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Three questions for Stephen D. Gutierrez regarding his collection of stories...
Stephen D. Gutierrez is the author of the recently-published The Mexican Man in His Backyard, Stories and Essays (Roan Press). This completes his trilogy of autobiographical and varied short stories...
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Review: Lo que trae la marea. Stanford book choice. Mail Bag.
Xánath Caraza. Lo que trae la marea / What the tide brings. Translated by Sandra Kingery, Stephen Holland-Wempe, and Xánath Caraza. El Paso, Texas : Mouthfeel Press, 2013.ISBN: 0984426884...
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Señor Pancho Had a Rancho
Review by Ariadna SánchezNursery rhymes are considered an important source of cultural heritage. Through music, individuals can experience joy, hope, honesty, and friendship. Señor Pancho Had a Rancho...
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Chicanonatuica: The New, Improved, Salsa-Enhanced Cultura Wars
by Ernest HoganThe Cultura wars are always going on in the twilight zone between the Anglo and Latino Americas. The latest has to do with Chipotle, a corporate chain with a Nahuatl name that is trying...
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Symbols of Resistance. Latino Crime Fiction. New Theater. UndocuNation....
This week a quick roundup of a variety of upcoming events from one end of the country to the other - time is of the essence.Latino Crime Writers Panel Reading and Discussion Book reading with Sergio...
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Whiteness of Santa Barbara shooting. SciFi gags on diversity. BookCon...
The real question about Santa Barbara killings?About the shootings, here's Chauncey DeVega:"As I often ask, what shall we do with the white people? When an entire social structure has been erected to...
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Rare opportunity for Latino writers with a short spec novel
[La Bloga's regular Sunday columnists might not post today, due to other commitments.] Writers don't always know how long a story will end up. Sometimes what you thought would become a novel turns out...
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Chale con Chipotle: A Few Smoking Thoughts
Olga García EcheverríaThe truth is, we're too good for Chipotle. I'm referring to the “fancy” Mexican fast food chain, not the actual chile that has long been hijacked. That chile is still delicious,...
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Chicaninas y Chicaninos N’Asturies
By Xanath Caraza Santiago Vazquez-Vaquera, Xanath Caraza and Daniel ChaconA marvelous group of Chican@ scholars, writers, poets, artists and friends gathered for the 9th International Conference on...
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Summer reading starts here. The Gluten-free Chicano. On-line Floricanto.
Review: Linda Rodriguez. Every Hidden Fear. NY: Minotaur Books, 2014.ISBN 978-1250049155Michael SedanoSomething there is that does not love a Summer Book. The intent grad student with one hundred...
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New Children's Books from Piñata Books- Arte Público Press
Dalia's Wondrous Hair/ El cabello maravilloso de Daliaby Laura LacámaraSpanish-language translation by Gabriela Baeza VenturaISBN:978-1-55885-789-6Publication Date: May 31, 2014Format: HardcoverPages:...
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Cuento del conejo y el Coyote/Didxaguc’ sti’ Lexu ne Gueu’
Review by Ariadna SánchezJuchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca is the home of poet Natalia Toledo and painter Francisco Toledo. Daughter and father bring the beauty of ancient oral Zapotec tales alive. Cuento...
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Martín Espada's Tribute to Frank Espada
Poet Martín Espada at the Tribute to Frank Espada El Puente, Brooklyn, May 17, 2014(Photo credit: Fernan Luna)El hijo de FrankBy: Martín EspadaMarge Piercy writes: Attention is love.My father paid...
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Santa Barbara's Shelly Lowenkopf
Melinda PalacioShelly Lowenkopf Shelly Lowenkopf's numerous roles in the book world continue to flourish. He is the rare author who knows the ins and outs of the publishing world from his...
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Learning, Witnessing, on The Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation
Amelia M.L. MontesReporting from The Oglala Lakota Reservation in Pine Ridge---This week's "Lakota Country Times" newspaper, has a column entitled "Rez Ramblings," by Oglala Lakota writer, Leon...
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Just released by San Diego State University Press: "Things We Do Not Talk...
ISBN-10:193853705X; ISBN-13:978-1-938537-05-9$21 • paperback • 202 pp.Now available for purchase here.In this candid and wide-ranging collection of personal essays and interviews published by San Diego...
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Grand Opera Raza. Breathtaking On-line Floricanto. Bluebird June.
Michael SedanoNO CAMERAS reads the unfriendly signage posted at the threshold to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. I understand the reluctance to expose a Grand Opera performance to pendejas pendejos...
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For The Love of Soccer!
Review by Ariadna SánchezAll eyes will be on Sao Paulo, Brazil this Thursday June 12th when the FIFA World CupTM 2014 begins. The international soccer competition gathers the 32 best soccer teams from...
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Chicanonautica: New Whiteness, Brown Shift and Other Absurdities
by Ernest HoganA strange phenomenon has been popping up. Hispanics -- as the U.S. Census Bureau calls them -- have been changing color. Talk about unexpected mutations.Slate used George Zimmerman as an...
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