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The Coyotes of West Hills
View from the author's backyard, West Hills, California.An essay by Daniel A. OlivasWe bought our second home fifteen years ago by looking farther west in the aptly named community of West Hills in a...
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Good Models. Flor de Nopal Workshops. On-line Floricanto
Reading Your Stuff Aloud: Magnificent Digital Resource Michael SedanoMagu's flor y canto drawing was the theme graphic for the 2010 festivalWith the posting by USC's Digital Library of videos from the...
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Olita y Manyula- The Big Birthday / El gran cumpleaños
Written by Jorge ArguetaIllustrated by El Aleph SánchezOlita visits El Salvador from the United States. Her cousin, friends and aunt invite her to Manyula’s birthday party. On the way to the party they...
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Chicanonautica: Exploring Unknown Mexico
by Ernest HoganMost Chicanos – pochos – don't know Mexico. Our blood connections to native tribes was cut off and forgotten long ago, for various reasons, not the least of which is the painful process...
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Stereotypes, tropes, dignifying Latino fiction
Writing fiction about Latinos brings up questions about stereotyping, even for this Chicano author. Will this fictional family be poor, working class, or prosperous? Are the parents' careers working...
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Disarticulated with Terry Wolverton In the Month of July
Olga Garcia Echeverría Disjointed July In July, things collided and came apart. My brother-in-law tumbled off a roof and broke his leg. I rear-ended a Lexus. In July, we got “Super Historic” rainfall...
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Saint Louis, MO Poet Laureate: Michael Castro
Xánath Caraza Michael Castro (Photo by Ros Crenshaw) At the 100 Thousand Poets for Change World Conference, recently in June 2015, I had the opportunity to meet a number of powerful poets and activists...
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Poetry Attacks Taboo. Lit & Teatro Notes
Review: Karen S. Córdova. Farolito. Taos NM: 3: A Taos Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-9847925-8-0Michael SedanoThere’s a hidden truth in some old people’s lives. They protest they are “all right by...
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¡Vámonos! Let's Go!
by René Colato LaínezJoe Cepeda, Illustrator ISBN: 9780823434428 I am so happy that my new bilingual book ¡Vámonos! Let's Go! is available now. This week, I received my author's copies. It is always...
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Una vez Argentina
La versión revisada de "Una vez Argentina", la más autobiográfica de las novelas del argentino Andrés Neuman, destaca la ficción de las historias familiares. Publicada por Alfaguara en versiones...
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The Godmother's Cheat Sheet
Melinda Palacio On Tuesday, I attended a class at Catholic Church for godparents and parents who want to baptize a child. It's been decades since my last confession and just as long since I...
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Under construction vs. work in progress?
If you saw photos of my den or workshop, you'd contribute to a Kickstarter to get me counseling and/or medication. Given my turmoiled hoarding, I amaze myself by completing stories, getting them...
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Con La Familia: Healing * Medicine * Palabras *
My sister and I at our father's graveFour of my friends have lost one or both of their parents in the past few years. My father died five months ago. I’ve watched and listened to how my friends have...
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To Be Frida Kahlo
A poem by Daniel A. OlivasNever conventionalabout anything she did.Never apologeticabout who she was.And it was not easy.From paint,she did art and poetry.From the infidelitiesof her husband,she found...
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Review: Barefoot Dogs. Paredes Keynotes Named. An August On-line Floricanto
Review: Antonio Ruiz-Camacho. Barefoot Dogs.Stories. NY: Scribner, 2015. ISBN 9781476784960 Michael SedanoAntonio Ruiz-Camacho is a bi-national writer, a Mexicano out of Toluca who lives...
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A B Sí Kids
Ms. Understandings: A Bigotón in First Gradeby Richard VillegasAs an elementary school teacher I get notes addressed to Ms. Villegas all the time. I’m a maestro and male and a bigotón. I inherited my...
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Kikiricaja Unlocks Your Imaginación: Guest Post by David López
I remember long summers and days after school as a kid when I would run outside to play. For me, playing was an exploration outside of my backyard walls through my own imagination. It was an adventure...
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Sunday, Sun Day, Day of the Sun in Kansas City & Los Ángeles
Xánath CarazaKansas City Latino Writers Collective members: Jose Faus, Gustavo Adolfo Aybar, Xanath Caraza y Chato Villalobos Hoy en La Bloga un paseo por Kansas City, MO y Los Ángeles, CA. Kansas...
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Verdolagas for Gluten-free Dining • eAnaya.
The Gluten-free Chicano CooksVerdolagas: Garden-fresh, Gluten-free. Con Carne de Puerco.Michael SedanoThese verdolagas show tight buds, no yellow showing.Verdolaga, less well-known as Purslane, is a...
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Call Me Tree/ Llámame Árbol
Written and illustrated by Maya Christina GonzalezChildren's Book Press/Lee & Low BooksIn this spare, lyrically written story, we join a child on a journey of self-discovery. Finding a way to grow...
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