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A New Anthology by The Raving Press
A New Anthology by The Raving PressThe Raving Press is an independent publishing press from the Rio Grande Valley founded by Isaac Chavarria and Gabriel H. Sanchez in 1998. Their publishing adventures...
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The Gluten-free Chicano Cooks Chile Colorado. Art Fest in Santa Fe Springs....
The Gluten-free Chicano Makes Chile ColoradoMichael SedanoThe Gluten-free Chicano was all antojado for chile colorado, and in his zeal to eat some, he forgot most restaurants thicken the dish with...
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New Voices Award and New Visions Award
Lee & Low Books offers two annual writing contests that encourage writers of color to submit their manuscripts to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Winners of each contest...
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Lawn Watering and the Decline of Western Civilization
Daniel CanoI don’t have lawn sprinklers. I should have. I can afford them. I just never got around to putting them in, and forget about an electric timer. That’d be downright embarrassing because my...
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Interview with a Mestizo. Are You Home? Are you Awake?
Melinda PalacioMestizos Come Home!Mestizos Come Home! is a book you'll want to read and then reread. You'll also be compelled to buy more books, copies of the book for your friends and copies of all...
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President Trump: The Hustler 2.0
Guest essay by Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D.On September 15, 2016, in an essay titled “The Hustler: Trump and the Mean Streets of East Los Angeles,” I argued that then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump was...
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Juan Felipe Herrera Delivers Sayers Lecture at his Alma Mater. News 'n Notes.
Michael SedanoGood things come in all sizes and shapes, and in the greater Los Angeles basin, distance. Variety spices life but confounds desire and planning when they--the Good things--all come at...
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ALL AROUND US
Written by Xelena GonzalezIllustrated by Adriana GarciaAge Range:3 - 7 yearsGrade Level: Preschool - 2Hardcover:32 pagesPublisher:Cinco Puntos Press (September 12,...
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Chicanonautica: My Unfinished Novels
by Ernest HoganWhat do I do when I'm not blogging, farting around online, or doing grunt work for the Phoenix Public library? Why I write, of course. And yes, I have been doing it lately. I do it all...
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Events - New Books
Spring is here and cultura is busting out all over. Quite a variety this week, making for good exercise -- aerobic stimulation for the brain and heart. Tierra Tinta ConferenceDesierto Screens at the...
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Lágrima roja
Lágrima rojaXánath CarazaQueridos lectores de La Bloga, hoy les comparto, con alegría, Lágrima roja, mi nuevo poemario que Editorial Nazarí me publica. Es un gran honor para mí poder hacer oficial...
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Anniversaries. César A. Martinez in Chicago. On-line Floricanto.
Michael SedanoThe Moderators of the Facebook poetry community, Poets Responding to SB 1070: Poetry of Resistance, couldn't let the month go by without another opportunity to share Mother's Day poems. I...
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The First Rule of Punk
By Celia C. Pérez Age Range: 9 - 12 years Grade Level:4 - 7 Hardcover:336 pages Publisher:Viking Books for Young Readers (August 22, 2017) Language:English...
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Building Bridges not Walls
Remembering Greg Allman: Building Bridges not WallsDaniel CanoI’m not sure why, but the Greg Allman’s passing hit me hard. Allman was a founding member of the Southern-based Allman Brothers Band, whose...
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Live from the Core: Poetry and Wine tasting in Orcutt
Melinda PalacioLibrary Wines before the reading.In a strange twists of hits and misses, I ended up reading at CORE Winery in Orcutt.When my poetry pal, Gina Ferrara, asked me to read for her, I did not...
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Some much is happening at UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center!
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) was founded in 1969 with a commitment to foster multidisciplinary research efforts as part of the land grant mission of the University of California....
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Alternative Facts On Exhibit. Gluten-free Chicano Cooks. Film and Opera News.
Michael SedanoResist! What is it good for? Absolutely everything. Saturday evening it was great for a poetry reading and art show that captured the essence of what Resist! looks like: committed,...
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Los Angeles Public Library, Summer Author Program
LAPL is excited to announce the Summer Author Program this year! A variety of branches will be hosting authors for both children and teens. Refreshments will be provided and ten lucky winners will be...
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Chicanonautica: Welcome to the University of Doom
by Ernest HoganMy heroes have always been mad scientists. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and Vincent Price were my role models. I read Famous Monsters of Filmlandback when it was edited and...
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Café Cultura
I'm off to the golden coast to help a long-time friend celebrate his 70th anniversary of life on this planet. Gonna be a far out party, as seventy-year olds are wont to say. I've also been writing...
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