September Cultura Potpourri
Across the Nation This week!Michael SedanoThursday, September 22 • The White House, Washington D.C.President Obama makes official what our pueblo has long recognized and celebrated, the stature of...
View ArticleLibroMobile Presents: A Bilingual Children's Reading Hour!
SÁBADO/SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (1:30-3:30pm)CSUF Grand Central Art Center 125 N Broadway,Santa Ana, CA 92701COLOREAR, LECTURA BILINGÜE Y FIRMA DE LIBROSCOLORING, BILINGUAL READING & BOOK...
View ArticleSu Teatro - Theater, Family, Community... and Change
Lydia GilTwo weeks ago I visited Su Teatro with a group of first-year college students. They welcomed us with open arms, esta es su casa, adelante, come right in...José Guerrero, actor and lead teacher...
View ArticleMirar Morir: Watching Them Die
Guest Post by Reyna Grande More than one hundred sixty venues in twenty-six countries—fourteen in the USA—will screen and discuss the award-winning documentary Watching Them...
View ArticleAureliano and Esther
Sam Quinones:Hey folks - Here's another great story from Tell Your True Tale, my writing workshop.Maria Fernandez tells of a love story born of a family feud in Michoacan."Aureliano and Esther"Great...
View ArticleIf You’re Spider-Man, Why Are You White?
Guest review by Rocío Isabel Prado of Graphic BordersFrederick Luis Aldama & Christopher González. Eds. Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future. University of Texas Press,...
View ArticleHitched! Digging Through the Fat. Women Who Submit. September songs: On-line...
Prose in the Afternoon at Holy GroundsMichael SedanoA busy industrial thoroughfare is an unusal place for an enchanting coffee house but that’s not the only distinguishing feature of El Sereno’s Holy...
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Hey folks - More great storytelling from Tell Your True Tale.Sarah Alvarado recounts an ELA love story set amid the burgeoning video movie industry of the 1980s.Take sometime out of your work day to...
View ArticleShame the Stars
By Guadalupe Garcia McCall Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Tu Books (September 15, 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 1620142783...
View ArticleChicanonautica: Did You Hear the One About . . .
by Ernest HoganWe were heading toward Farmington through a part of New Mexico we’d never been to before, enjoying the Aztláni landscape, when I blurted out a joke about how Trump will have to hire...
View ArticleKali Fajardo-Anstine: Writing the Outcast
We are always happy here at La Bloga to feature fresh, exciting writers who bring new voices and perspectives to the literary world. Today it is my pleasure to shine the spotlight on Kali...
View Article"MUJERES" Art Exhibition!
"Flores" by Claudia AlvarezMONA, The Museum of Art in Kearney, Nebraska will feature 5 Latina artists. The exhibition, entitled, "Mujeres," will run from October 18th to February 12, 2017. The online...
View ArticleEntrevista a Rey Andújar de Chicago
Entrevista a Rey Andújar de Chicago por Xánath CarazaRey Andújar de ChicagoXánath Caraza (XC):¿Quién es Rey Andújar?Rey Andújar (RA):Rey Andújar es un tipo multi-interesado que aborda varias líneas...
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La Palabra On-line FloricantoMichael SedanoGerda Govine-Ituarte, María Elena Fernández, Carla Sameth, Karineh Mahdessian, Gale CohenOne of the more enduring poetry facts in Southern California is if it...
View ArticleBurn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Candlewick Language: English ISBN-10: 0763674672 ISBN-13:978-0763674670While violence runs rampant throughout...
View ArticleMucha Muchacha: More Than a Woman: Book Review
Melinda PalacioPoems by Leticia Hernández-LinaresI've been sitting on a goldmine. It's such a treasure to find a book you absolutely can't help but love. Leticia Hernandez-Linares wrote such a book,...
View ArticlePosada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge
Olga García EcheverríaIn Posada: Offerings of Refuge and Witness, author Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo takes us on a journey that begins with the story of her grandmother's stolen “black lava” metate. The...
View ArticleSpotlight on “Laughing Matters: Conversations on Humor” (Hyperbole Books, an...
Laughing Matters: Conversations on HumorBy Frederick Luis Aldama and Ilan StavansPublished by Hyperbole Books, an imprint of SDSU PressSeries: Chatting Professors / Catedráticos CharlandoPaperback, 126...
View ArticleReview: Now You Know Them. Gluten-free Chicano's Caldo de Pescado. Anaya on...
Review: Cristina Henríquez. The Book of Unknown Americans. Cristina Henríquez. The Book of Unknown Americans. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. ISBN 9780385350846Michael SedanoOh my gosh, I hope she doesn’t...
View ArticleRooster Joe and the Bully / El Gallo Joe y el abusón
by Xavier GarzaISBN: 978-1-55885-835-0Publication Date: October 31, 2016Bind: Trade PaperbackPages: 64Ages: 8-12Joe López is in seventh grade, and he dreams of being an artist as good and successful as...
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