendejada raged , giving impeachment and the coronavirus some serious competition. What’s with these death threats? What do we expect, attacks...
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Preserving History - Making History
My last post for La Bloga highlighted the efforts of Colorado Springs residents to preserve and present the story of an almost-forgotten neighborhood (see my post entitled Raices to learn more about...
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‘Once upon a Bad Hombre’ by Xánath Caraza
‘Once upon a Bad Hombre’ by Xánath CarazaGabriel Hugo is the author of Once upon a Bad Hombre, the X Series, The Martian Ones, and The Fluid Chicano. He has collaborated with authors on several...
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Across the freeway, through the trees, a Vision. And Another.
"La Nueva Reina" by Judithe Hernández Studio, La Plaza Village, Los Angeles CAAnd another"Aliso Dreams" by José Lozano, La Plaza Village, Los Angeles CAMichael SedanoLa Bloga has followed Pola López'...
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Pura Belpré Award Ganadores 2020
From: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedalThe award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in...
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Argentinian Journal: The Road from Iguazu
First view of Iguazu falls from Brazil Tuesdays, Jan 14, 2020 Iguazu airport, 11:30 A.M. Now, leaving Iguazu to...
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Woman and Mardi Gras Spirit Killed
Melinda PalacioWednesday, marked the last week of Carnival in New Orleans and what would have been the beginning of six days of nonstop parades. A tragedy, which has yet to be explained put a halt to...
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Staten Island Stories: Interview with Claire Jimenez!
In James Baldwin's essay, "Everybody's Protest Novel," he writes: "The failure of the protest novel lies in its rejection of life, the human being, the denial of his beauty, dread, power in its...
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Listen to Me
A short story by Daniel A. OlivasListen to me. I’m not feeling very patient right now and you seem to be thinking about being somewhere else. But listen to me. Look over there. No, not there....
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True Blue
truth/tro͞oTH/noun: the quality or state of being true."he had to accept the truth of her accusation"Similar:veracitytruthfulnessveritysinceritycandor honestygenuineness gospelgospel truththat which...
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WHEN JULIA DANCED BOMBA / CUANDO JULIA BAILABA BOMBA
By Raquel M. OrtizIllustrations by Flor de VitaISBN: 978-1-55885-886-2Publication Date: October 31, 2019Format: HardcoverTrim: 8.5″ x 11″Pages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 6-9This bilingual picture...
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Chicanonautica: American Monsters, Dirt, and Other Chingaderas
by Ernest HoganThe lizard on the ceiling is still watching over me. Or maybe I’m hallucinating. Those fumes at work yesterday because of the remodeling were something.I’m tempted to do a...
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I looked over old writing notebooks and surprised myself. "Who wrote this stuff?" I asked no one in particular. The torn and creased journals were decades old and so they offered clues about who I...
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