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The Other West Side Story
The days of Peace I think Steven Spielberg’s (bless his heart for trying to get it right) mistake in remaking...
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Yesterday was Twelfth Night 2020, the Beginning of Mardi Gras
Melinda PalacioWhile the date of January 6 is currently tarnished with the anniversar last year’s insurrection at the State Capitol, in New Orleans and for most of the places that celebrate Christmas,...
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Virtual book launch of “How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected...
VROMAN'S LIVE PRESENTS DANIEL A. OLIVAS,IN CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR ALVARO HUERTA,DISCUSSES HOW TO DATE A FLYING MEXICANDATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2022TIME: 6:00 P.M. This is a virtual event and will take...
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Not Shot: Photographs. Director's Advice for Good Shoots.
Chuparosa Foto GalleryMichael Sedano Colibrí, picaflor, chupaflor, chuparosa, huitzitzilin, what's in a name? I call my photographic work by a variety of names reflecting their nature as files, or...
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Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away - Evelyn Del Rey se muda
Written by Meg MedinaIllustrated by Sonia Sanchez Publisher: CandlewickLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 32 pagesISBN-10 : 1536207047ISBN-13 : 978-1536207040 From Newbery Medalist and New York...
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Chicanonautica: Ernesto Update 2022
by Ernest Hogan2022 is off and running. We got past January 6 without serious mayhem. Covid is still mutating and rampaging, but civilization ambles on.And I’m still here, alive and well, as the Father...
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1963
Ronnie and the RonettesThe recent (January 12) passing of Ronnie Spector of Ronnie and the Ronettes stirred up a few nostalgic and bittersweet images in the slow moving crud otherwise known as my...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Xánath Caraza
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Xánath Caraza El Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. es honrado en enero de cada año. Este 2022 lo recordamos hoy, lunes 17 de enero. Comparto con los lectores de La Bloga un...
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Why MLK Marched. Time Marches On Las Adelitas
Michael Sedano Note: Esteban Torres, 8-time United States Congressman from California, graduated Los Angeles’ Garfield High Class of 1949. He and his friends left for Ft. Ord on graduation night. After...
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Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Written by Jennifer De Leon Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy BooksLanguage: EnglishPaperback: 352 pagesISBN-10: 1534438254ISBN-13: 978-1534438255 “A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book...
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Bart and Pearl Carrillo: As American as Anybody
Daniel Cano Note: Some fight to keep our stories out of our schools. We must fight to keep them in. Dedicated to the teachers fighting the "good" fight....
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Waitress: The Musical or Theatre During Plague Time
Melinda Palacio It’s been two years since I’ve seen a movie or concert indoors, thank you Ccovid. On Tuesday, I braved the crowds and the tail end of the Omicron surge to attend the musical,...
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Magical Thinking Metaphorical Wall
Review: Alberto Roblest. Trans. Nicolás Kanellos. AGAINST THE WALL: STORIES. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-55885-925-8Michael Sedano"I found myself right in front of the door to...
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American Library Association Award Winners 2022
For a complete list of ALA awards and winners visit, https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/01/american-library-association-announces-2022-youth-media-award-winnersPura Belpré Awards honoring...
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Chicanonautica: Chicano Science Fiction Meets The Reality Dysfunction
by Ernest Hogan@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1...
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Saving History
We are often told that we should preserve history, that if we don't tell our stories they will be lost and forgotten, especially for marginalized communities. Here are a few examples of recent...
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Presentación del artículo “Modalidades del Ecofeminismo en la poesía de...
Presentación del artículo “Modalidades del Ecofeminismo en la poesía de Xánath Caraza” por Justine Temeyissa Patalé “Modalidades del Ecofeminismo en la poesía de Xánath Caraza” (pp. 237-252)...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Esteban Torres QEPD. Memories of C/S Veteranas Veteranos
Becoming C/S: Veteranos/Veteranas RememberChicano Literature is one United States literature with an actual known start date, 1969, when Berkeley California's Quinto Sol Press edited El Espejo The...
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Best Spanish Language Picture Book Award
The Best Spanish Language Picture Book prize is a biennial prize given to a book that was published or translated into Spanish. Award candidates are identified from the annual Best Spanish Language...
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Power to the People
Daniel Cano "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough...
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