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The Fabricator
Speculative fiction by Daniel A. Olivas Rigoberto sat on the large, cold boulder. His eyes rested upon the lake’s calm surface discerning no more than a ripple at the base of the partially...
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Review: Not For Everyday Use. On-line Floricanto 7 X 5
Elizabeth Nunez. Not For Everyday Use. NY: Akashic Books, 2014. ISBN: 9781617752339 e-IBSN: 9781617752780Michael SedanoYou won’t necessarily take a phone call one day, maybe you’ll be there. You won’t...
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El Piñatero/The Piñata Maker
Review by Ariadna SánchezEjutla de Crespo is a small town located in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Many years ago Don Ricardo, or Tío Rico as people usually called him, was the man responsible...
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Chicanonautica: Flying Across the Border, 1928-Style
by Ernest HoganIn this era of the vanishing bookstore, I find a lot of books in antique stores. That’s where the title Rex Lee On the Border Patrol snagged my eyeballs. I yanked it off the shelf, eager...
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New Books. Su Teatro/Encuentro Latino. Sor Juana Festival. Museo de las...
Lots happening here at the End of Summer (and later) including summer reads. Get out there and enjoy._____________________________________________________________________________New BooksLittle Nation...
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Passion, Power, and Paper Bag Poetry Books: An Afternoon with A.K. Toney
Olga García EcheverríaWhen I was in my 20's I believed that passion (be it for a particular person, for poetry, for social justice or for lo que sea) was everything. Without passion, there was no...
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Of Runners and Writers: Juanita Salazar Lamb, an Arkansan Chicana
By Xánath Caraza Juanita Salazar Lamb at The Writers Place, Festival of Faiths A Chicana con ganas, Arkansas is where Juanita Salazar Lamb lives, a runner and writer. This week, Juanita will be in...
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RMFW Workshop on stereotyped characters
This Sunday, author Mario Acevedo and I led the workshop, Deep-six the Stereotypes - Writing Characters from Another Culture. Below are URLs with more information about the described topics. Even...
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Review: High Aztech. Frontera Happenings. On-line Floricanto
The Desmadreization of Xólotl ZapataReview: Ernest Hogan. High Aztech. Smashwords, 2013. Link here.Michael SedanoWhile it’s trite to call a novel “unique” you’d have to go all the way back to 1962’s A...
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Gathering the Sun
Review by Ariadna SánchezEach September, we celebrate the Hispanic Heritage Month here in the United States. It runs from September 15 to October 15 and its purpose is to celebrate the history, culture...
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Family Circle
This is my earliest memory. Or perhaps a premonition. I'm three years old. I'm in the ocean surrounded by family. The sun bakes my papi's shoulders and I cool them with my...
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A Latina en Lucha Needs You Mucha Campaign
Melinda PalacioMichele Serros and Melinda Palacio In 1995, I heard Michele Serros read at Martinez Bookstore in Santa Ana. At the time, I didn't see myself as a writer. My mom's best friends, Mary Rose...
View ArticleOur climate-change numbers
e.e. cummings answered one question: "The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches." What's unanswered is, whether those of us who are alive give enough of a damn about being "touched" by...
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Urban Farm Gardening, Cooking with Luz Calvo & Catriona Esquibel: Decolonize...
Luz Calvo (holding Nopalito) & Catriona Esquibel (holding Sweet Pea) in their kitchen (photo by Tina Rubio)Reporting from Oakland, California, at the beautiful home of Luz Calvo, Professor of...
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WeHo Reads: Noir!
The City of West Hollywood celebrates National Literacy Month in September 2014 by launching a new, free literary-based community event “WeHo Reads: Noir” and a month of free Saturday programmingfor...
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News and Notes
Michael SedanoBeing a shut-in means missing every poetry reading, art gallery opening, the Hollywood Bowl, and such normal activities as grocery shopping or gardening. The aftereffects of my double...
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Viva Frida
Written and illustrated by Yuyi MoralePhotography by Tim O'MearaRoaring Brook PressFrida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with...
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Chicanonautica: Media and Messages in New Mexico
by Ernest HoganWhen I travel, I try to plug into the local media. It gives me clues as to what’s going on, and provides an alternative to my usual habits. And if the ol’ cerebro diabolico gets knocked...
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Notes From the Rocky Mountain Front
Culture War? If there is such a thing, I think we are winning. Here are notices about a few artistic skirmishes in the Mountain West. Cultural warriors unite. Call for Entry: El Dia de Los MuertosCHAC...
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The tribe all around
I've been trying to digest the concept of Tribe that's appeared all around me in various forms this month.Tomorrow, Sunday, the People's Climate Gathering-Denver will coincide with the larger NYC event...
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