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Whether it is hurricanes, earthquakes, or bears, we are all at nature's mercyDaniel Cano The Bear When I first...
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Bowing Before Nature
Daniel CanoI try making it up (or down) to Kings Canyon and Sequoia every couple of years. I’ve been doing this since 1975 when my kids were still toddlers; though I may have gone as a child. Each...
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La Bloga Labeled as Spam and Other FB Announcements
While it seems as if we can't catch a break with the superstorm that is 45, and the back to back blow of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, discussing something as benign as eyewear has kicked La Bloga off...
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Where In the World is Johnny Diaz?
Talented. Generous. It's a wonderful happenstance when both qualities are embodied in the same person. This is very much the case with Johnny Diaz. I first came in contact with Johnny via Ann Hagman...
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Book launch, cover art, meeting Eloy Torrez, and #LatinoHeritageMonth
By Daniel A. OlivasAs shown by the beautiful flyer that heads this post, my latest short-story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures (University of Arizona Press), will officially enter this world...
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LBFF Disappearing Before Our Eyes. Early September On-line Floricanto
Michael SedanoIt’s hard, thinking about the two hours I’ll never get back and how I left them at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, where the Latino Book and Family Festival occupied space for the second...
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International Latino Book Awards 2017 Winners
Congratulations to all the ganadores. This is the Children, Youth & Young Adult categories. To see the complete list of winners visit,...
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Chicanonautica: Aztlán Zombie Massacre
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }by Ernest HoganI don’t usually like the zombie apocalypse subgenre. Zombies are uninteresting non-characters. The mindless carnage gets tedious, even boring. It's usually an...
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Stories
This week, two items of business: First, a reminder that Daniel Olivas launches his latest collection of short fiction tomorrow. The flyer, below, has all the details. I am reading these tales,...
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Slaughtered Chivo Acá y Allá and The Photographic Life of Graciela Iturbide
Olga García EcheverríaYesterday, somewhere in Arcadia, beneath the dappled shade of trees that I don't know the names of and large colorful dangling flores de papel, I ate hotdogs and tacos and drank...
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International Latino Book Awards, 2017: Cuatro Award Winning Books
International Latino Book Awards, 2017: Cuatro Award Winning BooksBy Xánath CarazaCuatro Award Winning Books of the 2017 International Latino Book Awards are on La Bloga today, dear reader: ·...
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Whelmed By PST:LA/LA. Hurry Up, Please, There's Time To See A Lot
Magulandia Stops Time in Pacific Standard Time ExhibitionMichael SedanoI wish I knew what Southern California did to deserve PST:LA/LA (link), so we could do more of it. Some possible answers: Maybe...
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Family Poems for Every Day of the Week/ Poemas familiares para cada día de la...
By Francisco AlarcónIllustrated by Maya Christina GonzalezAge Range: 7 - 12 yearsGrade Level: 1 - 2Hardcover: 40 pagesPublisher: Children’s Book PressLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0892392754ISBN-13:...
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A Past Reflection Daniel Cano From LAX to Jose Marti Airport, Direct August 2000. It was difficult boarding one of...
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Art Is All We Need
Melinda Palacio Panelists Stacy Balkun in flower dress, Maddie Stratton, Margie Perez (hidden), Christopher Romaguera, Francis WongYesterday's panel, sponsored by One Book One New Orleans, featured...
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Manuel Gonzalez - Poesia es Medicina
This week, Blogistas, I have the honor of interviewing the current Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, Manuel González. This is a writer passionate and generous in word and deed. His efforts to deepen and...
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Get your tickets now to celebrate Tía Chucha's Gala 2017!
The mission of Tía Chucha’s Centro Culturalis to transform community in the Northeast San Fernando Valley and beyond through ancestral knowledge, the arts, literacy and creative engagement. Tía...
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Review: A Weekend With Pablo Picasso. Almaraz. Bits'nPieces. On-line Floricanto.
Siguenza Breaks Leg In Picasso One-Actor GemMichael Sedano“One-man Show” is parlance of an earlier day, when gendered slurs were lingua franca. I've learned not to allow my language to set the limits...
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Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos
byLulu Delacre Age Range: 8 - 12 years Grade Level: 3 - 7 Hardcover:256 pages Publisher:HarperCollins (August 29, 2017) Language:English...
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Chicanonautica: SoCal Art Gets Sci-Fiized
by Ernest HoganA summer from Hell is over, and I'm glad to have something to announce other than dystopian absurdity and apocalyptic tragedy. La Cultura is rising. Getting sci-fiized. In Southern...
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