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Chicanonautica: Waiting for the Godzilla/Bruce Lee/Spaghetti Western...
by Ernest HoganOnce again, there’s a whole lotta chatter about diversity in science fiction/speculative fiction/whatever your favorite subsector of the nonmainstream happens to be. Once again, it’s...
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Sick Weather: Be Careful What You Wish For
Melinda PalacioDrought and Colby Wildfire equals unusually hot weather for winter in Santa BarbaraLast week, my colleague at la Bloga was smart enough to ask for help with his column. He was sick and...
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La Bloga's Latino Speculative Literature Directory
Speculative literature: science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic(al) realism, fabulist fiction, a lo menos. Latino spec lit: mucho más que eso.Genres of fiction make it easier for booksellers and...
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Macondo Workshop (your invitation to apply!) and Book Reviews: Cristina...
by Amelia M.L. Montes (ameliamontes.com)First—a special announcement: You are cordially invited to apply to Macondo, a community of writers who come together for a week in the summer to workshop their...
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Celebrating the literary journal Huizache in Los Angeles
Acclaimed author Dagoberto Gilb recently launched a literary journal dubbed Huizachewith the assistance of the Centro Victoria for Mexican Literature, based at the South Texas campus of the University...
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Latinopia Spotlights Octavio Romano. Chicano Photographer in Morro Bay.
Latinopia Honors First Publisher of Chicano LiteratureIn 1969, Quinto Sol Publications was publishing Mexican-American literature. Then, in 1972, editor Octavio Ignacio Romano-V was joined by Herminio...
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Let's Play Fútbol and Football
Hola Blogueros, I am very happy to present the bilingual version of my book ¡Juguemos al Fútbol y al Football/ Let's Play Fútbol and Football. As always, this book is also about my immigrant...
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Muestra de Agustín Fernández en Washington, D.C.
Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealistan exhibition curated by Donald KuspitAgustín Fernández (1928-2006) is remembered as a master of modern Cuban art. His surrealist oeuvre is characterized by the...
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Chapter One - King of the Chicanos
Doesn't take much to make a writer happy. The mere positive mention out of the blue of something I published four years ago is enough to get me clicking my heels. I'm enjoying some good news this week...
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A latino's chance in hell of getting published?
Last week I posted a list of La Bloga's Latino Speculative Literature Directory. Updated below with contributions from La Bloga readers, it is still not complete. Following a chart, I'll describe...
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Karina Puente: Pulse, Pintura, and Passion
Olga García Echeverría My current muse is a brave woman, unafraid of challenge and patient with process. She is an ancestor...made of black charcoal and salt water. –Karina...
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The Downtown Neon Gallery and More
Por Xánath CarazaFrom Kansas City, MO, I am reporting on one of the coldest days of the year. Qué frío for the Neon Warrior, Tomas Cobian, and his community work, including a poetry series, as well as...
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Review: Give It To Me. La Palabra. Quest. On-line Floricanto: Marisa Urrutia...
Ana Castillo's Give It To Me 2014's Literary Sensation Michael SedanoReview: Ana Castillo. Give It To Me. NY: The Feminist Press, 2014.ISBN: 9781558618503The literary sensation of 2014 is Ana...
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Dragons Love Tacos
Review by Ariadna SánchezWould you like to eat a crunchy taco?Do you want it with beef, pork, or chicken?Do I add lettuce, cheese and spicy salsa? What?You don’t know what a taco is?Well, don’t worry...
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American Library Association Award Winners 2014
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding...
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Chicanonautica: The Transethnic Evolution of Joaquin Murrieta and Zorro
by Ernest HoganSometimes stereotypes can be appealing -- take that of the dashing, romantic swashbuckling hero who defeates bad guys and sweeps women off their feet. If the media loves anything, it’s...
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A week of Goodbyes
Melinda PalacioAt the William Stafford Memorial in Santa BarbaraIt's been a week of goodbyes.Saturday, January 25, 2014Saturday, I went to the WilliamStafford Memorial, January 17, 1914--August 28,...
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Keystone XL pipeline–big nail in Aztlán's coffin
A flashback from Chicano Movement history hit me today, because of what now sits on President Obama's desk that will severely damage more than just the Southwest. It began with recent news."In China,...
View ArticleA little fiction from Denver about El Super Bowl
The Broncos Last ChoraleFrom the orange-draped halls of Asgard to the blue skies of the Ute Mts., tomorrow, thundering broncos will descend to trample the brittle twigs of seahawk legs.Eggs will break...
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Wise Latinas and the Richness of Their Experiences in Art and Literature
"Cama para Sueños" (Bed for Dreams) by Carmen Lomas Garza“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white...
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