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Sojourner Rolle and the Poetry Zone in Santa Barbara
Melinda PalacioSojourner Kincaid RolleI first met Sojourner Kincaid Rolle in 2003. We were both part of Dramatic Women's Santa Barbara Blues, a series of 10-minute plays. She was a playwright and I was...
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Strange Chicano in Stranger Con - Parte 2
Below you'll find my Chicano's note to publishers, editors and agents, as well as details on my Paolo Bacigalupi questions I presented on the panels: 1. Magic Realism, 2. Chicano Science Fiction, or 3....
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Las Mujeres: Lorna Dee Cervantes, Rosemary Catacalos, and María Espinosa
LAS TRES MUJERES! Cervantes, Catacalos, and Espinosa: Latest publications!Rosemary CatacalosLorna Dee CervantesMaría Espinosaby Amelia M.L. MontesImages of shifting tectonic plates were on my mind...
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New Young Adult Books from Piñata Books
The Mystery of the Mischievous Marker: A Mickey Rangel Mystery /El misterio del malvado marcador: Coleccion Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado by René SaldañaJr. Series: Mickey Rangel Mystery (Book...
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In memoriam. On-line Floricanto
In memoriam: Vanessa Libertad Garcia, age 29To Vanessaby Thelma T. Reynayour sweet face fooled us all, lulled us intothinking a heart of milk and honey could staveoff monstersyour soft arms folded us...
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Spotlight on Tim Z. Hernandez and his new novel, “Mañana Means Heaven”
In Mañana Means Heaven, acclaimed writer Tim Z. Hernandez paints a richly textured and nuanced portrait of Bea Franco, the real woman behind Jack Kerouac’s fictionalized Terry, the so-called “Mexican...
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Martín Espada in Denver
The DU Latino Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship (DULCCES)proudly presents:Martín Espadaas part of its Latino Heritage Month celebrationThursday, October 3, 20137pm- Reading &...
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Preserving Culture, Remembering the Past
This week, two events that preserve and remember: Nuestra Cultura at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, and El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement in Colorado at the History Colorado Center....
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Diversity, multicultural flats, writing opp, contest
Spec author Martinez on diversityAs follow up to the dialogue on cultural appropriation and latinos in speculative fiction, I've got more. First, check out spec novelist A. Lee Martinez's post on...
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Sueño con Lorna Dee Cervantes
Olga García Echeverría The day Sueño arrives in the mail I am rushing to the ER to visit my father. For the past four months, his 86-year-old body has been on a downward spiral due to advanced...
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Las lluvias de otoño en el Midwest
By Xánath CarazaLa Bloga happily welcomes Xánath Caraza as La Bloga's newest regular columnist. Xánath and Daniel Olivas publish on alternate Mondays.Mid-September showers in Kansas City announce the...
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Review: Rebeldes. La Verne author forum. News. On-line floricanto.
Review: Rebeldes. A Proyecto Latina Anthology. Chicago: Proyecto Latina, 2013.ISBN 978-1-4675-7607-9Michael SedanoThe second-toughest challenge for a critic comes in form of the anthology collected...
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My Migrant Family Story / La historia de mi familia migrante
By Lily Garcia Paperback: 64 pagesPublisher: Pinata Books; Bilingual edition (October 31, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 155885780XISBN-13: 978-1558857803Every spring, Lilia Garcia had to leave school...
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Chicanonautica: How I Accidentally Created Chicano Sci-Fi
by Ernest HoganSuddenly, buzz about science fiction diversity is crackling through the air. And a monster called Chicano Sci-Fi is roaming the night. Frank S Lechuga keeps calling me its father. A DNA...
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Diversity a food group best served frío
I'm supposed to eat from each of the food groups, not just meat and chile. When I get an apple or carrots, I can feel I met the obligation. Americanos very often treat Chicanos, and latinos in general,...
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Everything is Medicine
Guest Blog by Martiza AlvarezMother Earth’s breath was deep.Her winds swirled delicately across my skin. Her red-tailed feathers circled above the warm cumulus clouds. She smiled tenderly to Sweet...
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Desde Kansas City y el más allá
Por Xánath Caraza Para cambiar un poco el ritmo, la columna de hoy, lunes 4 de noviembre de 2013, es en español. Reporto desde la ciudad de Kansas, MO actividades culturales y...
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News & Notes. Special DDLM On-line Floricanto
Mail BagMichael SedanoA Special La Palabra(Re)Defining & (Re)Claimingfeaturing Roberto Leni, Cihuatl Ce, Ron Baca, Yago S. Cura, Iris De Anda, Xochitl Julisa-Bermejo, Abram Gomez.Sunday, November...
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Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
by Lori Marie Carlson Introduction by Oscar HijuelosPaperback: 160 pagesPublisher: Square Fish; Rep Blg edition (March 19, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1250016789ISBN-13: 978-1250016782Growing up...
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Chicanonautica: Nahuatl in Prison
by Ernest HoganI needed a Nahuatl translation for a project, so I did some Googling (and there are Nahuatl dictionaries online, praise Quetzalcoatl) when I got a chunk of the cultura war thrown in my...
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