Poet in TedX Talk. Next Year in Havana. Content Creator Contest. 2014 Through...
Guest Columnist Raúl Sánchez: Poet's TedX TalkRaúl Sánchez was surprised to learn that the Yakima County Dream Team was using poems from his poetry collection, All Our Brown-skinned Angels, at...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2015/ Feliz año 2015
EL BRINDIS BOHEMIOGuillermo Aguirre Fierro (Mexicano)El Paso, Texas 1915En torno de una mesa de cantina,una noche de invierno,regocijadamente departíanseis alegres bohemios.Los ecos de sus risas...
View ArticleHappy NEW Year, gente!
Blogueros share their NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS for some Bloga-style accountability... Michael's:"I can count my 2015 resolutions on one hand:Attend to HEALTHand RECOVERY.FIGURE OUTwhat happened on The...
View ArticleWe Travel by Train
Melinda PalacioThe Santa Barbara Amtrak DepotSanta BarbaraAll Aboard!The first thing I wanted to do after driving back to Santa Barbara from New Orleans was visit my sister. The parking lot on the 101...
View ArticleCelebrate the New Year with "La Santa Cecilia"&"Cascada de Flores"
How about this for a New Year’s resolution: Fill your 2015 with musica! Here are two musical groups that deserve our La Bloga attention: “La Santa Cecilia” and “Cascada de Flores.” Both groups are...
View ArticleAn interview with Tony Diaz on the legal fight against Arizona HB 2281
Tony Diaz (Photo Credit: Divinci)La Bloga is pleased to offer this interview of Tony Diaz, leader of the Librotraficante Movement, on the legal fight against Arizona HB 2281. But first, some...
View ArticleQEPD Michele Serros. Floricantos Rock Rose and On-line.
My intent was to hook the preponderantly raza employees on reading, so I stocked lunchrooms with sci-fi, detective novels, a classic or two, and Michele Serros'Chicana Falsa. The most disappeared title...
View ArticleRemembering Michele Serros
Michele Serros we will miss you. Te vamos a extrañar.Thank you for your books. They will continue inspiring new generations.In this video interview Michele Serros chats story, skateboarding and ethnic...
View ArticleChicanonautica: Are We Discovered Yet?
by Ernest HoganIt's the year 2015, and looking back at 2014, some interesting stuff has happened, and it has to do with the core Chicanonautic concerns. Seems that science fiction and fantasy – or at...
View ArticleThe Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories
The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other StoriesMy collection of short stories is set for publication by Arte Público Press on March 31, 2015. Needless to say, I am tickled brown. The collection is...
View ArticleHéctor Tobar's Deep Down Dark: A Review by Sandra C. Muñoz
Sometimes extraordinary things happen to ordinary people. On August 5, 2010, thirty-three Chilean miners were suddenly and unexpectedly trapped thousands of feet underground when an inconceivably...
View ArticleMéxico: El Ágora de la Ciudad y más
Xánath Caraza Desde Xalapa, Veracruz, México una entrevista con el director de El Ágora de la Ciudad de Xalapa y algunas novedades literarias. A continuación una breve entrevista con el narrador,...
View ArticlePosada for Iguala. Gluten-free Chicano. Fuentes Essays. On-line Floricanto at...
Guest Columnist Reyna Grande: Posada in IgualaNote. ¡Nos Faltan 43!La Bloga friend Reyna Grande grew up in the city where 43 Normalistas were kidnaped by agencies of their own government, so the...
View ArticleFrancisco’s Kites / Las cometas de Francisco
by Alicia Z. Klepeis Illustrated by Gary Undercuffler Spanish-language translation by Gabriela Baeza VenturaISBN:978-1-55885-804-6 Publication Date: May 31, 2015 Bind: Hardcover Pages: 32 Ages:...
View ArticleRemembering Michele Serros and Two Services Next Week
Guest post by Monica FrazierMy friend died two days ago.Cancer.I knew she had it for several months.Pinche cancer.I really thought she'd survive.Damn it.She married the love of her life, a short three...
View ArticleHonoring Michele Serros: TWO POEMS
Thank you to guest blogger Monica Frazier who wrote such a loving post about her friendship with Michele Serros this past Friday. (Check it out by clicking here!) Again—a reminder that if you are in...
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