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Interview with L.A. Poet Laureate: Luis J. Rodriguez
Melinda PalacioLos Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. RodriguezBringing poetry to an entire city is a tough job. Mayor Garcetti chose the right man. Welcome Los Angeles Poet Laureate, Luis J. Rodriguez. His...
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Letras. Letters. Palabras. Words.
My author name, Rudy Ch. Garcia, contains the middle initial Ch., as if it were an abbreviation. It's not. I adopted it to focus Internet searches around me, instead of on the millions of latinos on...
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The Body With Diabetes: Interview with Christina Elizabeth Rodriguez
Christina Elizabeth RodriguezNovember is Diabetes Awareness Month and for today’s La Bloga posting, I’m so happy to introduce you to Diabetes Activist, Christina Elizabeth Rodriguez. Christina is a...
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An interview with Frederick Luis Aldama regarding his new book, “The Cinema...
Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor of English as well as University Distinguished Scholar at The Ohio State University. He is prolific: Aldama is the author and...
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Philly Cop Is Monster. News 'n Notes.
Review: Sabrina Vourvoulias, "Skin In The Game,"Tor.comMichael SedanoThe first video of a black devil fish showed the creature flexing its huge jaws, the mouth gaping with needle-like teeth that...
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Ten Wonderful Years As A Published author
From the Macondo NewsletterReyna GrandeMacondista Rene Colato Lainez is celebrating his 10th year anniversary as a published author. Congratulations to Rene, and here's to many more years and many more...
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Chicanonautica: What Do You Want to Know?
by Ernest Hogan2014 just wants to keep on running me ragged. Things keep happening (besides the riots and the racial strife). Not only is the new Digital Parchment Services/Strange Particle Press ebook...
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La Bloga: Ten Years And Still Going Strong
November 28, 2004 -- La Bloga's birthdayThat first post appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. Ten years later and La Bloga is stronger than ever. Born in conversations between Rudy Ch. Garcia and Manuel...
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Turkey week leftovers – Ferguson Mon., T-day Thurs., Black Slave Fri. & Sand...
1952 advertisement for Ferguson assures buyers theyare FHA Financed or Approved (for whites only).The Ferguson community, then the ghetto, then this week
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Literary Triggers
Olga García Echeverría This past October, Wendy Oleson, Pat Alderete, Cheryl Klein, Bronwyn Mauldin, and I gathered in the lobby of the North Hollywood Laemmle's. It was a Wednesday night, and we had...
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Blind Spot de Gerardo Cárdenas y más
Por Xánath Caraza ¡Felicidades a Gerardo Cárdenas!Gerardo CárdenasEste año la compañía teatral independiente Aguijón Theater Company, el Instituto Cervantes de Chicago, y la revista cultural...
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Interior Gongs Puro Fun. News 'n Notes. On-line Floricanto
This Is For Puro Fun - Throwback TuesdayMichael SedanoIt’s after midnight when the phone rings. Time for a study break, she commands. I head out for a neighbor’s apartment building, gratified for the...
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Oaxaca al Gusto
Review by Ariadna SánchezDecember is here! A special and sweet way to share time with the beloved ones is through cooking. Oaxaca al Gustois by renowned British author Diana Kennedy. Kennedy takes...
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Books by Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Last Friday, November 28, our querido Chespirito said good-bye to planet Earth and flew to Eternity Land. We will always remember his work as El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulin Colorado, El Chompiras, El...
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The Story of a Book Trailer
How long can it take to film one and a half minutes? Not too much longer than one and a half minutes, right?I was convinced that to make a short, yet evocative, trailer for my book I'd just need an...
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Iguala's Own, Author Reyna Grande, Brings Some Christmas Cheer to a Town...
Guest Post by Reyna GrandeIguala, Birthplace of the Mexican FlagOn September 26th, my hometown of Iguala, Guerrero was the site of one of the most horrific crimes in recent Mexican history. Forty-three...
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What We Read, What We Eat: The Library, Our Food, and Books
Dear Gente,First--The library in Ferguson, Missouri has become a place of refuge (click here for their website). The librarians there have kept the library open despite the Ferguson school district...
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Three questions for Robert Paul Moreira about the newly revived literary...
Robert Paul MoreiraRobert Paul Moreira is the editor of Arriba Baseball!: A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction (VAO Publishing, 2013). His short story collection, Scores, is forthcoming from...
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