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Unka john and the Cure for La Cruda
The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks & RemembersUnka JohnMichael Sedano My mother’s voice doesn't sing with her normal energy. “Uncle John’s sick.” She doesn't say it like usually, when her big brother...
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Macondo Workshop Application 2024
For more information and to apply visit, https://macondowriters.com Workshop applications/registration for the 2024 workshop opens for everyone on January 3, 2024. All essential information is...
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Chicanonautica: Various Intersecting Borderlands
by Ernest HoganAround 8:30 PM, after dark, we checked into a Super 8 in Yakima. There was no elevator, and not enough wall plugs in the room. The building was a crumbling relic from before the...
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Latino Books Into Movies? Gato Guerrero Prowls Again
Congratulations to R. Ch. Garcia on his recent 2023 Latino Books Into Movies Award. Rudy's book, Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub, won the Gold Medal in the Sci-Fi or Fantasy Category. Rudy was one...
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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 2024 lo recordamos el día de hoy, lunes 15 de enero. Hoy comparto con los lectores...
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Chicanarte Comes More Alive Than Ever
Three-in-One At Avenue 50: A Pristine MasterworkMichael SedanoChicanarte is coming out of the GOPlague with healthy disregard for agoraphobia and maybe no-so-healthy disregard for masking. Así es....
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2024 International Latino Book Awards- Applications
If you want to submit your book for the awards visit, https://www.latinobookawards.org/book-awards-2024 Now accepting applications for the 2024 International Latino Book Awards DEADLINE: APRIL 15,...
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Marco and Victor, the Wrestling Bear
Everything was big in the sixties, major advertising and promotions for movies, restaurants, and supermarket...
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate*This column first appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent In my first year as Poet Laureate of Santa Barbra, I’ve witnessed the tremendous loss of Poet...
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Soup For A Cold Day: Gluten-free Menudo
Editor's note: Soup, and how can I get some right now? And, if it's not Sunday, how can I get some menudo right now? You might be in the sierra searching for its treasure, you might be sitting around...
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American Library Association Award Winners 2024
For a complete list of ALA awards and winners visit, https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/american-library-association-announces-2024-youth-media-award-winners Pura Belpré Awards honoring...
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Chicanonautica: Homeward Through Planet Nevada
by Ernest HoganGetting back to Planet Nevada, gas was $3.69 in the town of Jackpot.“These gas prices make no sense,” said Mike.Then wide-open spaces. Cattle country. Surreal landscapes with clouds...
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Skimming the Edgar Nominations
The Mystery Writers of America recently announced the nominees for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. These awards honor the "best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in...
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Encuentro Internacional de Culturas y Artes 2024 por Natasa Lambrou
Encuentro Internacional de Culturas y Artes 2024 por Natasa Lambrou Desde hace cuatro años, tres promotores culturales de diferentes latitudes de este planeta, estamos soñando con reunir artistas en...
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Creating A New Normal, One Poetry Reading at a Time
Creating A New Normal, One Poetry Reading at a Time Michael Sedano Welcome to the new normal. Slowly, local arts awaken from a half decade of solitude behind closed windows and things that stopped...
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Premio Campoy-Ada 2024
Para más información visite https://www.premiocampoy-ada.com/# Los libros participantes tienen que haber sido publicados en 2024, 2023 y 2022. Respondiendo a su compromiso por defender y propiciar el...
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Do Chicanos have "Soul"?
Lorca, transcending "soul." Though I like the blues, and I am a child of the 1960’s rock ‘n roll generation, as a...
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Pura Belpré Award Ganadores 2024
Pura Belpré Awards honoring Latinx writers and illustrators whose children's and young adult books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience. “Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir,”...
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Chicanonautica: Laboratorio Setenta y Cinco Efe Eme, Tijuana
by Ernest Hogan ¡Anímate! It’s not all pre-apocalyptic dystopia. Really. And I’m not just giddy from having a new book out. For the first time in decades, I have a favorite radio station. It’s like...
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers recently distributed information about a new book and documentary film. I've reproduced some of the information below. First is an explanation of the group, taken...
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