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Lament of the Short Distance Runner
Any relationship that is heavy into the physical but lacks mental stimulation runs the risk of familiarity, repetition, even ennui. Sweat, heavy breathing, enhanced heartbeat, and using little-used...
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Resurrecting delatierra.net
Olga García EcheverríaFotos: Rotmi Encisohttp://delatierra.net/Shortly after tatiana de la tierra passed away in the summer of 2012, her website went down. My brother managed to temporarily put...
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Trío Aztlán in the Heartland
Xánath Caraza Who is Trío Aztlán? And, what community centered event they have recently realized? Trío Aztlán is the largest trío I have ever met. They are made up of five musicians—being a trio with...
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Review: Rudolfo Anaya. The Old Man's Love Story. News from SE to NW.
Rudolfo Anaya. The Old Man's Love Story. Norman: U Oklahoma Press, 2013.ISBN: 0806146486Michael SedanoEveryone dies. My grandmother died. My mother died. I died. In Rudolfo Anaya’s The Old Man’s Love...
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Author Monica Brown speaks about "the power of words"
NAU English Professor Monica Brown Weighs In On The Power Of Dehumanizing LanguageBy Monica BrownLanguage is powerful. Monica Brown knows that. She's an English professor at Northern Arizona...
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Lam in Atlanta; the Bronx in Havana (r/t) and maybe...
Wifredo Lam, A la fin de la nuit, 1969 Courtesy McMullen Museum of Art, Boston CollegeLam in Atlanta. Fresh from its debut last fall at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, Wifredo Lam:...
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Friday the 13th, Valentine's Day, and Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Melinda Palaciophoto by Anthony Posey Today is Friday the 13th, tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and Tuesday is Mardi Gras. This is the last week of carnival season. I have to admit, parading...
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Love in other, stranger places
We're losing many things because we've lost the wisdom of how to love them. Our species gets wrapped up in itself, narrowing its perspective around times like Valentine's Day. We retreat into our "one...
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Ruth Behar Interview, From the Island: Cuba and Re-Establishing Ties
Ruth Behar (photo by Gabriel Frye-Behar)It is such a pleasure to have Ruth Behar with us on La Bloga today. Ruth is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer. Her work focuses on various Cuban and...
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Still-Foreign Correspondent
By Daniel A. Olivas “Thank you,” she said as I signed the book. “You’re very welcome,” I responded without looking up. “No, really,” she said....
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Valentine On-line Floricanto
1970s, artist & L.A. location unknownTen for the FourteenthSharon Elliott, Odilia Galván, Jolaoso Pretty Thunder, Edward Vidaurre, Meg Withers, Ana Chig, Gabriela Sweningsen, Armando Guzmán, Paul...
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Gabi, a Girl in Pieces receives the William C. Morris Award
The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first awarded in 2009, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The...
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Chicanonautica: The Ancient Chicano Sci-Fi Wisdom (Take One) Post-Game Show
by Ernest HoganI've avoided teaching for decades. I was never very good at being a student – the quirks that make me an interesting writer get in the way. I never really liked school, so signing up for...
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Goodbye Mexico. Agustín Lira. Mango Street. Crystal Galindo. Penitentes....
Book Launch Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of RemembrancePlease join poets Carolyn Dahl, Margo Davis, Christa Forster, Elizabeth Humber, AM Krohn, Celeste Mendoza, karla k. morton, Martha Serpas, Loueva Smith,...
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Valentín Sandoval's South Sun Rises
By Guest Blogger Donna SnyderValentín Sandoval is a true son of the frontera, this US/Mexico borderland of the Juárez and El Paso area. The opposite of the often repeated lament of a Chicano, ni de...
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La Poetry del Midwest en la Feria Internacional del Libro del Palacio de...
Xánath Caraza La Feria Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería(FILPM) de 2015 está celebrando su XXXVI edición. La FILPM es organizada cada año por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México...
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Chilean Miners Untold Story Told. Chavez Ravine Revival.
Review: Héctor Tobar. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2014.Michael SedanoSometime during their...
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I Lived on Butterfly Hill Wins the Pura Belpré Award Medal
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding...
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