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Gluten-free SOS
Michael Sedano"Come on, crawl on out of there!"Sergeant Pinkerton, Pinkie, strode through the barrack every day at 6 a.m. and thus the day began in the admin area of Bravo Battery 7th of the 5th air...
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Third Week: Activities to do at home with our children
https://www.getepic.comEpic! was born out of a single question: How do we make books more accessible to kids? As parents, it always seemed strange to us that our kids could so easily play games and...
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Dirty Blankets
Note: I had planned on continuing the next chapters of my novel, but as I shopped for hard-to-find items at Northgate Market and looked at the people around me, this story came to me. It is a work...
View ArticleThe Future Caught Up To the Present Thanks to Covid-19 or We Zoom Now
Melinda PalacioLife feels as if we have boarded a space ship at warp speed and time traveled into an apocalyptic future where humans no longer interact face to face, let alone touch each other. There’s...
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Myriam Gurba - Dishing the Dirt
What happens when you refuse to knuckle under to revisionist white telling of our narratives AND you call out your faculty for racist/abusive behavior? If you're Myriam Gurba de Serrano, you get get...
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Jasminne Mendez - Dominicana Poderosa
Photo by Michael LeonardHer StoryBorn from immigrant parents of the Dominican Republic, Jasminne Mendez was blessed to learn both English and Spanish at a very early age. She has used these skills to...
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To Survive the Coronavirus, Americans Must Learn from Mexicans
“Untitled,” by Salomón Huerta (1990)By Dr. Álvaro HuertaDuring the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the U.S. (and beyond), it behooves Americans to learn from individuals of Mexican origin in el norte...
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Nopales redux in Plague-time
Michael SedanoDateline: CasaSedano In IsolationWho isn't? In isolation, that is. Essential tipas tipos, that's who. The rest of us stay home and cook. Those who shop, shop and buy what's left after the...
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Fourth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
Sitios en españolwww.losbloguitos.blogspot.comLos Bloguitos en el mes de abrilLos Bloguitos es ahora un sitio de búsqueda para niños y niñas que hablan y leen español. Encontrarás cuentos, poesías,...
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Chicanonautica: Monsters Here and Now
by Ernest HoganMonsters. Monstrosities. You can't get away from them in this season of the Coronavirus. One step outside and you're in the middle of the latest dystopia, leaning toward an apocalypse....
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New Fiction from Arte Público Press
Arte Público Press has several new projects planned for 2020. Here are publicity blurbs from the Press's 2020 Spring Catalog for four new fiction novels -- three of which are classified as young...
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Poesía durante el confinamiento por Covid-19 por Xánath Caraza
Poesía durante el confinamiento por Covid-19 por Xánath Caraza Hoy comparto con los lectores de la Bloga, poesía durante el confinamiento por Covid-19. Para todos han sido semanas inusuales,...
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La Chickenada Lament
Michael SedanoLa Chickenada were discussing yesterday’s death of Oldest Barred Rock. Uncharacteristically unraucous, the girls were taking turns sharing fond memories of the good-natured...
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Fifth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
https://time.com/tfk-free/ TIME FOR KIDS DIGITAL LIBRARY FREE FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR You can have free access to a library of four grade-specific digital editions of TIME for Kids and Your $...
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The Streets of San Cristobal (excerpted from a novel)
Note: This is the second installment of a story I posted on La Bloga March 19. If you...
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When a Pandemic Push Comes to Shove
Melinda PalacioPalacio sistersAided by his pal, Covid-19, Push come to shove and I taught myself how use a sewing machine and sew masks. For the past decade or so, my husband’s mother’s sewing machine...
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Book Review: Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities
Reviewed by Roberto Haro, Ph.D.Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019; $19.99) by Dr. Álvaro Huerta.Dr. Álvaro Huerta has...
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Tragedy tomorrow, black humor tonight
Reading in Plague-time: Tragedy tomorrow, black humor tonightReview: Yolanda Gallardo. The Glass Eye. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-55885-878-7Michael SedanoNow that you’ve read...
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Sixth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
https://goto.benchmarkeducation.comSign up today to receive FREE access to eBook Libraries, specifically curated for students and families to use at home.Benchmark Universe is offering free access to...
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Chicanonautica: Latinx Rising Lives!
by Ernest HoganThe planet was in quarantine when I wrote this. It was like we were all sealed in a giant crysalis, undergoing metamorphosis.I found myself glad that I didn't have a book coming out from...
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