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Looking at Desegregation of Public Schools in California: Mendez v. Westminster
Looking at Desegregation of Public Schools in California:Mendez v. WestminsterThe landmark court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947), building on the historical battles against segregation and in...
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Still Banned In Faislandia
Review: Cynthia E. Orozco. Pioneer Of Mexican-American Civil Rights Alonso S. Perales. Houston: Arte Publico, 2022. ISBN: 978-1-55885-896-1 Michael SedanoOne historian calls Alonso S. Perales, “the...
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MACONDO CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
From Macondo Workshop, www.MacondoWriters.com Please join us virtually on April 22, 2022 at 6:30pm CT for our fundraiser to support this year's Macondo Writers Workshop. We have a stellar lineup:...
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Chicanonautica: Welcome to NEO-Laredo
by Ernest HoganI was caught off guard. The comics-style cover, by William Keops Ibañez, author of the comic book series Blazing Quantum True Tales from La Frontera, and the mentions of President Ronald...
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Denver Noir Event Schedule
Denver Noir, the latest in Akashic Books international noir series, launches May 3. Several events are planned around this anthology, which features fourteen authors writing about fourteen different...
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Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival 2022
Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival 2022por Xánath Caraza The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival (V.I.P.F.) is held annually in deep south Texas. The Director of the Rio...
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Now I Get It: Refugees, Not Pilgrims
Review: Troncoso, Sergio. Nobody's Pilgrims. NY:Cinco Puntos Press, 2022. Michael Sedano It’s a great time to be a novel reader in the United States right now, with this cultural shift happening all...
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VIENTO, VIENTITO / WIND, LITTLE WIND
By Jorge ArguetaIllustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara ISBN: 978-1-55885-945-6Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 5-10 This trilingual picture book written in verse recounts the...
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Shadows of a Faded Past -- 2 --
Shadows of a Faded PastIn my newly completed novel, Shadows of a Faded Past, Anthony Reza and members of his...
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Happy National Poetry Month and Spring Break and Easter
Melinda PalacioI'm doing some Spring cleaning and I found this postcard from Ireland. The card has a painting of a rabbit and a poem by William Butler Yeats, the first poet I was introduced to in...
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“How to Date a Flying Mexican” comes to LibroMobile on April 30
LibroMobile Virtually Presents How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories (University of Nevada Press) by Daniel A. Olivas. The presentation will include a discussion with the author of...
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Recovery: Good Friday For A Colibrí
A Good Friday: Sad Story Reverses CourseMICHAEL SEDANO SweetiePie T. Cat, II, lies in readiness behind the Echinopsis mound. The pair of Mourning Doves busy themselves pecking seeds scattered six feet...
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EL NIÑO DE MAÍZ / THE BOY OF MAIZE
By Mario BencastroIllustrations by Christina Rodriguez ISBN: 978-1-55885-946-3Publication Date: May 31, 2022Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 5-10 Gorgeous bilingual picture...
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Chicanonautica: Sci-Fi Self Portraits and the Chicano Imagination
by Ernest HoganAs things often do these days, this started with an email. Alex Hernandez, one of the editors of Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, invited me to a Zoom event: Latinx...
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Northside Pride: A Drive-By Exhibit
From the Northside Arts Collective -- an exhibit that honors the artistic and cultural legacy of Denver's Northside. Welcome to the 'hood.______________________________________Press...
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_La mariposa de Jackeline, Jackeline’s Butterfly_ at the Humanities Research...
La mariposa de Jackeline, Jackeline’s Butterfly at the Humanities Research CenterXánath Caraza El pasado 20 de abril de este año se presentó en el Humanities Research Center de Lycoming College La...
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Illustrated Picture Books Building Flexible Minds
Michael SedanoWednesday is children’s bilingual illustrated books day. What a mouthful to say, and quite a lapful to enjoy, what with squirming kid, oversize book open, two colorful pages of delightful...
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Sandra Cisneros' Virtual Event
Sandra Cisneros, Award-winning author of "House on Mango Street"by UCI Illuminations Date and timeThu, April 28, 20225:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT LocationOnline event To register visit, bit.ly/3OBnedc Meet...
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Where are the Chicano Intellectuals?
The Intelligentsia I was listening to Cornel West talk on Public Television last week. A respected...
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Melinda Palacio Where are the Chicano Intellectuals? Are they buried under student loan debt? Are they dead, an idea reduced to a meme or emoji? I think they’re among us, making art, daring us to take...
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