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FOUR FREEDOMS PARKS CONSERVANCY PRESENTS “LATINXTRAVAGANZA” FAMILY DAY ON...
UNVEILING OF “ESTA TIERRA ES NUESTRA TIERRA”(“THIS LAND IS OUR LAND”) MURAL BY MATA RUDAFestival Honors the Diversity of the Latino Experience in America and Celebrates Latino New Yorkers Who Embody...
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9/100,000 Poets For Change At Sims Library of Poetry
La Bloga has lent its virtual support with announcements and contests to mark annual 100,000 Poets for Change events. La Bloga-Tuesday was eager to attend this year's event, a poetry marathon combined...
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2023 Latinx Kidlit Book festival- October 6
From: https://www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.comJoin us LIVE from your classroom, library or home for FESTIVAL FRIDAY. Meet your favorite Latinx creators of picture books, middle grade and young adult...
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Chicanonautica: Otra Vez, The United States of Arizona
by Ernest HoganIt was a weird, slow burn, festering away below the surface, and now it’s ready to burst open, unleashing a thick, sticky, toxic spray of poison all over the nation.I consider one of my...
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El Corrido de Rocky Ruiz
Yes, I'm still celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz, and the reissuing of that book by Arte Público Press. Rocky was my first published novel, and it...
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La Celebración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana en el JCAHC por Xánath Caraza
La Celebración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana en el JCAHC por Xánath Caraza El pasado 4 de octubre en el Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center se celebró el Mes de la Herencia Hispana. Tuvimos...
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Guest Review: Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino
Beam me over to Octavia's Bookshelf, Scottie. Scottie? Scottie?It was just one of those times when I could not be in two places at once, and I could not, camera in hand, be at Melissa Coss Aquino's...
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2023 Latinx Kidlit Book festival- October 13
From: https://www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.com Join us LIVE from your classroom, library or home for FESTIVAL FRIDAY. Meet your favorite Latinx creators of picture books, middle grade and young adult...
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Burden of Knowledge
Fruits hanging from the Tree of Life A friend of mine, a master at plumbing, once asked my opinion about...
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Guest Essay: Listening to Voices; Hay Otra Voz
Editor's Note (Michael Sedano): Nicki De Necochea contributed her first La Bloga Guest Column in 2021 (link), as a Caregiver of someone living with Alzheimer's dementia, Nicki's mother. La...
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GRANDMA, WHERE WILL YOUR LOVE GO? / ABUELA, ¿A DÓNDE IRÁ TU AMOR?
By Adriana Camacho-ChurchIllustrations by Gastón Hauviller ISBN: 978-1-55885-984-5Publication Date: October 31, 2023Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 4-8 The joy of intergenerational...
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Chicanonautica: Pandemic Nostalgia With Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files
by Ernest Hogan Is it too early for pandemic nostalgia? Please excuse me if it is. I’m a sci-fi vato, a mutant for whom the future never comes soon enough. I get high on future shock. Also, I’m a...
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Day of the Dead 2023 at the Writers Place por Xánath Caraza
Day of the Dead 2023 at the Writers Place por Xánath Caraza Este 2023 el Writers Place llevará a cabo la XIV edición de la Celebración de Día de Muertos, Day of the Dead Celebration, el viernes 3 de...
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Gluten-free Cooking and Swallowtail Aerial Dance
The Gluten-Free Chicano CooksGluten-free Enchilada Pie / Foto Gallery Michael Sedano I’m happy realizing I now struggle to remember some of the hectic discontinuities of fulltime caregiving, like...
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MARIANO’S FIRST GLOVE / EL PRIMER GUANTE DE MARIANO
By Robert Casilla ISBN: 978-1-55885-983-8 Publication Date: October 31, 2023Format: HardcoverPages: 32Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 5-10 The life of an acclaimed major league baseball player is...
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Musings on the Novel, Pedro Paramo
For me, the novel Pedro Paramo is Mexico’s Moby Dick, its Don...
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A Día de Los Muertos Flor y Canto y Calenda: Santa Barbara
Melinda Palacio*This column was first published in the Santa Barbara Independent on Thursday, October 26, 2023During a day-long celebration of the Day of the dead, Santa Barbara came to life. The...
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Guest Writer: Nikki DeNecochea, Su Ultima
memoryEditor's NoteMichael Sedano“We have nothing but time.”Betty summarized our Memory Club gathering. Our fellow caregivers, living with different progressions of dementias, talk about our...
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TEPOZTECO’S BELLY
Written by José Agustín ISBN: 978-1-55885-982-1Format: Trade PaperbackPages: 112Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 12-18 This entertaining adventure story about Aztec gods introduces teens to Mexican...
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Chicanonautica: Memories of Palenque
by Ernest HoganThey say that the social media is bad for creativity, but sometimes it delivers inspiration like a sniper’s bullet through the frontal lobes. I found an interesting news item about...
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