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Radio DJ Suspected of being chupacabra.
Review: Max Uballez. Alexander Uballez. Chuy de Cabra. The Journey Home. The Chupacabra. n.p.: Chuy de Cabra Books, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-9909308-1-5 ebook via publisher link here.Michael SedanoI didn’t...
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Chicanonautica: Beyond Lust for a White Planet
by Ernest HoganI originally wanted to just write about The Turner Diariesas it related to science fiction, but then this Nazi punk committed an atrocity in Charleston, S.C., and a big, flaming chingada...
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2015 Pura Belpré Medal Award Celebración
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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New Classics
This week I showcase a few literary works that rightfully have attained the status of "classic" and that will be re-released in the near future. New readers have a chance to find out what all the...
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Tough as Steel Yellow Dresses: Bustamante's Soldadera and the Unfinished...
Olga Garcίa Echeverrίa“Without the soldaderas, there is no Mexican Revolution.” --Elena Poniatowska We’ve seen them repeatedly—images of women soldiers from the Mexican Revolution. Sometimes they...
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Dante
Por Xánath Caraza La ciudad de Florencia, en la Toscana italiana, es principalmente conocida por haber sido la cuna del Renacimiento, donde una serie de condiciones, políticas, económicas y artísticas,...
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Review: Skull of Pancho Villa
Review: Manuel Ramos. The Skull of Pancho Villa. And Other Stories. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2015.Michael SedanoIt’s the “and Other Stories” that make such a reader’s treat of Manuel Ramos’ The...
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International Latino Book Awards 2015 La Bloga Winners
¡Felicidades! Congratulations!La Bloga writers had great success at the International Latino Book Award this past Saturday, June 27, at San Francisco. The awards were given during the American Library...
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Teatro Sin Fronteras in New Orleans
Melinda PalacioJosé Torres-TamaWhen José Torres-Tama asked me to be a part of his Teatro Sin Fronteras, a 10 year commemoration of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing contribution of...
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2015 already seems to be the breakout year for Latino speculative literature crashing the white ceiling of the establishment press. I just received news from Victor Milánabout his the launch party for...
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Creating Art From Diabetes: An Interview with ire'ne lara silva on _enduring...
ire’ne lara silva is fearless. In her new chapbook collection just released, enduring azucares, (SiblingRivalry Press, June 2015) ire’ne takes on the subject of diabetes and its impact on our...
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Graciela Limón: “The crime ... demanded that I build a novel around it”
An interview by Daniel A. OlivasGraciela Limón, the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a native of Los Angeles, is best known for her much-taught novels, Song of the Hummingbird and In Search of...
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Review: Javier O. Huerta's American Copia. News. On-line Floricanto
Javier O. Huerta. American Copia. An Immigrant Epic. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2012.ISBN: 978-1-55885-748-3Michael SedanoThere’s one word to be said for delaying reading Javier O. Huerta’s flights...
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2015 Pura Belpré Award Speeches
The Pura Belpré Award was established in 1996 and honors Latino writers and illustrators whose works of art best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in a book for children. It...
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Chicanonautica: Summer Delirium in Arizona
by Ernest HoganSummer hit Arizona like a nuclear attack. July has just started, and the zombifying heat is causing people to walk the streets with expressions on their faces usually reserved for those...
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New Books
For the remainder of summer (after you finish The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories), a small bucket of new books -- something here for everyone, as they say. From psychological thriller to...
View ArticleInterrupted thoughts about outrageous and normal things
• Dragonflies, ladybugs, butterflies and bats have benefitted from Denver's spring-summer monsoons. Hopefully, it's not a last desperate gasp of life, before more season-changed seasons.• Obama's...
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NCLR Annual Conference y más
Xánath CarazaFrom celebrating this year’s NCLR Conference in Kansas City to a literary magazine in Venice, Italy celebrating Chicana literature, let me share some news with you today. The 2015 NCLR...
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