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Review: Zoot Suit. Sapo and Culture Clash. Guest Column: David Bowles
The Devil and Luis Valdez Review, Zoot Suit. Mark Taper Form, Los Angeles. Now through March 26.Michael SedanoCenter Theatre Group publicity fotosAny comparison between the history-making 1978...
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2017 Tomás Rivera Book Award Winners
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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NOLA Thieves Steal Honda Element from Wonder Woman During Mardi Gras 2017
Melinda PalacioAll Wonder Women Walking KreweMelinda Palacio, right, holds up bannerCarnival season started off with a bang or two. I marched with the All Wonder Woman Walking Krewe in the...
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Imaniman: Sparked From the Communal Soul
Olga García EcheverríaThis past December, three decades after the original publishing of the iconic Borderlands / La Frontera, Aunt Lute Books paid homage to Gloria Anzaldúa's legacy with the...
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La Realidad: the Realities of Anti-Mexicanism
Dr. Juan Gómez-QuiñonesGuest essay by Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones“Where have you been my darling young one?” —Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain”U.S. anti-Mexicanism is a race premised set of historical and...
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Last Tuesday of 2017's Only February
Michael SedanoIt's been a quiet week in Lake Quelafregada, where all the vatos can afford tickets to Zoot Suit and all las mujeres bailan swing, and gente look for low-cost high-quality live...
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Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Winner Book: Somos como las nubes/We Are...
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award is named for the internationally renowned educator, poet, anthologist and passionate advocate of poetry for young people. Established in 1993, the award is...
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Chicanonautica: Witches and Vampires in Mexico City
by Ernest HoganTenochtitlán, that is known to Western Civilization as Mexico City, is one of the lost (in that Gringolandia does its best to ignore its existence) metropolises of North America, is our...
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Book Events in Colorado
Héctor TobarHéctor Tobar Thursday, March 30, at the Denver Public Library's Corky Gonzales Branch, 1498 Irving St., DenverFriday, March 31, at the Fort Collins Hilton at 425 W Prospect Rd., Fort...
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Entrevista a Juana Moriel
Entrevista a Juana Moriel por Xánath CarazaJuana Moriel Xánath Caraza (XC): ¿Quién es Juana Moriel? Juana Moriel (JM): Como una mujer muy curiosa, de ahí que meencante preguntar, deducir, imaginar...
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Teatro News from LA to San Anto, UNAM-LA
Michael SedanoL.A. gente have no idea how rich the local teatro marketplace has grown. With Casa 0101, Los Angeles Theater Center, and the Mark Taper Forum all within a few miles of one another, and...
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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
By Pablo Cartaya Print Length: 256 pagesPublisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (May 16, 2017)Publication Date: May 16, 2017Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLCLanguage: EnglishSave the...
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Banner Day on the Eve of My Tahiti Trip and IWD2017 with Ana Castillo
Melinda PalacioSojourner Kincaid Rolle, Ana Castillo, Melinda Palacio, and Mary Rose OrtegaSometimes a day leading up to a big trip is worth leaving any last minute packing details behind. Yesterday,...
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"Gig Economy" a #FairyTale
By Daniel A. OlivasThe young lawyer stands on the sidewalk outside the Ronald Reagan State Building on Spring Street. He hums, swings his brief case from side to side, pleased with himself, waiting...
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Rout Step, March! At ease: artist studio sale. Forward, March! On-line...
Michael Sedano"Route step, March!" meant we soldiers were about to cross rough ground and other than remain in formation, we were free to chat and look around, and, of course scan the ground to avoid...
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Interview with Author Monica Brown and Lola Levine Book Giveaway
Can you tell La Bloga Readers what is Lola Levine book series about?The Lola Levine series is about a fierce, funny bilingual girl from a multicultural family who learns to strive and thrive in a world...
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Chicanonautica: Latin@ Rising to a Latinoid Galaxy
by Ernest HoganHere I go, writing about an anthology with one of my stories in it. Feels kind of weird, but most of Latin@Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction & Fantasyis not by me. And...
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Guest Review: WWIII Women Warriors
With Manuel Ramos vacationing in some foreign land--hopefully not to be put on ICE when he gets back, La Bloga welcomes a guest review, with interview, of Victor Cass' magnum opus about WWIII. May that...
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Interview of Juliana Aragón Fatula
Interview of Juliana Aragón Fatula by Xánath CarazaJuliana Aragón Fatula’s, three books of poetry are Crazy Chicana in Catholic City (2nd edition), Red Canyon Falling on Churches, winner of the High...
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Su Frida Calo. Weback the Film. Desert in Bloom.
Michael SedanoLa Bloga-Tuesday of late has extolled the wonders of the revival of Luis Valdez and Lalo Guerrero’s musical extravaganza, Zoot Suit. A feminist critique of the play recently reached me...
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