New Books. Ayotzinapa Families Tour. Los Dreamers Music. Tia Chucha's 14th....
New BooksNavel of the Moon Mary Helen LagasseCurbstone - June, 2015[from the publisher]A freelance writer and journalist, Vicenta (“Vicky”) Lumière has moved beyond her upbringing in the diverse Irish...
View ArticleLo que trae la marea/What the Tide Brings: A Review by Donna Snyder
Xánath Caraza’s stories in Lo que trae la marea/What the Tide Brings are formed of poetry, music, and the logic of dreams. Characters encounter an intermediary between mortals and gods. The line...
View ArticleHow to Donate for La Pachanga & Award Ceremony 2015, #Caravana43 in Kansas...
Xánath Caraza Pachanga & Award Ceremony 2015: RAY GONZALEZ What: La Pachanga & Award Ceremony 2015 Honoring Ray GonzalezWhen: AWP Minneapolis 2015: Friday, April 10, 2015 from 2 – 3:30 p.m....
View ArticleQEPD Tony Mares. Medal of Honor Day. LéaLA. On-line Floricanto
Michael SedanoQEPD Tony MaresMargaret Randall writes:Please join us on Saturday, March 28th at 2 p.m. at the Journal Theater, National Hispanic Cultural Center, for a tribute of poetry and music...
View ArticleBooks by Kathleen Contreras
NEWSweet Memories /Dulces recuerdosby Kathleen Contreras Illustrated by Margaret Lindmark Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Lectorum Publications, September 1, 2014...
View ArticleMujeres de Maiz: 18 Years of Women, Art, and Activism
Olga García EcheverríaIt's that time of the year again, March. Mes de La Mujer. The moving forward of the clock. The coming of spring. Here in the Eastside of LA, the month is teeming with corn. Corn...
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Xánath Caraza Con Tinta For the 2015 Pachanga & Award Ceremony in Minneapolis, MN, who will be honored? When and where will our event take place? How can you help? The Advisory Circle of Con...
View ArticleLine Up For Dead Sea Scrolls. Floricanto for Fukushima 3/11
Michael SedanoAs the day developed, waiting in line observing children riding the aerial bike was the best part of the snaking line that is the essence of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition, in Los...
View ArticleNovedades- publicaciones de Puerto Rico, Guatemala y España
Julia de Burgos, Cartas a Consuelo. Folium. 232 páginas.Más que acumular imprecisiones en un anecdotario, procuro apuntar a la desproporción entre lo poco que se sabe de la vida y obra de Burgos, y el...
View ArticleReyna Grande Receives the Caravana 43 at LAX
Guest Post by Reyna GrandeThis past weekend, Los Angeles was honored to have been one of the stops of the Caravana 43, a USA Tour of students, teachers, and families from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, who are...
View ArticleMujeres de Maiz: 18 Years of Women, Art, and Activism
Olga García EcheverríaIt's that time of the year again, March. Mes de La Mujer. The moving forward of the clock. The coming of spring. Here in the Eastside of LA, the month is teeming with corn. Corn...
View ArticleCON TINTA AWP MINNEAPOLIS 2015: LA PACHANGA & AWARD CEREMONY
Xánath Caraza Con Tinta For the 2015 Pachanga & Award Ceremony in Minneapolis, MN, who will be honored? When and where will our event take place? How can you help? The Advisory Circle of Con...
View ArticleLine Up For Dead Sea Scrolls. Floricanto for Fukushima 3/11
Michael SedanoAs the day developed, waiting in line observing children riding the aerial bike was the best part of the snaking line that is the essence of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition, in Los...
View ArticleDrum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
Written by Margarita Engle Illustrated by Rafael López Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Hardcover: 48 pages Publisher: HMH Books for Young...
View ArticleFrom Taos, with almost no battery left
I'm in Taos, NM, somewhat overwhelmed, a little sapped and on a computer that's nearly out of battery.By the acequia, across the river from property once owned by Donald Rumsfeld, the birds seem to...
View ArticleUnwoven: Poems by Erika Garza-Johnson
Guest Blog by Veronica SandovalErika Garza-JohnsonCross-eyed chachalacas in the haze of a Texas morning, pushing past toothless abuelas, shadow puppets, and dead butterflies--this is the place where...
View ArticleManuel Luis Martinez’s novel “Los Duros” selected as finalist for Texas...
We here at La Bloga take special pleasure when a writer we cover receives an honor for her or his literary achievements. So, when I found out that Manuel Luis Martinez’s novel Los Duros was selected as...
View ArticleGuest Columnist: Alma Luz Villanueva Interviews Anita Endrezze
Alma Luz VillanuevaIn the late 90s I traveled to Sonora, Mexico, to research my family landscape. I wanted to get a feel for the desert and the ocean near Guaymas, San Carlos, and Cuidad Obregon. I...
View ArticleMy Tata's Remedies / Los remedios de mi Tata
By Roni Capin Rivera-AshfordIllustrated by Antonio Castro L. Age Range: 7 - 11 years Grade Level: 1 - 6 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press (May 5, 2015) Language: English...
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