2021 Latinx KidLit Book Festival
For more information visit www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.com Follow the festival on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmywyoJl05eI-mmE5syafnw/featured?view_as=subscriber Sessions can be safely...
View ArticleBefore Pearl Harbor: A Chicano Genesis
Musings on a life lived to its fullest In the 1930s, whenever they got the chance, my dad and the kids from his...
View ArticleWaking Up to Middle Age: Xmas 2021
Melinda PalacioMelinda and Blanca PalacioAs I emerge from my Covid fog, I'm starting to take note of the new normal and how things, especially the holidays, feel different. They feel different because...
View ArticleMoving On
MemoryMoving On, What Else Can I Do For You?Michael SedanoMemory Club formed in 2018, owing to dire circumstances: half the members are newly-christened "caregivers," spouses to people with Dementia....
View ArticleMy Friend/ Mi Amigo Book Series
I am very happy to present my new book series, Mi Amigo/ My Friend. The first book was released yesterday. The second book will be released on January 11, 2022. Book #1 Let’s Be Friends/ Seamos...
View ArticleChicanonautica: Reveling in Mayasploitation
by Ernest HoganThings have been apocalyptic for a long time. How long can it go on? Forever? Maybe there’s something to the idea of cyclical time after all. What goes around . . .@font-face...
View ArticleMás y más - more new books in the new year
The Spring 2022 Catalog of the University of Arizona Press features several titles that should be of interest to readers of La Bloga. Take a gander._____________________The Book of Wanderers Reyes...
View ArticleHealing: 2021 Book Reviews of Xánath Caraza by Juliana Aragón Fatula
Healing: 2021 Book Reviews of Xánath Caraza by Juliana Aragón FatulaCorta la piel– It Pierces the Skin published by Flowersong PressEjercicio en la Oscuridad– An Exercise in the Darkness published by...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from La Bloga
Michael and Barbara Sedano wish you the happiest.Sing the songs, all of them! Imagined melodies our specialities. Even if you do not know the words,Sing along, todas. Sing along, todos. Sing along,...
View ArticleVideos- Latinx KidLit Book Festival
If you missed the festival or if you want to watch the videos again, you can go to Youtube and enjoy all the panels. It was a fantastic festival....
View ArticleA Neighborhood Christmas Eve Story
For those who may have missed it in the past, I share this Christmas story with Bloga readers each year around this time. Merry Xmas!...
View ArticlePolvorones, Not Just for Mexican Weddings
Melinda PalacioYour new favorite Christmas CookieLast year, during our Covid Christmas Lockdown, I started a new Christmas tradition, making Mexican Wedding Cookies or Polvorones. In my family, the...
View ArticleAWP introduces the Writer to Writer's Fall 2021 Mentors
By Daniel A. OlivasAWP provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 550 college and university creative writing programs, and 150 writers’ conferences and centers. Its...
View ArticleLights of 2021: High Low Toggle
...And Two ReviewsMichael SedanoDeja Vu, de repente, and all over again, summarizes the directions 2021 points La Bloga-Tuesday for 2022. The GOPlague remains the lasting residue of the four-year...
View ArticleEl Brindis del Bohemio
English translation belowEl Brindis del Bohemio- 1915Guillermo Aguirre y FierroEn torno de una mesa de cantina,una noche de invierno,regocijadamente departíanseis alegres bohemios.Los ecos de sus risas...
View ArticleChicanonautica: Taibo’s ‘68
by Ernest HoganReal life goes beyond the horrors of fictional dystopias. ‘68: The Mexican Autumn of the Tlatelolco Massacre,Paco Ignacio Taibo II’s memoir of the 1968 student movement in Mexico City...
View ArticleThat Time, Again
The Persistence of Memory - Salvador DaliHappy New Year! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! It's that time again when time marches on at the speed of light, waiting for no one, and there's no time out. Which somehow...
View ArticlePoema “2” de Xánath Caraza
Poema “2” de Xánath Caraza Hoy comparto con los lectores de la Bloga el poema “2” de mi manuscrito La mariposa de Jackeline Caal que FlowerSong Press publicará próximamente. La traducción al inglés...
View ArticleGuest Columnist: Healing Times
Editor's Note: La Bloga welcomes Guest Columnists. La Bloga encourages Guest Columnists. Raza interests range widely, arte, artists, collecting; literatura; food; health; memory. Today's Guest...
View ArticleAPPLICATIONS FOR MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP 2022
For more information and to apply visit, https://macondowriters.com APPLICATIONS FOR MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP 2022 OPEN ON JANUARY 3, 2022 We are a group of experienced writers who demonstrate a...
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