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Marine Blue Plan Comes Together
Mystery Mariposa Comes Into FocusMichael SedanoRealms of green make up my oft-traveled routes when I consider how the morning light finds a bird or butterfly where I point my camera during my morning...
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Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
Written by Alexandra Alessandri Illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda Publisher: Albert Whitman & CompanyLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 32 pagesISBN-10: 0807504505ISBN-13: 978-0807504505 Ava's...
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Chicanonautica: From Covid Christmas to the New Year
by Ernest HoganI planned on heroically going on with biz here, but once again I get up, feel kinda okay, stumble through my morning routine, losing track of what I'm doing, then end up back in...
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_La casa que soy_ celebra su onceavo aniversario
La casa que soy celebra su onceavo aniversariopor Xánath Caraza La casa que soy, blog literario creado y editado por la poeta Amanda Reverón, cumple este 2023 su onceavo aniversario. Tuve la...
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1971 - 2023 Ave Maria Atque Vale
Michael SedanoLast month (link), La Bloga-Tuesday shared my sentimental foto essay on what I call Lupe of Happy Valley. In that December 13 column, I daydreamed about revisiting Lupe of Happy Valley,...
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Vámonos/ Let's Go!: Mexican Folk Art Transport in English and Spanish
Witten by Cynthia Weill Art by Augustín Tinoco Cruz, Martín Melchor, Maximino Santiago and Avelino Pérez Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press; Bilingual editionLanguage: English, SpanishHardcover: 32...
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Why the Wolf Has Survived
Not everyone chooses the road less taken Surviving modern times is a theme that runs through Michael Sedano’s...
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Twelfth Night and the Poetry of Richard Vargas
Melinda Palacio A friend asked me which book was my favorite of 2022. I usually have a hard time naming just one book or one thing in any category. Ask me my favorite color and I draw a blank. I...
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“How to Date a Flying Mexican” comes to the Alameda Free Library in a live...
Happy new year! I was a bit out of commission with a bad case of COVID all December (I am fully vaccinated and boosted, so it could have been worse). But I am back in the saddle.And this month, I am...
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Finding Colibrís
Michael SedanoHuntington Library offers dozens of motherlodes of chuparrosas. The spectacular creatures flock to certain flowers scattered across the library's extensive grounds.Finding hummingbirds to...
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White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing
By Jennifer De Leon Publisher: University of Massachusetts PressLanguage: EnglishPaperback: 232 pagesISBN-10: 1625345674ISBN-13: 978-1625345677 Sometime in her twenties, Jennifer De Leon asked...
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Chicanonautica: Crossfire at the Chicano/Latinx Intersection
by Ernest HoganWay the chingau back in 2021, I did one of these columns titled “Whachacallus?” in which I pondered the problems of what all of us in the Latinoid continuum should call ourselves. Now in...
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Buzzing Books
How great is it to write a book that gets heavy buzz before it is even published? Really great, I would have to say. Not that I've ever written such a book. Here's a list of books (including several...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. por Xánath Caraza
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. por Xánath Caraza El Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. es honrado en enero de cada año. Este 2023 lo recordamos el día de hoy, lunes 16 de enero. Hoy comparto con los lectores...
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Faster And Casí Instant, Always Gluten-free
The Gluten-free Caregiving Chicano's Casí Instant Lee's Green SoupLiving in a two-person one-caregiver home leads to any number of adaptations to normal living. Anything that can be done another time...
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A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters
By Duncan Tonatiuh •Publisher: Harry N. Abrams•Language: English•Hardcover: 48 pages•ISBN-10: 1419749420•ISBN-13: 978-1419749421 Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the...
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The Last of the Rule Breakers
by daniel cano Stoner Park, home of the rule breakers The tough thing about writing a story like this is that I’m not...
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Fitness and Poetry in Santa Barbara Photo Essay
Melinda PalacioToday marks a first, my poetry participated in a Fitness Block Party. Although January is the time for New Year’s resolutions and vows to shed any holiday pounds, I never imagined...
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The New Oeste: Literatura Latinx of the American West in the 21st Century
Series Editors: León Salvatierra and Daniel A. OlivasThe University of Nevada Press announces a new book series, The New Oeste, which celebrates the outpouring of creative expression by Latinx writers...
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Gluten-free Peanutbutter Fruit Bar
A gluten-intolerant person's sweet tooth doesn't get to enjoy baked treats. Local bakeries don't bother. Giant commercial bakers foist off a rock-hard lump of sugar mixed with bean or rice flours and...
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