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New from Planeta: Las Impuras
Carlos Wynter Melohttp://carloswynter.com The main character of this story goes to the bus station every day searching for meaning in life. It is there where she unexpectedly meets a woman without a...
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Blue Moon Announcements
Melinda PalacioTonight, expect a blue moon, a second full moon in the same month. The last blue moon was three years ago and the next one won't happen until 2018. Dip your feet into water and manifest...
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Today – Speculative fiction authors & art
Tejano David Bowles calls his work, "at the crossroads of myth and legend, genre and literature."Today he'll share some of it at Barnes & Noble Northcross in McAllen, Tex., from 2–3 pm. A reading...
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Testing Your Blood: The Importance and the Expense
Why read this post if you do not have diabetes, type 2? Well, answer me this. Do you know anyone with diabetes type 2? (Click here for an explanation about diabetes type 1 and type 2. For this...
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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, 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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Chicanonautica: Recombocultural Road War in L.A.
by Ernest Hogan“I don't pretend at highbrow Latino literature. I write violent dystopian sci-fi for a readership wanting new action, blood and mythos,” says Frank S Lechuga, author of LOM Book...
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September Events - Boulder to Vietnam and Places In-Between
The world's largest free literary festival JLF@Boulder[from the festival website]Internationally acclaimed authors in conversation, a festival of ideas and innovative minds.Join us for a taste of what...
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Which country teaches kids most about Aztecs?
Recently I had a discussion with a young Anglo boy who'd read my Cradle chapter book. I needed to know how a story filled with Azteca lore would come across to a non-mexicano. What impressed me most...
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Bomba: How Lilliam Rivera Busted Into the Literary World
Olga García Echeverría I met Lilliam Rivera in a magical place, at Ghost Ranch in the The Land of Enchantment, beneath blue cielos pregnant with plush clouds, where the spirit of Georgia O'Keeffe...
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TRANSCENDENTAL TRAIN YARD BY NORMA ELIA CANTÚ AND MARTA SÁNCHEZ
By Xánath CarazaA Transcendental Train Yard (Wingspress, 2015) by Norma Elia Cantú and Marta Sánchez will be available tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25. Norma E. Cantú graciously accepted an interview for...
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Review: War is not cool. Call for volunteers in Austin.
Review: Hiroko Falkenstein. War is not Cool at all, Fools!: As I Remember It. Victoria BC: Friesen Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4602-7047-9Michael Sedano Hiroko Falkenstein's 108 Tanka poems distill the...
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Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem
Written by Jorge ArguetaIllustrated by Duncan TonatiuhAge Range: 4 - 7 yearsGrade Level: Preschool - 2Series: Bilingual Cooking PoemsHardcover: 32 pagesPublisher: Groundwood Books; Tra Blg edition...
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Libros de Lorito
El catálogo de la distribuidora de libros iberoamericanos Lorito Books se enfoca en títulos infantiles en español y bilingües a fin de fomentar el aprendizaje de un segundo idioma.Según Pam Fochtman,...
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Photo Essay: Summertime in Santa Barbara
Melinda PalacioWhen my friend, Karen Kersting from New Orleans decided to visit Santa Barbara, I made a vacation out of the trip too. Karen's project managing and design expertise were invaluable when...
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Playing Lotería with JuanMy wife and I took in award-winning artist John Picacio's Lotería reception at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, Thursday night. Owner G.R.R. Martin showed up to support him...
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"Let Yourself Be Sidetracked By Your Güiro"& Other Musical & Culinary Notes
Barbara & Michael Sedano at their home. They are holding a Güiro which Michael hand carved. Reporting from Pasadena, California, with La Bloga co-founder, Michael Sedano and his wife, Barbara....
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