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Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo
Meet Tito Puente—the King of Mambo.Tum Tica!From musical prodigy on the streets of Harlem to five-time Grammy Award winner, Tito Puente's life was full of rhythm. Drums and claves, saxophones and...
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Las comadres y su libro (en español)
Cuenta conmigo es una colección de ensayos autobiográficos sobre el poder transformador de la amistad entre mujeres y los lazos que las unen.Publicado a principios de mes en traducción al español, el...
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Bless Me, Ultima - the Movie
Today is the national release date for the much-anticipated movie ofBless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya's masterpiece. The movie has already been previewed in several places, and many of the reviews are...
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Why la política in latino fiction and poetry
by RudyGMarch on The White HousePhotos are of nationwide protests against Keystone XL Pipeline, of which my wife and I attended the Denver march and rally last week. More here.One question raza writers...
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Boston, You're Killing Me: AWP Options for the Poor
Olga García Echeverría“It’s interesting, don’t you think, how politicians don’t even mention the working class anymore,” said Elba, a friend and fellow poet. “We don’t even exist. Everything is either...
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Gregg Barrios awarded 2012 Artist Foundation grant
Gregg Barrios (with Sophie Bolles)at Artist Foundation ReceptionIn 2012, the Artist Foundation made its sixth cycle of awards to artists residing in Bexar County, Texas. Each award is for $5,000 and is...
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My Old Kentucky Hangout; Mailbag; February's Final Floricanto
Review: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky ClubMichael SedanoBenjamin Alire Sáenz. Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club. El Paso TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2012.ISBN:...
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2013 Pura Belpré Award Winners
Gracias to ALA (The American Library Association) and ALSC (Association for Library Services for Children) for this post about the 2013 Pura Belpré Awards Winners....
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Chicanonautica: Strange Rumblings in the Global Barrio
by Ernest HoganIt didn’t take long for the year to go stark, raving sci-fi, did it? The Pope called it quits, a meteor buzzed and boomed Russia, and an asteroid came by for a visit. Keep watching the...
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Two East Coast Conferences and Two West Coast Professors. Martín Espada...
Next week, on the East Coast, there is an exciting conference happening at John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York (CUNY), March 7-9. I'm not talking about the one that's...
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Full interview for the Next Big ThingThis post continues Sandra Ramos O'Briant's about her continuing success with The Sandoval Sisters' Secret of Old Blood. The working title for my next big thing, a...
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Poetry: Laurie Ann Guerrero, Pablo Miguel Martínez, AWP, "Haciendo Caminos,"...
Amelia María de la Luz Montes (ameliamontes.com)I ask you to read literature every day of your life, Queridas y Queridos. Read literature to save your life, to save another by reading to her, to him....
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Orlando Ricardo Menes wins the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize for poetry
The winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2012 is Orlando Ricardo Menes for his manuscript, Fetish. He will receive a $3,000 prize and publication by the University of Nebraska...
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Studio Tour: Armando Baeza. Martín Espada Blesses Truth-tellers. On-Line...
Sculptor Armando Baeza at 89, Niños del Sol 55Michael SedanoMario Trillo and Michael Sedano enjoy a delightful lunch with Alice and Armando Baeza to honor his 89th birthday.Sculptor Armando Baeza...
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Maximilian & the Bingo Rematch: A Lucha Libre Sequel
Written and Illustrated by Xavier GarzaReading level: Ages 8 and upPaperback: 208 pagesPublisher: Cinco Puntos Press (August 13, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1935955462ISBN-13:...
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FLASH! minilibros digitales en español
"Flash", una línea de minilibros digitales en español de RandomHouse, amplió su catálogo con la inclusión reciente de escritores latinoamericanos.El concepto, que debutó exitosamente el pasado mayo en...
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New Poetry, Old Music, Good Times
A person can't turn a corner without bumping into some type of Latino-flavored cultural event. From Boston to Santa Barbara something's happening that adds to the cultural gumbo in the boiling pot of...
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Hugo Chavez 1954-2013, QESD
(Que en Sueños Descanse)As a Chicano living in the U.S., compared to most people in the Third World, I live a privileged life, just by chance of birth. For that reason, I don't believe it's my right to...
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Reflections on Two AWP Writers: Adonis and Joy Castro
Olga García EcheverríaWhen I picked Adonis from the AWP author’s line up, I had no idea he was a renowned poet in the Arabic literary world. I originally selected him because I liked his slightly...
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a finalist for two important literary awards for...
Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s melancholy and beautiful new short-story collection (or novel-in-stories, if you prefer), Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club (Cinco Puntos Press), is (not...
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