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Memorial Day 2022: Three Memories
SP4 Michael Sedano Now is the darkest period in United States history, until another elementary school massacre shakes our cultural foundations. Memorial Day, dedicated to the nation’s war dead,...
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Zonia's Rain Forest/ La selva de Zonia
By Juana Martinez-Neal Publisher: CandlewickLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 40 pagesISBN-10: 1536208450ISBN-13: 978-1536208450Reading age: 4 - 8 years A heartfelt, visually stunning picture...
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Chicanonautica: Where was Tom Miller?
by Ernest HoganHe’s not ethnically in the Latinoid continuum, but I think that Tom Miller deserves to be considered an honorary Chicano. He’s lived in Tucson most of his life, and a lot of his writing...
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Reasonable Suspicion
This poem was originally published in Poetry of Resistance, University of Arizona Press, 2016, edited by Francisco X. Alarcón and Odilia Galván Rodríguez. Poetry of Resistance was a protest against...
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Presentación del artículo “Mestizaje cultural y cultura del mestizaje en la...
Presentación del artículo“Mestizaje cultural y cultura del mestizaje en la poesía de Xánath Caraza” por Temeyissa Patalé Justine “Mestizaje cultural y cultura del mestizaje en la poesía de Xánath...
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Sergio Hernandez, ¡Presente! Consejeros from the Other Side
A Familia Gathers To Remember There is a junta of Chicano Artists in an enchanted place somewhere near a sleepy lagoon where cranes flock and eagles soar. Someone's calling names, taking roll:Sergio...
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Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise
Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise: Selección de poemas de Humberto Ak’abal Selected Poems of Humberto Ak’abal By Humberto Ak'abal Illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling Translated by Hugh Hazelton...
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Reflections on "Caste" in America
by Daniel Cano The true inheritors of Caste in America Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste, The Origens of our...
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Melinda PalacioToday's post is brought to you by Askew Poetry's YouTube channel. Check out the careful archive by Poet Laureate Phil Taggart. You'll be treated to poets who have read in Ventura...
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How to become a travel writer
Review: Tom Miller. Where Was I? A Travel Writer’s Memoir. Tucson: Molinero Press, 2022. ISBN 979–8–7 842–3710 – 1 (paper)Michael Sedano Don’t let the bastards get you down disparaging your métier,...
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
By Alda P. Dobbs Publisher: Sourcebooks Young Readers Language: EnglishHardcover: 288 pagesISBN-10: 1728234654ISBN-13: 978-1728234656 2022 Pura Belpré Honor BookNYPL Best Book of 2021Texas...
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Chicanonautia: Palabras del Pueblo Writing Workshop
I'm busy finishing a novel, and getting ready for a road trip to see what the new, improved, Wild, Wild America is like, so meanwhile here's something for all of you aspiring Chicano literary artistas...
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Living the Dream
So, lately the writing part of my life has been in action mode. I’ll give a quick rundown for those interested in such stuff.The launch of Denver Noir successfully continues after the initial event at...
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Juneteenth: Yanga por Xánath Caraza
Juneteenth: Yanga por Xánath Caraza Celebrating Juneteenth, I am sharing one of my poems, “Yanga”, that was originally published in my bilingual book of poetry Conjuro (2012). I hope you enjoy this...
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Chile Verde Quiche: Crustless, Meatless, Gluten-free
The Gluten-free Chicano CooksChile Verde Gluten-free Meatless Tortilla Quiche 56g* Michael Sedano, The Gluten-free Chicano Note well, this is the Ur- version of the dish. An experimental attitude, and...
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2022 Pura Belpré Celebración
Sunday, June 261:00-3:00 PMRenaissance Washington, DC Downtown HotelPotomac Ballroom Salon 1. Pura Belpré Awards honoring Latinx writers and illustrators whose children's and young adult books best...
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Charley Trujillo: Always Looking Forward
Soldados: In their own words Saturday, June 18th, Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore, in Sylmar, CA....
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Juneteenth 2022 and the Birth of the Book
Sojourner Kincaid RolleGuest post FREE AT LASTA Juneteenth PoemBy Sojourner Kincaid RolleIllustrated by Alex BosticUnion Square Kids 2022I came to the world of Juneteenth in the late 1980s when my...
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Life In These United States: Poetry Is Our Medicine
June 24,2022Planet EarthThe United States of Fucking Ignoranceby Iris De AndaThis morning they came for my rightsTook them under cover of midnight & black robesProclaiming a law over my...
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Chicanonautica: Cartel 2045 Exploits Itself
by Ernest HoganThe title wasn’t very original, Cartel 2045 (also released as Juarez 2045), but the image of Danny Trejo–star of the Chicano sci-fi classic Machete movies– and a funked-out robot caught...
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