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Chávez on faith: Leader's quotes inspire in more ways than one
[In honor of César Chávez Day, which is observed today in California, I “reprint” the following review which first appeared in the El Paso Times in 2008.]Book ReviewBy Daniel OlivasHistorian and El...
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Art! The Magazine Debuts. Forced Relocation of USC Centro. On-line Floricanto.
Review: Art! The Magazine. Michael SedanoI notice the dot on my forearm, dark like a lunar, as I’m washing up after morning chores. A pinpoint of cold water splashes the dot. Bright purple exudes from...
View ArticleCelebrating día de los niños/El día de los libros
April is the month for Día de los niños/ El día de Los Libros.Let's celebrate Día at a school, library, bookstore, home and everywhere.A leer se ha dicho. Let's read!
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Arte en Santiago de Cuba... donde quisiera estar
En conversación: Alejandro de la Fuente, “Drapetomanía” y el Grupo Antillano.Publicado: April 02, 2013 (en Cuban Art News)El historiador y curador redescubre un grupo artístico olvidado.Manuel...
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Writing Fiction: What kind of research do novelists do?
I participated in a great event this past week sponsored by the venerable Denver daily, The Denver Post. Given the tag of Writing Fiction: What kind of research do novelists do?, the program featured...
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Things cubano y mas
Polymitas cubanasI know of a secluded place in the Southwest where spring waters vary from muddy red to an incredible aquamarine. Spirits are said to populate the waterfalls at night, dinosaur...
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Blogging at the Dollar Plus in Ghetto Heights
Olga García EcheverríaIt’s Sunday, crack of dawn, and I have a crisis. I can’t post the blog I wrote the night before. My finicky Internet at home isn’t working again. I pack my writing gear and...
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Spotlight on Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano
Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano obtained her PhD in Spanish at Harvard University (1976), and a BA with distinction in German from the University of Washington (1970), where she also completed a BA summa cum...
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Women Writers At Work. Global Modernities Conference. Poetry Reader Contest....
Women Writers At Work Panel Discussion Fills Eastside CaféMichael SedanoEl Sereno's Eastside Café is one of those spots whose four walls define a space but more importantly, contains a spirit and...
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Latinas 4 Latino Literature- Día Blog Hop
A message from Latinas 4 Latino Literature, www.latinas4latinolit.orgWe are so thrilled to bring you our first April event, and the first Día Blog Hop ever. This is Latinas for Latino Literature's...
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Chicanonautica: Timewarping Chicano Spec Fic
by Ernest HoganIt was crazy for a Chicano to want to be a writer back in the Seventies, let alone a writer of science fiction, speculative fiction, or whatever label you want to put on it. I didn’t let...
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In Good Company, a Week of Literary Love
Melinda PalacioAll week, I felt so nervous and excited I couldn't sleep. There was so much good news and so much seemed to be happening this week in New Orleans, my home away from home. Over the...
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Young Chicano writer not burned out by Global Heating
On August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War staged a march and rally that drew tens of thousands of demonstrators, most of whom were Chicanos. Prior to that,...
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Talking to Young Chicanas and Chicanos, Latinas and Latinos about Diabetes
by Amelia M.L. MontesLast Wednesday I spoke to a class of 21 students, mostly Latinas y Latinos under the age of 25. This is a Spanish class for heritage speakers at The University of...
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Vote online for Tía Chucha’s “Arts Transforms Community” project…your vote...
How would you use $100,000 to shape the future of Los Angeles? And how could $100,000 help Tía Chucha’s “Arts Transforms Community” project become a reality?Spearheaded by the Goldhirsh Foundation, the...
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Real Art. Bad News, Good News. Mid-April On-line Floricanto
Las Four Readers at The Last Bookstore Save the DayMichael SedanoThe Facebook announcement popped up on the screen causing immediate rising expectation of a great day of art. A late afternoon reading...
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Memorias, Puestes y Caminos/ Memories, Bridges and Roads
Renowned Salvadoran author Manlio Argueta is presenting this week in many universities around the San Francisco Area. I have the privilege to fly to San Francisco and to present with him at the DIA...
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Martín Espada talks to La Bloga...
On April 5th Martín Espada became the first Puerto Rican poet to receive the Poetry Society of America's Shelley Memorial Award. This prestigious award is presented annually to a living American poet...
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Daniel Chacón and Hotel Juárez - Remembering Cecilia Burciaga - Desperado on...
Interview With Daniel Chacón Included in the Arte PúblicoSpring Classof 2013is the latest novel from Daniel Chacón, Hotel Juárez.The book has received glowing praise - this starred review in Publishers...
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Latina Poet Laureate Bloguista in Aridzona 1
First Latina Texas State Poet Laureate“The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is pleased to announce the Texas State Legislature’s appointment to the position of state poet laureate: Rosemary...
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