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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.New Voices Award Writing...
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Midnight Blue Lowrider A Young Adult Short Story Part I by AntonioSolisGomez
Once upon a time, many years ago, but not so many as to be forgotten, an old 1967 Chevy was slowly rusting away at Tony’s Jalisco Auto Parts. No longer shiny and cute, the car was parked in the...
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When Poems Fly: Adventures in Songwriting and Bird Forgiveness
Melinda PalacioI wrote a song. Not only did I write a song, but I came up with the chords and lyrics all on my new guitar, something that impressed me and my friends. My husband, Steve, was the only...
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Latina/o Immigrants in the Racist Era of Trump
Guest essay by Dr. Alvaro HuertaPresident Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States.Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic,...
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La Bloga Welcome At LitFest, Banned On Face. For Mother, On-line Floricanto
La Bloga Meets Gente At Pasadena LitFestMichael SedanoIt helps having conectas. Melinda Palacio had one of those desultory conversations that segue into business and in this case, that business...
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The Shameless Shenanigans of Míster Malo / Las terribles travesuras de Mister...
By Alidis Vicente Spanish translation by Carolina VillarroelISBN: 978-1-55885-853-4Bind: PaperbackPages: 239This entertaining bilingual book for intermediate readers features a fourth-grade bully...
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Chicanonautica: Ugly Things From Mexico
by Ernest HoganIsaac Ezban’s The Similars(Los Parecidos)hit me like an electric cattle prod to the pineal gland. I was impressed, and eager for more, but not right away. Too much of this stuff can warp...
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International Crime Fiction In Translation
And now ....I've selected a few titles of recently translated (meaning from the original language to English) crime fiction for your late spring, early summer reading pleasure. Some of these authors...
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Midnight Blue Lowrider A Young Adult Short Story Part II by AntonioSolisGomez
“Now maybe you’ll spend some time at home and not in that dirty junkyard,” she added. “Come on now, get cleaned up and have some dinner.”The next day Natalie began telling her friends about the...
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Lucha Corpi on _Hudson_
Lucha Corpi on _Hudson_Xánath Caraza is and will no doubt continue to be one of the most innovative poetic voices in the Spanish language. Hudson, her new poetry collection, is much more than a journey...
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Memorial Day 2018. The naming shame. CSUCI On-line Floricanto
Bring the troops home from everywhere!Michael SedanoI strolled up the company street from the chow hall. The company clerk, a Spec5 from Boston, called over to me in that broad foreign accent all...
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2018 Américas Book Award Winners
The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English...
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Ysidro Reyes: "I tell you, boy, it's all politics." Part 2
Daniel Cano Isolated home standing alone on an entire...
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Is this Your Year to Join the Santa Barbara Writers Conference?
Melinda PalacioMelinda Palacio and conference director Grace Rachow circa 2003Today is the first day in June and that means it's time for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. This year mark's the...
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Creating Community at School by Antonio SolisGomez Copyright 2018
In 1975, I attended a graduate program in Library Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I was one of fifteen students selected to participate in a one year program designed to train Spanish...
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Kind of Blue
A short story by Daniel A. Olivas 1. “So what?” says René. He adds a shrug for emphasis.Silence. René just stares at me. And then another: “So what?” It’s not really a...
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Fabulous Sinkhole Comes to Life. CSUCI On-line Floricanto2
Michael SedanoDuring our various road trips--Librotraficantes, Interviews of Rudolfo Anaya, Paul Hutton and Rudy Anaya again--Jesus Treviño and I discussed the music of Hamilton, the joys of writing,...
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Summer Author Series- Los Angeles Public Library
For more information visit http://www.lapl.org/summerauthorCool off this summer by meeting and connecting with authors at your library! Refreshments will be provided and lucky winners will also be...
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Chicanonautica: Latinoid, Geek, Nerd, and Other Identity Crises at the...
By Ernest HoganThe Firesign Theater said: “The once easy choice between Mom and bad and good and Dad had to be made in the marketplace of public confusion.” It was like that at the Phoenix Comic...
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