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Recovered Fiber Art, Poetry, and Party in Santa Barbara
Melinda PalacioAt Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center in Santa Barbara In October 2015, I reported on The Case of the Missing Quilts. The artwork was a special collaboration between Santa Barbara Sunday...
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Con Tinta, Coiled Serpent, #AWP16, #LATFOB y más!
As readers of La Bloga, you know that the last two weeks have been a whirlwind of literary happenings. Though my little Droid phone could never do justice to the wonderful writers, publishers, editors,...
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AWP Part II: Huge Spaces, Good Stuff When You Look For It. On-line Floricanto
Michael SedanoAWP2016 launched in a storm of controversy. Writers from the disability caucus protested their exclusion from the program. Writers from raza caucuses felt the sting of rejected panels and...
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Interview With Author Theresa Howell
Last Wednesday, La Bloga posted an interview with F. Isabel Campoy, author of Maybe Something BEAUTIFUL. Visit the book's website http://maybesomethingbeautiful.comJoin the hashtag...
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Chicanonautica: The Garza Twins Strike Again
By Ernest HoganMove over Harry Potter! In A Kingdom Beneath the Waves: Garza Twins Book Two by David Bowles, this new series boldly charges into worlds the boy wizard never dreamed of. It's a...
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New Books From Two Masters of the Written Word
There is excitement in knowing that writers I have admired and respected are still doing it, and doing it in grand style. One of the great things about La Bloga is learning about upcoming books so that...
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Understanding Your Body by Decolonizing Your Body
Kudos to Dr. Judith Estrada (Director of The Chicano Latino Resource Center) and Dr. Rebecca Hernandez Rosser (Director of The American Indian Resource Center) at The University of California, Santa...
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Hot off the Presses
Hot off the PressesBy Xánath CarazaPara hoy en La Bloga, Poemarios y narrativa recientemente publicados, hot off the presses, Descent, Daring to Write, Chicano Blood Transfusion, Calling the Water by...
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April News 'n Notes
Note: This week's scheduled AWP Part III is delayed until next week. It's a pleasure this week to share ongoing and late-breaking literary news from around the compass rose.Altadena Poetry Review...
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Interview With Illustrator Rafael López
La Bloga posted interviews with F. Isabel Campoyand Theresa Howell, authors of Maybe Something BEAUTIFUL. Visit the book's website http://maybesomethingbeautiful.comJoin the hashtag...
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From Inshallah to Ojalá Roundtrip
On April 6th, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a 26-year-old student at UC-Berkeley, was escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane and subsequently questioned and searched by FBI agents.A fellow passenger had...
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Poetry, Awards, (and Shadows) in the Air
Melinda PalacioMayor Helene Schneider Proclaims Poetry Month in Santa Barbara.April is National Poetry Month. I was fortunate to have witnessed the declaration of Poetry Month in Santa Barbara by Mayor...
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"The Blue Serpent" - on Tell Your True Tale
This week's featured story on Tell Your True Tale is by Maria Fernandez, of West Covina and Michoacan."The Blue Serpent" is about a lot of things, but mostly it's about her father, the town plumber,...
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All That and a Bag of Poetry: Creative Writing with 5th Graders at Gulf...
Olga García Echeverría When we say poetry, it is really the vision for all voices. That's really what it means. People ask me, What is poetry, Juan Felipe? I say, It is freedom. That's what it is....
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On Being a Proud Papa
Ben (left) and Amos after the firstleg of last Saturday's practice ride.It might sound trite to repeat that oft-uttered sentiment that being a parent is the hardest job one can have. Ni modo. I’m...
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Review: Nightmare Parenting in Mexican Satire. AWP-LA III. Americo Paredes...
Review: The Body Where I was Born.Michael SedanoGuadalupe Nettel. Translated from the Spanish by J.T. Lichtenstein. The Body Where I was Born. NY: Seven Stories Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781609805265.At...
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Hey folks - This Saturday we're presenting the latest volume of stories to come out of my workshop, Tell Your True Tale. At East LA Public Library, 3pm.Again, just amazing stories (always stunned by...
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Nothing Up My Sleeve
By Diana LopezAge Range: 8 - 12 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 7Hardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (April 19, 2016)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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Chicanonautica: With Kundalini Noir to Planet Pleasure and Back
by Ernest HoganP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link When most people think of Latino or Chicano writers, they think serious social commentary, or maybe thoughtful magic realism. The sort of thing that...
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