La Bloga-Tuesday One-week Hiatus.
Uncontrollable circumstance leads to a one-week hiatus for La Bloga-Tuesday. Michael Sedano's column returns next week.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Adiós Carlitos
Carlos Ramirez, poet, singer and friend passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Talleres de Poesía said: We are honored to have Carlitos Ramirez be part of Talleres de Poesía. Carlitos helped in all our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicanonautica: Tezcatlipoca, Barack Obama, and Me
by Ernest HoganSPOILER ALERT: I reveal something about the ending of my novel Smoking Mirror Blues in this one . . .He has the first line of the novel, “Not just as your President, but as someone who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bad Indians, a conversation with Deborah A. Miranda
Bad Indians: A Tribal MemoirSend your pony pic to kids on ponies.Deborah A. Miranda is one bad Indian. Her memoir refuses categorization in its unique structure, gorgeous poetry, and painful story of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Writing Opp. Fracking and heating Aztlán. Chavez.
Conjunto Writing OpportunityNews from San Anto Guadalupe CenterCamaradas de Conjunto: We're looking for literature on Conjunto Music for publication in the 32nd Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catholicism and a Vatican II Upbringing
by Amelia M.L. Montes (ameliamontes.com)Last Wednesday, I was sitting in my office trying to concentrate on the work at hand, but the sound of bells kept distracting me. They weren’t stopping, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spotlight on Barbara Brinson Curiel
A graduate of Mills College and Stanford University, with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Barbara Brinson Curiel is a Professor in the Departments of English and Critical Race,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: Díaz' Ribald Yunior stories. On-line Floricanto.
Review: Junot Díaz. This is How You Lose Her. NY: Riverhead. 2012.ISBN 9781594487361 I am glad I’m not single, watching my soltera and soltero friends' mad courting dances, and how some gente never...
View ArticleMonica Brown's Books - Book Trailers
Monica Brown is a fantastic author. Her books are full of magic! ¡Sus libros estan llenos de magia! Gracias Monica for writing these great books.CHABELA AND THE MAGIC BUBBLE TITO PUENTE MAMBO KING...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BIRD OF PARADISE
La periodista dominicana Raquel Cepeda explora lo que significa ser latina en su libro de memorias "Bird of Paradise". Recién publicado por el sello Atria de Simon & Schuster, el libro combina...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News and Newsworthy
Manuel RamosAnaya, Sandoval, Alegría, Lorca, Los Lobos, Velásquez, and ... (wait for it) ... Gus Corral. New BooksThe Old Man's Love StoryRudolfo AnayaUniversity of Oklahoma Press - April, 2013Volume...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News n noticias n a letter to the Prez
San Anto newsThe Opening Reception for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies National Conference to be held in San Antonio (May 20-23) took place this week (March 20). The reception...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Weaving Words at the Eastside Café
Olga García EcheverríaSpring seems to have fully arrived in blooming yellows and a sensual breeze that’s flowing through the neighborhood. There’s magic in the air. Wind chimes sing, papel picado...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Need Real Immigration Reform
Guest essay by Álvaro HuertaThe time has arrived for President Obama and Congress to take immediate action on comprehensive, humane immigration reform.By immigration reform, I am not talking about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mailbag. Marching Toward the Cruellest Month: March's Final On-line Floricanto
Michael SedanoI spent much of the past weeks getting prepared for cascarón Sunday. Cooking lots of eggs. Carefully emptying each blanquillo and storing the fragile shells.A sure sign of Spring is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)
From http://dia.ala.orgEl día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicanonautica: Wild About Semana Santa
by Ernest HoganSo, why would a self-professed heathen devil and believer in creative blasphemy like myself love Semana Santa, Holy Week? Why do I keep writing about it in my blog? Again? And again?I’m...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cycling for Today's Revolutionary Woman of Color and La Global Bloga
Claudia D. Hernandez. Photo by Melinda PalacioClaudia D. Hernandez is a revolutionary woman. La Bloga has been following the progress of her project, Today's Revolutionary Woman of Color. The idea of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Migas about violence, sexual and physical abuse
The topic seems to be in the news a lot more lately. I consider them to be one topic, interrelate and often coexisting. Their specific characteristics matter less than their shared aspects of violent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Chicana/Chicano, Latina/Latino Literary Renaissance! Que Viva!
by Amelia M.L. Montes (ameliamontes.com)Last week, Cindy Carcamo, (The Los Angeles Times)wrote, “Arizona lawmakers passed a law to dismantle a Mexican American studies program in Tucson schools, but...
View Article