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Chicharones In My Pantelones
This week, a call for contributions for the next book in the Tummy Tales series. Go for it -- have some fun and seize the opportunity to tell one of your family's stories. Thanks to Dr. Fajardo for...
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Entrevista a Carmelo González Veles por Xánath Caraza
Entrevista a Carmelo González Veles por Xánath CarazaCarmelo González Veles nacióen Tlaltizapán, Morelos, México. Emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1984 con el éxodo de trabajadores agrícolas y se...
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Zooming Plática In Plague-timeMichael SedanoLa Bloga friend Jesus Treviño has launched a plática series at Latinopia (link). Treviño invited Melinda Palacio, Christine Granados, and me to join him in a...
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Seventh Week: A Great Book Festival On Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ninosbookfest/The first bilingual children literature virtual, celebrating Día del Niño. Featuring bookstores, local authors, and creators from around the world who focus is...
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The Streets of San Cristobal (for a brief interlude during troubling times)
Note: When he was 19 years-old, Anthony Reza experienced one of the worst battles of the Vietnam War, leaving him wounded, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Four decades later, the...
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Covid Lockdown: Choose Your Poison or Ten Helpful Hints
Melinda PalacioMy walking and shopping outfit Balcony Birdwatching I’ve heard from many panicked friends who are having trouble figuring out how to enjoy life while the world is on lockdown. While my...
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Both Sides: Stories from the Border
Edited by Gabino IglesiasAgora Books, 320 pages (hardcover)Publication Date: April 7, 2020List Price: 26.00"In this timely volume, readers will find rage as well as hope and, occasionally, a dash of...
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Eighth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
En EspañolLos Bloguitos en el mes de mayowww.losbloguitos.blogspot.comLos Bloguitos es ahora un sitio de búsqueda para niños y niñas que hablan y leen español. Encontrarás cuentos, poesías,...
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Chicanonautica: Dazed and Bemused in Mayach, Mu, and Atlantis
by Ernest HoganI dug into this one expecting amusing bullshit, something to get me dazed and bemused in the quarantine. I wasn't disappointed, but I also found myself enjoying it and had my mind blown...
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The piece below has appeared on La Bloga at least two previous times. It was written during another war. I'm posting it again because it fits my mood, and only in a broad way does it show up today as...
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It Pierces the Skin: out of the universe of fiction, images, the word and...
It Pierces the Skin: out of the universe of fiction, images, the word and astonishment.byMaría Esther Quintana MillamotoThe mini short stories in It Pierces the Skin (FlowerSong Press, 2020), which...
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Mothers Day 2020
Michael SedanoI knew by the ring my mother was calling, I hear a certain urgency in her bell even though all phones sound the same. I pick up immediately. Direct and to the point, no "hello," doesn't...
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Ninth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
Duolingohttps://www.duolingo.comDuolingo provides foreign language instruction. The site offers 94 different language courses in 23 languages. Free basic content Duolingo is the free science-based...
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Most Days
Dedicated to Eddie Herrera, who was there through the good and the bad, and who will once again be reunited with his beloved daughter, Nancy. Rest gently, dear friend....
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Pandemic Parties: Social Distance Fun During Covid-19 and an Invite for You
Melinda PalacioOur first house concert was a success. We set out two tables at the end of the garage and three people attended. It sure feels good to play music for friends. Our friends celebrated...
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The Right of Ethnic Studies in Higher Education & Beyond
By Álvaro Huerta, Ph.D.It’s racist to oppose ethnic studies in higher education and K-12.Now that I have your attention, allow me to explain. In California, while we’ve done a relatively good job of...
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Plague-Time Reading, Though It Didn't Start Out Like That
Review: Gris Munoz. Coatlicue Girl. FlowerSong Press, McAllen, TX. 2019.ISBN 978-1-733-8092-4-5. Publisher update: The publisher's name and link are now as shown and here's the link.Michael...
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Tenth Week: Activities to do at home with our children
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-at-home-for-kids-and-familiesFind crafting ideas, science experiments with household items and videos to watch as a family and more for kids.From formal lesson plans to...
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Chicanonautica: Zooming into Susto Futuro
by Ernest HoganAlong with COVID-19, there is another pandemic sweeping across the planet. A new technology is coming for us, sneaking into our lives. Maybe it'll take over if we don't watch out.I'm...
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The Relevance (?) of Crime Fiction Escapist Literature in Twenty-first...
Back in 2018 I wrote an essay for La Bloga entitled The Relevance (?) of Crime Fiction Escapist Literature in Twenty-first Century USA. That was less than two years ago but a lot has changed since...
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