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Jess's Horse
It was during the Depression and hard times, not only in Santa Monica where Jess lived with his family in the...
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Road Trip During Plague Time with a Pooch: Photos
Melinda Palacio Pandora the pandemic pup has the best seat in the house for a road trip from Santa Barbara to New Orleans.After eight hours, we reach Flagstaff and Pandora’s first time seeing snow....
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Pico Boulevard, October 1972
By Daniel A. Olivas On Pico Boulevardit is hot, too hot, and smoggyfor October as bodies, large and small, stream outof St. Thomas the ApostleChurch. ¡Ay Dios mío! That priest, that priest! says...
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Beauty Break: Birds & Bees
Michael SedanoSpring fever strikes Southern Californians with a vengeance in 2021. With vaccinations progressing at a reasonable pace, and a plurality of people wearing masks from nose to chin at...
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2021 Tomás Rivera Book Award Winners
Texas State University College of Education created The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award in 1995 to honor authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts the Mexican...
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Chicanonautica: Unplugged Con Gómez-Peña
by Ernest HoganEl Maestro Guillermo Gómez-Peña needs no introduction in the Latinoid Continuum, but I have to do some explaining when discussing him with my colleagues in “science fiction” that...
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Interview - Maria Hinojosa
This week: a special short interview with the award-winning journalist, Maria Hinojosa, as conducted by guest contributor Florence Hernández Ramos.First, Hinojosa's bio taken from her publisher's...
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Commentary on the Book ‘An Exercise in the Darkness’ by Elizabeth Lara
Commentary on the Book ‘An Exercise in the Darkness’ by Elizabeth Lara In An Exercise in the Darkness / Ejercicio en la oscuridad, Xánath Caraza has given us poems that vibrate on the page. The...
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Perfectly Unique, Nearly Perfect Bee
Review: Carribean Fragoza. Eat the Mouth That Feeds You. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2020.Michael SedanoGrove Press is one of them. Black Sparrow is one of them. City Lights Books makes three....
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2021 Children's Bilingual Book Festival
For more information visit https://www.nhccbookfest.com/ National Hispanic Cultural Center a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAYApril 15 - 18, 2021...
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As the Story Goes: Mexico's Children
Nicolas Gonzalez, kidnapper or pawn in his father's game When Eusevia Villalovos was fifteen years old, she and her...
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Children's Day/Book Day Celebrates 25 years! We Catch Up with Pat Mora
La Bloga has the distinct privilege to speak with author and educator Pat Mora on the 25th anniversary of Children's Day/Book Day. Below is our conversation.Pat, give us some background on Children's...
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Plague-time Casualty Rebound: Backyard Floricanto
Michael SedanoNote:In past years, Casa Sedano has hosted numerous authors in our Living Room Floricanto and Backyard Floricanto. We had to cease celebrating with the pandemic. We're shut-ins, so that...
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15th Annual Family Learning Conference
Many Voices, Many Stories—One Community Welcome to the 15th Annual Family Learning Conference at the University of La Verne. For Zoom links click https://sway.office.com/QUiFwapze0HMDxbf Saturday,...
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Chicanonautica: Arizona Does It Again
by Ernest Hogan My home state was doing so well, going for Biden early in the 2020 election, then going blue, and no comeback for Joe Arpaio and his fascist performance art disguised as law...
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New and Recent Books
Catching up on recent and new literature, this lineup features revolutionary women, two novels about art and artists, and the ongoing saga of Selena. Something for...
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El mes de la poesía por Xánath Caraza
El mes de la poesía por Xánath Caraza La poesía, compañera incondicional, la celebramos en abril de cada año y este 2021 con más energía que nunca. Cientos de eventos virtuales se han organizado para...
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Not Slouching Toward June to be Published
Review: Rudy Ch. Garcia. Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub. Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press, 2021. (Coming June 2021)Michael SedanoJune lurks just around the corner, not near enough you can...
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Día del Niño- Bilingual Book Fest
https://www.ninosbookfest.com The first bilingual children literature virtual, celebrating Día del Niño. Featuring bookstores, local authors, and creators from around the world who focus is the...
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