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En carne propia: Memoria poética / Flesh Wounds: A Poetic Memoir
By Jorge ArguetaPublisher: Arte Público PressISBN: 978-1-55885-838-1Publication Date: March 31, 2017Bind: Trade PaperbackPages: 208This extraordinary bilingual poetry collection evokes the horrors of...
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Quick Trip to Tahiti
Melinda PalacioTahiti proved to be everything I imagined the South Pacific would be like and more. The swaying palm trees and crystal clear waters and fish galore did not fail to impress and leave me a...
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Awareness of Your Constant "Becoming" (Mestiza Rhetoric)
California PoppiesThe spring equinox this past Monday (March 20th) was a reminder of rebirth, growth, warmth, of leaving behind the cold or snow cover. Winter months have been called dead months--...
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César Chávez on faith: Leader's quotes inspire in more ways than one
A book review by Daniel A. OlivasHistorian and El Paso native Mario T. García has edited the absorbing and essential The Gospel of César Chávez: My Faith in Action(Sheed & Ward). The book collects...
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What Does That mean, Fight Like A Man? Route 66 Detour. Water On-line Floricanto
Review: Christine Granados. Fight Like A Man & Other Stories We Tell Our Children. Alburquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-8263-5792-2Michael SedanoWhat does that mean, “like...
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Workshops at CABE 2017 (California Association For Bilingual Education)
Connecting Communities through Our Languages, Cultures, and StoriesForty-two Years of Educational Excellence for English Learners & Biliteracy for AllMarch 29 - April 1, 2017Anaheim Marriott and...
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Chicanonautica: Cyber Beyond Punk--Latinoids Included
by Ernest HoganI am not now, nor have I ever been a card-carrying cyberpunk. However, if you look me up online, you find the word used, over and over again, to define me. So I’m stuck with the Chicano...
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The Colors of Cuba
There's something about the light. Some say it's the offspring created when the tropical white sun mates with the glittering blue-green sea, adorned with ruffles of primitive life; or when the wafting,...
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Entrevista a Miguel López Lemus
Entrevista a Miguel López Lemus por Xánath CarazaMiguel Lopez Lemus¿Quién es Miguel López Lemus? Soy artista. El arte es el elemento más importante de mi vida, me mueve, me excita. Definitivamente soy...
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Persistence. My Angel Baby. Read Raza or Be Erased. Everyone else, too.
PersistenceMichael SedanoLast August I monitored daily progress as yellowjackets built themselves an intricate paper home outside a dining room window. I first noticed the nest when only six cells had...
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5th Annual San Antonio Book Festival
The 5th annual San Antonio Book Festival will take place on April 8, 2017 at the Central Library (600 Soledad) and Southwest School of Art in downtown San Antonio. The Festival runs from 9:00 a.m. to...
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Daniel Cano Joins La Bloga
Editor's Note: La Bloga welcomes Daniel Cano as a Thursday regular writer, alternating with Ernest Hogan's Chicanonautica column. See Daniel's biography after his essay. La Bloga has long admired...
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La Bloga's Michael Sedano Takes to the Podium at the Homestead Museum
Melinda PalacioMichael SedanoIn a fun twist of roles, I had the pleasure of listening to Michael Sedano read from his work. He is usually the eye behind the camera, waiting to capture the perfect...
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"If I Didn't Tell The Story, No One Else Would:" _Lucky Broken Girl_, by Ruth...
Cover Art by Penelope DullaghanBorn in Havana, Cuba, Ruth Behar was five years old when she and her family moved to Queens, New York. "I grew up in the sixties and seventies in crowded rental...
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Blood, Frogs
A Passover poem by Daniel A. OlivasBlood, Frogs…Do you know me, Adonai?A latecomer to your Seder table?A visitor waiting for Elijah?Vermin, Wild Beasts…You blessed the Moabite,Ruth, with an honored...
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JLo's nalgas. Désirée Zamorano Meets Stanford Bookclub. April On-line Floricanto
Review: Bárbara Renaud González. Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo’s Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005. San Antonio: Aztlán Libre...
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Evangelina Takes Flight
By Diana J. NoblePublisher: Arte Público Press/ Piñata Books ISBN: 978-1-55885-848-0Publication Date: May 31, 2017Bind: Trade PaperbackPages: 152Ages: 11-14This engaging historical novel for teens...
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Chicanonautica: UNO! . . . DOS! ONE-TWO! TRES! PREVIEW!
By Ernest HoganYet another anthology is out, with another story by me in it. It's called Five to the Future, and also features works by the fabulous Emily Devenport (my wife), Arthur Byron Cover,...
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New Non-Fiction
House Built on Ashes: A Memoir José Antonio RodríguezUniversity of Oklahoma Press - February, 2017[from the publisher]The year is 2009, and José Antonio Rodríguez, a doctoral student at Binghamton...
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Interview With Newly Awarded Fulbright Scholar, Amelia M.L. Montes
Amelia M. L. MontesEs un gran placer poder compartir con los lectores de La Bloga la siguiente entrevista a Amelia M. L. Montes quien merecidamente ha recibido la beca Fulbright para la Universidad...
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