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Trini’s Magic Kitchen
Written by Patricia Santos Marcantonio ISBN: 979-8-89375-005-8Format: Trade PaperbackPages: 217Imprint: Piñata BooksAges: 10-15 Entertaining novel explores young girl’s family difficultiesalongside...
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Why Do They Fear Teaching Students the Truth?
An important journey into ethnic America I wanted to say something about this Administration’s attack on Ethnic...
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The Question Everyone's Asking
Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025 There’s a question on everybone’s mind. If you follow this column, you’re probably curious about the answer too. Now that my two-year term as City...
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“Sin preámbulos” por Xánath Caraza
“Sin preámbulos” por Xánath Caraza Violeta es la mañanasin preámbulos se filtra la luzen las grietas se escurre el delirioen los pétalos saetas de color rompenla superficie que tocan tiñe aurora los...
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Poetry In Beautiful Burbank
Colloquy, Reading, Online FloricantoMichael Sedano Two o’clock on a Friday afternoon makes an ideal hour to start a poetry reading, and with poets Alicia Viguer-Espert in tandem with Nancy Murphy, La...
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The Reel Wish- El deseo de mi corazón
Written by Yamile Saied MéndezPublisher: Lee & Low BooksPrint length: 368 pagesISBN-10: 1643796437ISBN-13: 978-1643796437After a panic attack prevents Florencia from performing as Clara in The...
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Chicanonautica: At the Intersection of Xicanxfuturism and Gonzo Sci-Fi
by Ernest HoganSeems I’m always in some kind of intersection. And intersection being another world for crossroad. In West African Vodun, Papa Legba is the Lord of the Crossroads, who like the Mexica...
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Summer Fiction
Here's a quartet of new books ready for summer. Are you ready for them?_____________________________________The BewitchingSilvia Moreno-GarciaDel Rey - July 15, 2025[from the publisher]“Back then,...
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“Sinfonía” por Xánath Caraza
“Sinfonía” por Xánath Caraza Xanath CarazaLa sinfonía de este bosque me envuelve. Sólo las estrellas modelan un camino en la oscuridad donde escribo. Algunos grillos contrapuntean la música mientras...
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Raza Schooling, Nina Simone's Lost Songs
Shonda Buchanan Reading & In Conversation With Vanessa Estelle Williams Michael SedanoIt is the best all possible words for an enchanted audience at Pasadena, California’s, Octavia’s Bookshelf,...
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La jugada del día: Historia basada en la vida de Juan Manuel Sánchez Sánchez
Escrito por Ariadna Sánchez.Ilustrado por Trinidad Olarte M.*ASIN: B0F1BBV54B*Publisher: Alegria Publishing*Publication date: April 26, 2025*Language: Spanish*Print length: 34 pages*ISBN-13:...
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Poetry Connection: Connecting with Fellow Communicators
Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025AWC 2025 Honorees Teresa Kuskey, Melinda Palacio, Adriana Arriaga, Frances Moore, and JoAnne WassermanOn May 21, the culmination of much hard work...
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7,000 Islands and Beyond by Xánath Caraza
7,000 Islands and Beyond by Xánath Caraza With more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines has been always comprised of a variety of cultures. Added to this, the international connections the Philippines...
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where once the sweet birds sang
A Tree Grew in DTLAMichael SedanoThere’s a triangle of cement near the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Here East Third Street crosses Main Street and veers sharply south toward J-Town and the river. And...
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Menudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book
Written by María Dolores Águila.Illustrated by Erika Meza.Publisher: Dial BooksPublication date: August 5, 2025Language: EnglishPrint length: 40 pagesISBN-10: 0593462254ISBN-13: 978-0593462256Paletero...
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Chicanonautica: Writing in a Mass Deportation
by Ernest HoganThere’s an old joke about someone asking a centipede how he walks with all those legs. He had never thought about, so he did . . . And never walked again. I tend not to think much...
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Marina Tristán
Marina TristánThe times, they are a çhangin', and we don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. What once was certain has become shaky, a maybe, and in danger of disappearing while we...
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“Carmín bordado en el cielo”, “Crimson Embroidered into the Sky”, “Κρεμεζί...
“Carmín bordado en el cielo”, “Crimson Embroidered into the Sky”, “Κρεμεζί κεντημένο στον ουρανό”por Xánath Caraza Carmín bordado en el cielo De ámbar líquido rebosa el hontanar. La ondulada tarde...
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