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Lessons in Dying
Melinda PalacioAn old photo of my grandmother with her dog OsoLast week, my grandmother's longtime doctor released her from the hospital. He said there was nothing more he could do for her. She's had...
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Aguacamino/Waterpath: La poesia de Rossy Evelin Lima
Olga García Echeverría"Let me gather the river with my hands," writes Rossy Evelin Lima in her latest poetry collection, Aguacamino/Waterpath. Published by Mouthfeel Press in 2015, Lima's collection...
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The Lost Soul of Humberto Reyes
A short story by Daniel A. Olivas Early one Tuesday morning, Isabel Camacho signed for a package and observed that the return address belonged to her ex-lover, Humberto Reyes. She assumed...
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Celebrate Spring with Spanish Children's Books
Spring is here, and new titles are in bloom! This month, we're focusing on all the good things that come with spring: flowers, warmer weather, new friends, adventures, and of course, our favorite...
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Chicanonautica: Consuming Mexico with Bernal Díaz del Castillo
by Ernest Hogan The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillois one helluva read, packed with action, adventure, and more far-out stuff than most popular science fiction, fantasy, and horror...
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Attorney of the Year
I assume most writers have folders (even filing cabinets) of unfinished projects, half-developed ideas, and unpublished pieces. Today I present just such a story. Attorney of the Year was written in...
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The First International Latin American Poetry Festival in McAllen Texas
Xánath CarazaThe First International Latin American Poetry Festival in McAllen TexasBy Rossy LimaThe first International Latin American Poetry Festival (FeIPoL) will bloom September 1, 2, and 3 of this...
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Great Instauration in Highland Parque. Floricanto for Fukushima.
Michael SedanoAve 61 and Figueroa, Mexico-Tenochtitlan: A Sequence of Time and CultureTwenty years ago, Andy Ledesma started painting a mural on a beautiful wall belonging to a local furniture company...
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Marisol McDonald and the Monster / Marisol McDonald y el monstruo
By Monica BrownIllustrated by Sara Palacios Age Range: 4 - 7 years Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3 Series: Marisol McDonald Hardcover: 32 pages...
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40 years ago...
To continue my post from 2 weeks ago...Today marks the 40th anniversary of the military coup in Argentina. In 1976, a junta formed by commanders of the three branches of the Argentine military...
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Funeral in Del Rio, Texas
Melinda PalacioWhile I am not ready to write about the end to my grandmother's difficult transition. As many have expressed, the truth is I am glad I was with her until the end. She took her last...
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This week on my storytelling website, Tell Your True Tale, a very cool story by Jose Nuñez, a middle-school teacher in Huntington Park, about the street he grew up on in Watts one night.Read "A Walk Up...
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The Coiled Serpent: An Interview with the Poetry Anthology’s Creators
As already discussed here on La Bloga in a lovely reviewby Olga García Echeverría, Tía Chucha Press will publish this week a landmark poetry anthology, The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the...
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Enfrijoladas: Potluck, Company, or Everyday
Michael SedanoIt was the department party for the TAs. A pot luck. The department would supply the beverages, the TAs brought the food. One of the TAs came up to me and, in a gesture of camaraderie,...
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Thunder Boy Jr.
Written by Sherman AlexieIllustrated by Yuyi Morales Age Range: 5 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for...
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Chicanonautica: Springtime in Arizona
by Ernest Hogan It's springtime in Arizona, The temperature in more like early summer elsewhere. Lizards with brand-new neon racing stripes skitter across the desert in search of mates. The sunlight is...
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New Books and a Review of an English Edition of a Chilean Play
New books with new perspectives and insights into familiar subjects: Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, a boy's violent coming of age, and the myth of Simón...
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La 2016 Pachanga in Los Angeles
Xánath CarazaLa 2016 Pachanga in Los AngelesBy Jéssica CeballosCon Tinta believes in affirming a pro-active presence in American Literature. We come together in the spirit of intellectual/artistic...
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AWP Pain and Panels, All-in-all, A Fabulous Experience. Part I.
Michael SedanoAWP: Publisher Marketing FollyFor $875 or $575 dollars, exhibitors secured a hundred square foot booth or a 28 square feet table space at the recently-concluded Association of Writers...
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Interview With Author F. Isabel Campoy
La Bloga will post three interviews with the creators of the new picture book Maybe Something BEAUTIFUL.Today is the interview with the amazing author and friend F. Isabel Campoy. I had the privilege...
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