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Guest Columnist: Literary and Academic Cultural Appropriations
Guest Columnist Maria Elena Gaitan: Shape Shifting for PowerMichael Sedano Back in August, 2005, La Bloga's Manuel Ramos explored two instances of writers posing as Chicano authors. "The Strange Cases...
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Broccoli and Cauliflower: Best Friends Forever/ Brócoli y Coliflor: Mejores...
Written by Romilda Byrd. Illustrated by Tincho Schmidt.Paperback: 46 pagesISBN-13: 979-8991798914Reading age: 3 - 8 yearsBroccoli and Cauliflower's friendship grows through perseverance, composting,...
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Where Are All the Vacant Lots?
Ready for the bulldozer but no more vacant lots I Stepped out of my house this December morning under a bright...
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Poetry Connection: Connecting with Local Poets in Goleta, CA
Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate David Starkey, Cie GumucioAnna Mathews, Daniel Thomas, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, and Dylan FarrellIn a case of IYKYK, then you know that the Goleta Valley...
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Review: Denvercentric Chicano Literature
Review: The Last Client of Luis Montez. Manuel Ramos. Arte Publico Press, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-89375-001-0Michael SedanoLuis Montez runs a one-lawyer Denver firm surviving from client to...
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Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena
Written by Karla Arenas Valenti.Illustrated by Elisa Chavarri. Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Language: EnglishHardcover: 40 pagesISBN-10: 0593488679ISBN-13: 978-0593488676Reading age:...
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Chicanonautica: Rant for the End of 2024
by Ernest Hogan This’ll go up the day after Christmas. I’ll be back in California, SoCal, that place where I was born. My mom is having her 90th birthday. It’s always a little disturbing going there....
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Nacimiento Art
Every Christmas since 1990 my wife Flo traveled to Lamar, Colorado, where she and her father José displayed his 200 plus nacimientos for the community. When my father-in-law passed away, Flo brought...
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El 2024 por Xánath Caraza
El 2024 por Xánath Caraza Con el fin de año hago un pequeño recuento de los eventos que formaron parte de estos 366 días que conformaron el 2024. Agradezco a todos los que compartieron conmigo, de una...
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All We Have Is Time: Memory's End
My Friend, Betty. QEPD.Michael Sedano “We have nothing but Time,” we told one another as we walked along garden paths. The phrase was a magic incantation for us, lost in the folds of a curtain we...
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Dreams of Green: A Three Kings' Day Story
Written by Mariel Jungkunz.Illustrated by Mónica Paola Rodriguez. Publisher: Astra Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishHardcover: 32 pagesISBN-10: 1662620373ISBN-13: 978-1662620379Reading age: 4 - 8...
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Dreams of Gaza
Music will always sooth the weary soul Happy New Year! After suffering through a week of the flu, I thought I could...
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Poetry Connection: Santa Barbara Searches for Its Next Poet Laureate
Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet LaureateMelinda Palacio and Kristen Sneddon in the Milpas ParadeThe city of Santa Barbara is searching for the next Poet Laureate. Although my term ends in March,...
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Cocido: The Quintessential Caldo
Cocido Forever!Michael SedanoLa Bloga-Tuesday, in association with El Gluten-free Chicano, continues our series on Gluten-free Soups with today's special memory. Except for my first birthday cake,...
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Julieta y el enigma del diamante
Por Luisana Duarte Armendáriz Una inteligente novela de misterio de grado medio sobre un diamante que desapareció del Louvre, y la dulce Julieta resuelve el caso. ¡Julieta, de nueve años, finalmente...
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Chicanonautica: A Chicano Scifiista in 2025
by Ernest HoganHere we are in the year of the conquistadors' calendar 2025. It sounds so sci-fi. And so does the news. Mysterious drones, exploding cars and immodest proposals to expand the United...
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Dog Days of January (?)
The retired lawyer stared at his computer screen, not as a retired lawyer but as a blocked writer trying to push through the final chapters of what might be his final novel. He was, after all,...
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“Serpiente de primavera” por Xánath Caraza
“Serpiente de primavera” por Xánath Caraza Soy hija de la luz con lágrimas de luciérnagas verdiazules en las mejillas. La espuma de mar sigue mis pasos en la playa, los borra, no deja huella, quiere...
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Fire burns nothing but stuff
Late-breaking NewsLisbeth Coiman reminds that this Saturday, January 18, the popular and arrestingly interesting panel of other-than-Mexican immigrant poets (link), returns to the Los Angeles...
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The Orchid of Quetzali
Written by Claudia D. Hernández.Illustrated by Jazmin Villagrán Miguel.From the author Claudia D. Hernández:I am excited to announce that my latest book, The Orchid of Quetzali, is now available. This...
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