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Una cita literaria en el Writers Place en Kansas City por Xánath Caraza
Una cita literaria en el Writers Place en Kansas City por Xánath Caraza El 6 de noviembre a las 7 p.m. CST el Writers Place en la Ciudad de Kansas abre sus puertas para una lectura poética en Zoom con...
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The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks Fried Rice
The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks…Gluten-Free Fried Rice With Chicken And Firm Tofu.Michael SedanoCooking is like riding a bicyle, don’t fall off. Just get out in the kitchen and rattle those pots and...
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Luna luminosa, ¿dónde estás? / Luminous Moon, Where Are You?
By Aracely De AlvaradoIllustrations by Victoria Castillo ISBN: 978-1-55885-911-1Publication Date: October 31, 2020Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 4-8 Juanito wonders where the...
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Education: Just Another American commodity?
Inside a private banquet room of a swanky San Francisco hotel, a group of community college teachers finished...
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Is It Too Early to Process the Pandemic? One Anthology Says No.
Melinda PalacioYou may have seen this announcement on Tuesday, when the Gluten-free Chicano gave up his famous fried rice recipe. I'm honored to have a pandemic poem in this collection. When editor,...
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Memories from East L.A.'s Public Housing Projects: “Do the Hustle”
By Dr. Álvaro HuertaWhile growing up in East Los Angeles’ Ramona Gardens public housing project or Big Hazard projects, I was a petty hustler. Throughout my youth, I dreamed of pursuing one of three...
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Playing with the artist's fire.
Review: Carlos Almaraz: Playing With Fire. Michael Sedano"I live in Frogtown," the freshman woman said in her introductory impromptu speech on the first day of class. I sat up and looked around. I was...
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La divina Catrina / Oh, Divine Catrina
By Aracely De AlvaradoIllustrations by Claudia Navarro ISBN: 978-1-55885-910-4Publication Date: October 31, 2020Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata Books Catrina, a Mexican skeleton, searches...
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Chicanonautica: ¡Vote, Cabrones!
by Ernest Hogan Things being as busy and crazy as they are, I was tempted to just put the above photo up, and leave it like that, but the election and the subject of voting are kinda important, so...
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Día de los Muertos - 2020
Hernandez - Ramos Altar 2020 (WIP)When Flo Hernandez Ramos, around 1984, assisted in the organization of a public display of folkloric muertos, skulls, and figurines, and constructed her first altar at...
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“Un cardenal” por Xánath Caraza
“Un cardenal” por Xánath Caraza Italia, 2019Día de muertos está a la vuelta de la esquina y en Venecia, Italia también lo celebrarán por quinta vez este 2020. La artista y muralista Concepción García...
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Veterans Day 2020: Loco
LocoMichael SedanoJanuary 1969: Ft Ord, California I took an instant like to the way this vato ate his food, con ganas and gratitude, like until four days ago, he didn’t know where his next meal was...
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Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award Virtual Presentation
The 25th Anniversary 2020 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award took place on Monday October 26, 2020.To view the virtual celebration, click this...
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The Poodle
I am not sure if everything in this story is exactly how I remembered. Over the years, the details we...
View ArticleNancy Sanchez: the Voice We Need to Hear
Melinda PalacioBilingual Singer-Songwriter, Nancy Sanchez uses her voice as a tool for protest. For the past several years, her music has been gaining traction. It’s no surprise to see the...
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CALL FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS: DRAMA IN THE TIME OF COVID—AN ANTHOLOGY
Close to 8 million people worldwide have contracted Covid-19. One million have died. In the United States alone, over 200,000 have succumbed to this deadly virus, and counting. With no end to the...
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Veterans Day 2020: First Day Is Forever. Memory of DDLMs Pasados
The Limping Veteran: Day One of Basic Michael Sedano Basic Training at Ft. Ord began in fits and starts, mid-January 1969. Down in the Reception Station some clerk gives us a personalized rubber stamp...
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Virtual Book Festivals: L.A. Times Festival of Books and Texas Book Festival
L.A. Times Festival of Books Click the link to register for the next virtual Festival of Books events- November 4 to November...
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Chicanonautica: A Sunday Live in Virtualandia
by Ernest HoganSunday, October 18, in the wretched year 2020, I was on video, online, live twice. It was the latest manifestation of my writing career, that keeps coming to life and dragging me into...
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CALMA: Virtual Holiday Book Fair
The Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors and Authors (CALMA)is a new writers organization recently organized in Denver. The group's mission is to "provide hands-on strategies for aspiring Latino...
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