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Here comes the Texas Book Festival!
The 27th annual Texas Book Festival Weekend will take place on November 5 and 6 in and around the State Capitol in downtown Austin. The Festival Weekend is FREE and open to the public, featuring nearly...
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Young Lula: Esteban Torres Remembers
Michael SedanoThe world loves comeback stories like Brazil’s presidential election. The winner in 2022, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in 2003-2010 was president of Brazil. Right-wingers dumped him in the...
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Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award Celebration
Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award will be on November 3rd from 9:30 a.m. -12 noon. The presentation for younger readers will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and the presentation for older readers will be...
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Chicanonautica: Dead Daze, Holidaze, Election Daze . . .
by Ernest HoganSome transmogrifications will go on between the time I write this and the time you read this. First there’s Halloween, then los Días de los Muertos—that’s right, there’s two of them, the...
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Wintertime and the Reading is Not Always Easy
A few new literary hot picks from in and out of the U.S.A. - just in time for colder nights, a darker sky, and end-of-year blues. These selections are a trio of coming-of-age tales, but with unique...
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_One Brilliant Flame_: Interview with Joy Castro
Joy Castro's fourth novel, One Brilliant Flame, takes readers to Key West, Florida in 1886. It is an enthralling nineteenth-century historical and political thriller. Today we welcome Joy to talk with...
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Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center por Xánath Caraza
Johnson County Arts & Heritage Centerpor Xánath Caraza En el Centro de Arte y Herencia del Condado de Johnson se celebró una agradable velada para el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana el pasado...
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Veterans Day 2022: Loco Revisited
Loco: RevisitedMichael SedanoSome memories endure out of sheer poignancy. I can't forget that good-natured kid's innocence. He talked like a street-wise kid. But what did I know about the street,...
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The Turquoise Room / El Cuarto Turquesa
By Monica BrownIllustrated by Adriana M Garcia Publisher: Lee & Low Books; Bilingual edition Language: English, SpanishHardcover: 40 pagesISBN-10: 0892394358ISBN-13: 978-0892 Bestselling author...
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For Those of Us Not Encouraged to Reason Why
The Age of Innocence, Moctezuma's Warriorsby Daniel Cano The First World War,...
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Happy Veterans Day 2022
Melinda PalacioMy father-in-law's medals. My grandmother lined a whole wall with portraits of her six veterans. She was grateful her husband and sons returned home alive. She was proud of them. My...
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Death and Distraction Will Set You Free
Review: Ann Dávila Cardinal. The Storyteller's Death. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, 2022. ISBN-10. 1728250773. ISBN-13. 978-1728250779 Michael Sedano Don’t allow that title to distract you, The...
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Polvorones
Escrito por Marta ArroyoIlustrado por Isa Medina https://tienda.babidibulibros.com/libro/polvorones_143466/ Colección WooobooksMateria Álbum ilustrado, Lecturas bilingüesIdioma CastellanoEAN...
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Chicanonautica: Hockey-Pucking Through the Arizona Midterms
by Ernest HoganFollowing the midterms in Arizona has been like chasing a hockey puck, being batted around, bouncing off things, not knowing what will come next. @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math";...
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More End-Of-The -Year Books
The never-ending list of new literature gets a boost with books from surreal Venezuela, timely academia, and gritty Denver._______________________Sacrifices: StoriesRodrigo Blanco Calderón, translated...
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Brenda Cárdenas y Carlos Cumpián leyeron poesía en el Writers Place por...
Brenda Cárdenas y Carlos Cumpián leyeron poesía en el Writers Placepor Xánath Caraza El pasado 28 de octubre de este 2022 el Writers Place presentó la XIII edición de la Celebración de Día de Muertos...
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Throwing the Book At Mexican Muralists
Review: Roberto Cantú, Ed. Mexican Mural Art Critical Essays On A Belligerent Aesthetic. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. 2021. ISBN(10): 1- 5275-6224-7Michael Sedano Editor Roberto Cantú’s Mexican...
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DINNER ON DOMINGOS
Written by Alexandra KatonaIllustrated by Claudia Navarro Publisher: Barefoot BooksLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 32 pagesISBN-10: 1646862937ISBN-13: 978-1646862931 “This magical home turns a normal...
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The Towers of Tepatitlan
Tepatitlan, the funeral processon I decided to make a trek across Los Altos de Jalisco, the highlands between...
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Quick Trip to San Francisco
Melinda PalacioNovember is a beautiful time to visit California. Crisp, sunny weather makes for a nice weekend getaway. Bonus excursion to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where you can view...
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