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Springtime in New Orleans and the New Normal 2021
Melinda Palacio Springtime in the second year of Covid and things are starting to look up. Although the world remains on edge what with anti-vaxxers, new strains of the Corona virus, and general...
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Coming later this year: “A Critical Collection on Alejandro Morales”...
Alejandro Morales is a pioneer of Chicana and Chicano literature and the author of groundbreaking works including The Brick People, The Rag Doll Plagues, and River of Angels. His work, often...
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Guest Columnist Thania Muñoz: Latina Motherhood, a Pandemic, and Belonging
Note: In 2008, today's Guest Columnist, Thania Muñoz, posted exclusive reports from Crime Fiction's international big-bash as our Roving Reporter at that year's La Semana Negra (link). She was a...
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Run, Little Chaski!: An Inka Trail Adventure
Written by Mariana Llanos Illustrated byMariana Ruiz Johnson Publisher : Barefoot Books Paperback : 32 pagesISBN-10 : 1646862171ISBN-13 : 978-1646862177Reading age : 4 - 7 years In this tale set in the...
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Chicanonautica: The Persistence of Quijote
by Ernest HoganYears after it finally came into being, I got around to seeing Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. I wanted to see it, but these years have been overwhelming. Enough to make...
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Angels in the Wind
This post is BSP (blatant self-promotion) for my upcoming novel. Forewarned is forearmed. I celebrate the publication of Angels in the Wind on May 20. I haven't yet seen the actual book but here's a...
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Mujer colosal, Colossal Woman by Xánath Caraza
Mujer colosal, Colossal Woman by Xánath Caraza ¡Feliz Día de la Madre! Happy Mother’s Day! Mujer colosal Para la cabeza colosal número 3 de San Lorenzo, Veracruz, México Mujer colosal, tu piel de...
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O.G. & Hail! Originals Gone Forever
Michael Sedano In 1973, USC's El Centro Chicano hosted three days of raza artists performing their poetry and prose in El Festival de Flor y Canto. Several floricantos followed that year to put Chicano...
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Videos: Día del Niño Bilingual Book Fest
Día del Niño Bilingual Book Festival is a virtual event celebrating kids! Featuring bookstores, authors, and creators from around the world who focus is the wellness, bilingual literacy and education...
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A Mother's Day Tale: Fighting for the American Dream
The Dream Maker My mother told me she and my father married after the war, in 1946. It wasn't an easy time. Many of...
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Notes from a Poet
Melinda PalacioA question I’m often asked is a vague inquiry about where I get my inspiration. My answer to where poems come from may sound equally vague and elusive, especially after a year of...
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Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore’s 16th Annual Virtual Celebrating...
All are invited to Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore's 16th annual Celebrating Words Festival on May 28, 29 and 30. As we emerge from a pandemic imposed isolation, Tía Chucha's will provide...
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Guest Review: Dreaming With Mariposas
Guest Review: Sonia Gutiérrez Dreaming with Mariposas. McAllen, TX: Flowersong Press, 2021.David HollingsworthSonia Gutiérrez, author of Dreaming With Mariposas (link), cites Tomás Rivera and Sandra...
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The Everything I Have Lost
By Sylvia Zéleny Publisher : Cinco Puntos PressLanguage : EnglishPaperback : 256 pagesISBN-10 : 194762718XISBN-13 : 978-1947627185Reading age : 10 - 14 yearsJulia comes of age in the murder capital of...
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Chicanonautica: Español y Más en el Radio Garden
by Ernest HoganA pocho like me needs to practice his Spanish and stay hip to the exploding galaxy of La Cultura. I like to play music while slaving away at the computer. It makes my days brighter. It's...
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New Books
A pair of new books providing insight into the lives and minds of a revolutionary icon and a legendary texmaniac. Plus, a Zoom writers panel with homies from the Northside.I embrace you with all my...
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Luis Alberto Ambroggio on 'An Exercise in the Darkness'
Luis Alberto Ambroggio on An Exercise in the Darkness In An Exercise in the Darkness, Xánath Caraza delights our senses with magical playfulness, astonishing us throughout the 66 duplicating poems in...
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His First Chuparrosa
His First ChuparrosaMichael SedanoThe 4-year old stared often at the feathers and painted flower framed behind glass on the wall. Ruby red and glowing bright green feathers took the shape of a bird...
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ABC El Salvador
Written by Holly Ayala Illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez With this fun, unique ABC book, learning-to-readers will travel with Xiomara and her brother Kevin to some of their favorite places in El...
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American Education: "Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
Who chooses what we study and why? On May 24th, Bob Dylan turned 80. What a surprise to to see how many cockroaches...
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