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The Latina/o Studies Association Celebrates Its First Conference
Felicidades to the Latina/o Studies Association. This week's first conference was seven years in the making and it comes during a difficult time of unrest in our country. While peaceful protests...
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Entrevista a Irizelma Robles
Entrevista a Irizelma Robles por Xánath CarazaIrizelma Robles por ADÁL, 2014Xánath Caraza (XC): ¿Quién es Irizelma Robles? Irizelma Robles (IR): Me defino como madre y poeta o como poeta y madre, ambas...
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Antojado for tacos de papa. Troubling Chicana Chicano Art. Texas Teen Book...
Michael SedanoThe Gluten-free Chicano Cooks Antojado for Tacos de PapaThe foto was one of those food shots that some tipos complain about on Facebook, tacos dorados in a frying pan.I asked if the FB...
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2016 Newberry Award Acceptance- Matt de la Peña
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library...
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Mi abuela, la loca
de José Ignacio ValenzuelaEl libro infantil Mi abuela, la loca, de José Ignacio Valenzuela, celebra la relación especial entre un tímido niño y una abuela excéntrica, con la que comparte un amor...
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Sofía Does.
Melinda PalacioSofía del Carmen Rodríguez Fernández Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? Although she does not want to dwell on how much she will miss New Orleans, Sofia del Carmen Rodriguez...
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The Slack-Jawed Night
A poem by Daniel A. OlivasThe slack-jawed nightsits motionless inmy sorrel leatherchair, not knowingwhere he is.He looks up,with a jerk ofhis head, justas I movetowards him.Eyes narrow,the light...
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On-line Floricanto. Floricanto for the Organizers of the Texas Teen Book...
Michael SedanoInvisibility, erasure, exclusion, subversionToday’s La Bloga-Tuesday marks two important occasions, one of immense joy, another of bitter frustration, yet…The first brings the joy of the...
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Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award 2016
Texas State University College of Education developed The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award to honor authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts the Mexican American...
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Chicanonautica: A Virtual Vacation in Teknochtitilán
by Ernest HoganFederico Schaffler is one of the driving forces behind science fiction in Mexico. The last time we met he handed me a stack of books that he had written and edited, and I enjoyed...
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Excerpt from My Bad: A Mile High Noir
My Bad: A Mile High Noir will be published by Arte Público Press at the end of September, 2016. I just finished going through my final nit-picky editing of the galleys. The next step, after we decide...
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Entrevista a María de Lourdes Victoria
Entrevista a María de Lourdes Victoria por Xánath CarazaMaría de Lourdes Victoria de Seattle, WA Xánath Caraza (XC): ¿Quién es María de Lourdes Victoria? María de Lourdes Victoria (MLV): María de...
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On the Road With Jesús. TTBF Opens Up. PEN Emerging Voices.
On the Road With JesúsMichael SedanoNext week, La Bloga-Tuesday joins Rudolfo Anaya in Alburquerque to interview him in conjunction with my review of Anaya’s latest novel, The Sorrows of Young Alfonso....
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Los Angeles Public Library, Summer Author Program
LAPL is excited to announce the Summer Author Program this year! A variety of branches will be hosting authors for both children and teens. Refreshments will be provided and ten lucky winners will be...
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Food for Thought: One Poem from 2015
Melinda PalacioLast night, I watched the culmination of the Democratic National Convention. I'm sure glad I finally acquired a television set. It's been a few years since I've had tv, but I've gotten...
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Some Other Time Then
A poem by Vincent CooperEven though they died youngMy haunting tíos died right on timeFilled with a bitterness of being free andHeatwaves of depression on the westside.Tío Jody was an angry manBut all...
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Review: Anaya's Sorrows. TTBF Update. Latino Family Book Fair in LA. New...
Review: Rudolfo Anaya. The Sorrows of Young Alfonso. Norman: UofOklahoma Press, 2016.ISBN: 9780806152264 0806152265Michael SedanoThere are stories within stories within stories in Rudolfo Anaya’s...
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Mamá the Alien/ Mamá la extraterrestre
Written by René Colato LaínezIllustrated by Laura LacámaraI am so happy that my new bilingual book Mamá the Alien/ Mamá la extraterrestre is available now. Last week, I received my author's copies. It...
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Chicanonautica: Original New Mexico Gangster
by Ernest HoganIn these strange times when bookstores are becoming rare, I find a lot of reading material in antique stores. I was with my wife, cruising a section of Phoenix that is coming back to...
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