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Chicanonautica: The Wild, Wild Border
by Ernest Hogan There was this TV series back in my antediluvian 1960s childhood, The Wild, Wild West. There really hasn’t been anything else like it, since. Now it’s being rediscovered as early...
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Photo Album: Ramas y Raices
The Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors and Authors (CALMA) launched its anthology Ramas y Raices: The Best of CALMA, on June 29. The anthology editor, Mario Acevedo, selected twenty-three pieces for...
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“Escojo la luz” por Xánath Caraza
“Escojo la luz” por Xánath Caraza Las lágrimas no dejan ver el mundo. Distorsionadas imágenes. El agua cambia la nitidez por borrosos espectros. La guerra no se ve con claridad, los filtros del agua...
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Ten Year Anniversary: That Time of Year
That time of yearMichael Sedano Ten years ago, July 2014, I met my fate. I died in post-op ICU. Trouble started two weeks before with sharp abdominal pain that grew over a few days. I followed a...
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The Sons of El Rey
By Alex Espinoza Publisher: Simon & Schuster Language: EnglishHardcover: 384 pagesISBN-10: 1668032783ISBN-13: 978-1668032787A timeless, epic novel about a family of luchadores contending with...
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Things We'll Never Know and Never Understand
Some things, like beauty, we'll never understand I didn’t see the attempted assassination of Donald Trump live....
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WWS: Women Who Submit
Attention Writers. An outstanding, unique, opportunity heads our way, from the Women of Women Who Submit.Saturday, August 10,...
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Women Who Submit: 2024 Submission Conference
Michael Sedano's La Bloga-Tuesday shares a close-up look at stellar workshops featured in the August 10 "Submission Conference" created by a dynamic association of writers supporting writers, Women Who...
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FREE TWO NIGHTS OF MACONDO READING
From https://macondowriters.com The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve community. Founded in 1995 by...
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Chicanonautica: Apocalyptic Independence Daze
by Ernest HoganNot many signs of the apocalyptic holiday as we drove up. Only one flag along the I-17. A modest sprinkling of them in Sedona. And we were still free enough to have tacos on the 4th of...
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A Few More Hot Books
Here are a few more hot summer books - especially for those who study things like the Cuban Revolution or want to read a debut novel from a promising new author. ____________________________Out of...
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Xánath Caraza, _Tejerás el destino_: versos que oscilan entre mito e historia...
Xánath Caraza, _Tejerás el destino_: versos que oscilan entre mito e historiapor la Dra. Natasa Lambrou En este nuevo poemario de Xánath Caraza titulado Tejerás el destino se entrecruzan la...
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Turning In Tightening Gyres
Swallowtails Zephyrs Digital CameraMichael SedanoSwallowtail butterflies float along the whirling margins of invisible zephyrs, flapping angling contorting their wings to escape the vortex and control...
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Across So Many Seas/ A través de los mares
By Ruth Behar *Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books*Hardcover: 272 pages*ISBN-10: 0593323408*ISBN-13: 978-0593323403"As lyrical as it is epic, Across So Many Seas reminds us that while the past may be...
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A General's Orders
Richard "Buzz" Hernandez, top middle, blue shirt I recently attended another family funeral. Sad, of course,...
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Melinda PalacioLast week, Jasmine Guerrero Sevilla, a graduate from Santa Ynez High School was named Santa Barbara County Youth Poet Laureate. She will read at the Goleta Valley Library with current...
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Book launch at Vroman’s Bookstore on August 14 for MY CHICANO HEART, a new...
VROMAN'S BOOKSTORE PRESENTS DANIEL A. OLIVAS,IN CONVERSATION WITH STEPHANIE YU, DISCUSSESMY CHICANO HEARTDATE: AUGUST 14, 2024TIME: 7:00 P.M.DETAILS AT VROMAN’S WEBSITEMy Chicano Heart is a collection...
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Pepita Meets Bebita/ Pepita y Bebita
By Ruth Behar and Gabriel Frye-Behar.Illustrated by Maribel Lechuga.Publisher: Knopf Books for Young ReadersHardcover: 40 pagesISBN-10: 059356698XISBN-13: 978-0593566985Reading age: 4 - 8...
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Chicanonautica: Sudden Changes, Gonzo Style
by Ernest HoganHonest, I had this whole other column ready to go, something happened concerning the projects I was talking about, so I’m putting that one on the back burner. That’s happening a lot...
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Fresh Fiction
These unusual, unique and experimental books have been recently released or are set to drop in the next few weeks. The summaries are provided by the publishers. You provide the readers....
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