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Review: Confessions of a Book Burner Not To Be Missed.
Lucha Corpi. Confessions of a book burner : personal essays + stories. Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, 2014.ISBN: 9781558857858 1558857850Michael SedanoYou’ve been at readings where someone asks...
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Events for Our Children at the Borders
Talleres de Poesía & Accíon Latina's 3rd Annual Flor y Canto para Nuestros Niños y NiñasThis year Flor y Canto Poetry Festival is very special and important. It is dedicated to the children coming...
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Puerto Rican Bomba in Colorado
ALEF BARRIO E’ FEST 2014 presents the musical production:INFLUENCIAS: The Legacy of BombaColorado. – ALEF Barrio E’ Fest is an annual signature event by Barrio E’ at ALEF. Every year, Barrio E’ is...
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Celebrating Poetry in Louisiana
Melinda PalacioI can walk on my cast now. Thank you for all of your healing thoughtsMy journey towards walking again began last week. I am able to put weight on my cast. Although I'm pretty good with...
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Chat with author John Nichols. New Mario Acevedo novel.
Con workshop - writing characters outside your cultureThis year's Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers'Colorado Gold Conference will be held Sept. 5-7, in Westminster [Denver]. Among other panels and...
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Chicana Films Need to be Included in Mexican American Studies Curricula....
By Guest Writer: Filmmaker, Linda Garcia MerchantTony Diaz of Librotraficante and Nuestra Palabra, DAY ONE at Mercado Mayapan (photo by Kathryn Haviland)I finally met Tony Diaz in person, in 2012, at...
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Should Criticism Sting?
Michael SedanoLa Bloga’s Saturday columnist Rudy Ch. Garcia reviewedBoy Zorro and the Bully (El Niño Zorro y el Peleón). Published in English and Spanish, Rudy calls it “a Latino book” on how to handle...
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Colores de la Vida
Review by Ariadna SánchezA vast variety of colors cover the universe. Their presence in the environment provides human beings with the inspiration necessary to create exquisite art pieces. Colors can...
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Chicanonautica: NeoAztecs Among Us
by Ernest HoganOnce upon a time, before the Internet, I was turning in episodes of Brainpan Fallout on a floppy disc (remember them?) in a Mexican restaurant. I was careful not to get salsa on them....
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Ode to Rodney King. Review of Richard Blanco's Memoir.
This time I'm proud to present two pieces from two generous and esteemed guest contributors. One is a poem written by acclaimed author and educator Gloria L. Velásquez. Sadly, her commemoration of yet...
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In a conversation this week, I was reminded again how mainstream academia doesn't consider speculative literature to be as respectable or of the same literary worth as what's called "literary fiction."...
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Codeswitch: The Poetic Fuego of Iris De Anda
Olga García Echeverríatoday I awoke with fireburning through my heartspeaking universal tonguemy spirit bursting like starsa strong sense of desireto rise up and manifestfeeling ready for revoltand I...
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Poetry Para la Gente in El Salvador
Xanath Caraza Universidad de Sonsonate El 2o Festival Internacional de Poesía de Occidente, Leyla Quintana, 2014, organized by Fundación Metáfora was held in a variety of cities in El Salvador from...
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Review: Journey to Aztlán Goes In Search of Its Audience
Review: Juan Blea. Journey to Aztlán. Parker CO: Outskirts Press, 2014.ISBN: 9781478700371Michael SedanoWith a title like Journey to Aztlán, no one reasonably expects the book to fulfill the title’s...
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New Children's Books from Piñata Books- Arte Público Press
Estas manos: Manitas de mi familia / These Hands: My Family’s Handsby Samuel CaraballoIllustrated by Shawn CostelloISBN: 978-1-55885-795-7 Publication Date: 10/31/14 Bind: Hardcover Pages: 32 Ages:...
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Cuba en Boston, NYC y Miami
En BOSTON: El Museo de Arte McMullen en el Boston College presenta "Wifredo Lam: Imagining New Worlds", la primera exposición retrospectiva del importante artista cubano en Norteamérica en muchos...
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Window of Isolation: Louisiana's Leprosarium
Carville: Amid Moss and Resurrection FernPoems by Gina FerraraPoet Gina Ferrara's new chapbook, Carville Amid Moss and Resurrection Fern(Finishing Line Press 2014) delivers a new way of looking at...
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About politics, spec fiction, Zombie Baseball Beatdown
With Chicano and Latino speculative fiction* blossoming, I and others believe its authors can blaze our own trails to not follow the paths of mainstream Anglo authors. This might sound like a risky way...
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The Cha Cha Files: a Chapina Interview With Maya Chinchilla!
book cover by Rio Yañez and Yolanda LopezMaya Chinchilla is a Central American/Guatemalan poet, performer, video artist, and educator. She is a “bridge” the way that feminist and lesbian writer,...
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