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Pura Belpré Ganadores 2021
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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Generations of Change
Jorge Mariscal's book tells the stories of Chicanos(as) at war in the streets and in the jungles Here is...
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What a Day for a Day Dream or Pandemic Road Rage
Melinda PalacioSanta Barbara received a few days of rain last week. The clouds teased and threatened to drop more water. The crisp sunny day told me to go outside and the bonus was that the latest...
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After the Revolution
A short storyBy Daniel A. OlivasAfter the Revolution, after the last ringing “¡Basta ya!” echoed through the plazas, calles and ranchos of Mexico, after the murders of Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa,...
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Two Days of the Hummingbird: Respite and Brief Exhale
Allen's Hummingbird • A Young FemaleSpring has arrived at The Huntington Library where this young female will be forever young and vital like this moment. She hovers, beautiful, powerful, in control of...
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The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
By Adrianna Cuevas Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language : EnglishHardcover : 288 pagesISBN-10 : 0374313601ISBN-13 : 978-03743136092021 Pura Belpré Honor BookNYPL Best Book of 20202020...
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Chicanonautica: La Pocha Nostra Anthologized
by Ernest HoganNot even COVID-19 can keep La Cultura del Continuum Latinoid down. Didn’t have anything planned for the next Chicanonautica, but I didn’t worry. These are active times. Things are...
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Sampling Graphic Novels
In no particular order, here are a few examples of a genre often overlooked in the literary conversation. A.W.O.L.Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, Ronnie Dukes (Illustrator)Duke Comics[from the publisher]Life...
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Book Review: Piercing Insensibility with Poetry by Gabriel Hugo
Book Review: Piercing Insensibility with Poetry by Gabriel Hugo Corta la piel / It Pierces the Skinby Xánath CarazaFlowerSong Press, 2020Translated by Sandra Kingery Reading Xanath Caraza’s newest...
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Guest Columnist: Running Out Of Time, Caregiver, Mi'Ja
Editor's Note: La Bloga welcomes guest columnists. Today's guest writer, San Diego artist Nicki De Necochea, continues La Bloga's explorations (link) of Memory, loss, and health. De Necochea writes out...
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By Donna Barba Higuera Publisher : Levine Querido Language : EnglishHardcover : 272 pagesISBN-10 : 1646140036ISBN-13 : 978-1646140039 My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened...
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A Little Dignity Goes a Long Way
From Jalisco to Santa Monica, Gloria, Candida, and Esther Gonzalez...
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Melinda Palacio The Santa Barbara Independent reported that a 92-year-old undocumented woman was turned away from receiving a vaccine because she couldn’t produce a photo ID. Could they really not...
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La Bloga’s interview with Estella González regarding her debut short-story...
By Daniel A. OlivasI first read a short story by Estella González in 2005. I had sent out a call for submissions for what would become the 2008 anthology, Latinos in Lotusland (Bilingual Press), which...
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Gus Corral Reaches His Stride
Review: Manuel Ramos. Angels In The Wind: A Mile High Noir. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-55885-920-3 Publication Date: April 30, 2021Michael Sedano There is no frigate like a book,...
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Furia
By Yamile Saied Méndez Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers Language : EnglishHardcover : 368 pagesISBN-10 : 1616209917ISBN-13 : 978-1616209919 A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA...
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Chicanonautica: Creating Pablo Cortez
by Ernest Hogan I’m an artist as well as a writer. I started out wanting to be a cartoonist as a kid. People say my writing is very visual, cinematic.I draw a lot. I’ve even painted. Recently, my mom...
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More Than Memoir
This week we present a trio of recent or upcoming memoirs that offer the reader not only the life stories of the authors, but also provocative insights and valuable lessons that come from hard-earned...
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‘Labios de piedra, Lips of Stone’ by Xánath Caraza
‘Labios de piedra, Lips of Stone’ by Xánath Caraza Hoy comparto tres poemas de mi manuscrito Labios de piedra / Lips of Stone. La traducción de los poemas al inglés es de Sandra Kingery. Las fotos son...
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Review: Maria Hinojosa. Once I Was You A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America. NY: Atria, 2020.Michael Sedano In recent months I struggled with the mechanics of reading electronic books on my...
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