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How To Be Your Own P.R. Machine
Melinda PalacioSometimes writers wonder if their pages will make their way into a bound book for sale. If you're working at it every day, chances are your moment in the sun will come. When it does, be...
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Dr. Victor Shamas-New Age Cubano, author of Deep Creativity, Founder of...
Song has been a most noteworthy companion of our species probably since language was developed and originally it was an intrinsic part of devotion of that which was deemed sacred, for by singing a...
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I am a finalist in the New Yorker cartoon caption contest this week…please...
By Daniel A. OlivasYesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author, Michael Hiltzik, dubbed the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest “[p]ossibly the lamest contest in all creation” (in a Tweet...
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Los AngelesLA Plaza Hosts Premiere of Brown Buffalo Documentary. Airs on PBS Voces.Michael SedanoEarly arrival ensures a close-in seatMy first sight of Oscar Acosta in the large-as-life flesh he...
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Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble
Written by Anna MerianoIllustrated by Mirelle OrtegaLeonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any...
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Chicanonautica: Weird Scenes in a Mexican Bus Station
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }by Ernest HoganSometimes it’s best for art to come at you like an assassin’s bullet. One moment you’re just a happy consumer, trying to score some entertainment--then...
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King of the Chicanos - Justice
This week, an excerpt from my 2010 historical fiction novel, King of the Chicanos (Wings Press). Escobar is a fictional town where much of the story takes place. The year is 1964. Young people are...
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Tucson Festival of Books: Luis Alberto Urea, Vickie Vértiz, Daniel Olivas and...
Touted as one of the largest gatherings for the culture of books, the Tucson Festival of Books took place the weekend of March 10 & 11. It seemed to have met expectations, the mall of the campus...
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Comentarios al libro 'De segunda mano' de Osiris Mosquea
Comentarios al libro De segunda mano de Osiris Mosquea ‖ Xánath CarazaLa última publicación de Osiris Mosquea es un libro de microrrelatos y pigmeismos titulado De segunda mano. Con gran placer tuve...
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Middle Readers Historical Novel Raises Big Issues. News 'n Notes.
Historical Novel and Hidden Treasure Explore Issues for Middle ReadersReview: Diana J. Noble. Evangelina Takes Flight. Houston: Piñata Books for Middle Readers, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-55885-848-0Michael...
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Islandborn
Written by Junot DíazIllustrated by Leo EspinosaAge Range: 5 - 8 yearsGrade Level: Kindergarten - 3Hardcover:48 pagesPublisher:Dial Books Language:EnglishISBN-10:0735229864ISBN-13:978-0735229860From...
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Surviving the Storm: Antonia "Toni" Gonzalez Escarcega
Daniel Cano The sisters, Gloria, Candida, and Esther pose...
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Nasty News and the Tennessee Williams Festival
Melinda PalacioNasty Women Poets at the Tennessee Williams FestivalEarlier this week, evacuation orders were issued for Santa Barbara County due to the Pineapple Express, a monumental rain storm...
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El Movimiento; a brief look by Antonio SolisGomez and Photographs by Oscar...
No one knows why everyone started calling it "El Movimiento". But what else could we have called it for indeed there wasa movement. It was as if, for a couple of centuries before, Chicanos had lain...
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Cruising with Nayto
By Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D. Part II have always been nervous about visiting my old neighborhood.One day, my brother Salomon—an acclaimed artist—invited my younger brothers (Noel and Ismael) and...
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Hitched. La Palabra. On-line Floricanto for the Only Earth We Live On.
Michael SedanoQuarterly Poetry Reading Goes On With A HitchHoly Grounds Coffee and Tea (link) is the perfect place to be this Saturday afternoon even if the stretch of Alhambra Road in El Sereno looks...
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Alma and How She Got Her Name
By Juana Martinez-NealAge Range: 4 - 8 yearsGrade Level: Preschool - 3Hardcover:32 pagesPublisher:Candlewick (April 10, 2018)Language:EnglishISBN-10:0763693553ISBN-13:978-0763693558What’s in a name?...
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Chicanonautica: Why I Don’t Give a Damn About the Hugos, Nebulas, and SFWA
By Ernest HoganI got disgusted with awards--especially the sff ones--way back in the twentieth century, and my physical and mental health have been the better for it. Sure, it would nice to have a...
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New Books
As I like to say, something for everybody this week: A literary debut from a young writer whose roots are in the Philippines; an impressive anthology with sixty-nine contributors, just in time for...
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