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Let Me Tell You a Story
A short story by Daniel A. Olivas Let me tell you a story. It’ll be the truth. Not that gabacho lying claptrap that you’ll get from the front desk. Even the Chicanos who sit up there lie...
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Chicanarte lives! San Antonio Update
Michael SedanoChicanarte lives! You know that, if you’re anywhere near galleries in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Antonio, Chicago, Kansas City, Glendale, or Pomona. Or so I hear...
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The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and Other Stories / La Senora Asno Se...
By Xavier Garza• ISBN-13: 9781558858169• Publisher: Pinata Books • Imprint: Pinata Books • Publication date: Oct 31, 2015• Language of text: English, SpanishMargarito is eleven years old...
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Chicanonautica: A Calaca in a Spacesuit: Confessions of a Sci-Fi Chicano Artist
by Ernest Hogan(Originally published in News from Sector 2337, No. 2, Summer & Fall 2015, and featured along with some of my drawings as part of Josh Rios & Anthony Romero's installation,...
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Worthy News
A mix of books, poets, music, and an invaluable resource for listening to masters of the written word reading their work including Chicano author and scholar Juan Bruce-Novoa. New Anzaldúa BookLight in...
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Christmas Toys For Kids In Need: Iguala, Mexico
$2500 goal, 44 days remainingA message from Reyna GrandeThis December, as I did a year ago, I'm going to Iguala to hold a special Christmas Toy Giveaway. Christmas is a special time of the year in many...
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"Put Your Name On It": Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo on Writing, Submitting, and...
Olga García EcheverríaUpon Celebrating America’s BirthdayIn the morning, I explore the yellow hills of Chavez Ravine and collect trinkets for my desk:a hawk feather, a sun-bleached snail shell, a...
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Día de muertos en el Northwest, Festivales literarios en el Midwest & The...
Xánath CarazaNelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MOLas actividades para Día de muertos comienzan a dar vida. Seattle, WA no se queda atrás. Noticias desde el Northwest sobre varios eventos...
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Special October On-line Floricanto
Triple Ekphrasis On-line Floricanto: Letter to Drawing to PoetryThe Moderators of the Facebook collective, Poetry of Resistance: Poets Responding to SB 1070, submit five poems that respond to...
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Piñata Books Titles Available for Kindle
30 Arte Público Press/ Piñata Books are available for Kindle on Amazon. Books by La Bloga writers, Daniel Olivas (Benjamin and the Word) and René Colato Laínez (Waiting For Papá, René Has Two Last...
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Don Quixote: 400th Anniversary Edition
Restless Bookspublished Don Quixote: 400th Anniversary Edition
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The Case of the Missing Quilts
Melinda PalacioThe title of this post sounds like the makings of a suspense story or a murder mystery. I wish fiction were involved in this case, the truth is mysterious and a muddle that may resolve...
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Trump on SNL, no laughing matter. #BoycottSNL
Worth $7B, King Trump lives here wants you worship him.Donald Trump may represent the most vicious, racist, neo-fascist, super-capitalist threat ever to reach notoriety in recent U.S. history. He's the...
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Honoring a Groundbreaking Chicana: Dr. Louise Año Nuevo Kerr
Dr. Louise Año Nuevo Kerr (From the University of Illinois, Chicago "Chicana Chicago Oral History Project--Irene Flores Collection")Today we have Linda Garcia Merchant, as guest bloguista, honoring...
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Three poems by Eloísa Pérez-Lozano
Eloísa Pérez-LozanoMutant~For all bilinguals who hide their accents well.I look like youBut not quite like youHiding in plain sight, another meWaits for the right momentEnglish is a tennis ballIn a...
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Guest Columnist With Barefoot Dogs. La Palabra at Ave50. Call for Ekphrastic...
Texas Book FairGuest Columnist Jesús Nazario Q&A With Antonio Ruiz-CamachoEditor's Note: La Bloga reviewed Barefoot Dogs in August. Today's guest columnist, Jesús Nazario, met with Mr....
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“The Remembering Day” Giveaway in Honor of the #DayoftheDead
From Arte Publico Press In honor of #DayoftheDead, we’re giving away a free copy of acclaimed author Pat Mora’s new bilingual picture book, The Remembering Day / El día de los muertos! Share a photo of...
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Chicanonautica: Weird Mexican Art: The Dead and Kid Stuff
by Ernest HoganStill too warm, but El Niño and the remnants of Hurricane Patricia are kicking enough moisture over Arizona to cause some impressive thunderstorms that have soaked the desert that gets...
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Review: Death in Veracruz - New Books
Destroy to CreateManuel RamosDeath in VeracruzHéctor Aguilar CamínSchaffner Press, Inc - October, 2015IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF VERACRUZ in Héctor Aguilar Camín’s 1986 novel, Death in Veracruz, Lázaro...
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You Bring Out The Muerta in Me: A Collective Poem For Day of the Dead
Olga García EcheverríaThis past week, I invited a small group of women to conjure up some verses for Day of the Dead. Who wants to write about the dead on Day of the Dead all by themselves? Not me....
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