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La Bloga’s interview with Linda González regarding her memoir, “The Cost of...
Linda GonzálezLinda González was born in Los Angeles and has made her home in the San Francisco Bay Area for over thirty years. She is a writer and life coach who believes in the power of stories to...
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Delfines On-line Floricanto
El Canto de los Delfines On-line Floricanto IVCurated by Oscar R. Castillo.Introduction by Michael Sedano.Readings selected from El Canto de los Delfines. CSUCI, 2018. Link. California’s State...
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2018 Pura Belpré Award Celebración Acceptance Remarks
The authors and illustrators' acceptance remarks were delivered at the Belpré Celebración on Sunday, June 24, 2018, during the American Library Association Annual Conference. To read the complete...
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Chicanonautica: The Somos En Escrito Extra-fiction Contest
by Ernest Hogan. . . and in other news, not related to America's latest crisis, Somos en escrito, The Latino Literary Online Magazine, where excerpts from Smoking Mirror Blues and UNO! DOS! ONE-TWO!...
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Blood and Gasoline
My latest short story appears in the soon-to-be released anthology from Hex Publishers entitled Blood and Gasoline. You can probably figure out the theme of the collection from the title, but, just in...
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Education of a Chicano Part II College and Community By Antonio SolisGomez
I transferred to Cal Sate LA in the winter of 1962 and chose American Studies as my major. I wanted a well rounded education and would have preferred a major that would have allowed me to take classes...
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In Capítulo Siete, ‘Metztli’ by Xánath Caraza, Translated by Sandra Kingery...
In Capítulo Siete, ‘Metztli’ by Xánath Caraza, Translated by Sandra Kingery and Kaitlyn Hipple “What is to give light must endure burning.”V. E. FranklIt is with a combination of pleasure, satisfaction...
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heat wave. mailbag.
"It's a Dry Heat" Michael SedanoRecord-setting high temperatures sweep the nation. Here in Southern California the heat comes with the boon of dryness. A person can put in a full day’s work, or play,...
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Growing Up on the Playground / Nuestro patio de recreo
By James Luna Illustrations by Monica Barela-Di BisceglieISBN: 978-1-55885-871-8Publication Date: October 31, 2018 Bind: Hardcover Pages: 32This bilingual picture book presents a warm recollection of...
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Daniel Cano My first marriage eventually crumbled over a hole I once dug in our backyard. L.A. was baking. The Santa Anas...
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A Wave of Sant Barbara Book Events: The Bird Forgiveness Tour
Melinda PalacioThis week, I’m doing little experiment and posting from my new Ipad. In theory, I should be able to do everything my laptop does. However, it’s much clumsier to work on this device and I...
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Education of a Chicano Part III A Spiritual Awakening by Antonio SolisGomez
author during the time covered in this writingDespite being baptized as a Catholic no one in my family ever attended church and I grew up never giving religion much thought. By the time I was a young...
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New Short Fiction Series: "Latinx Life in Los Angeles" on August 14 at the...
Pictured:Top: Authors Daniel A. Olivas, Elaine Barnard, Daniel M. Jaffe and Desiree ZamoranoBottom: Actors Jill Remez, Paul Lasa, Sally Shore and Holger Moncada, Jr.“It's a spoken word series and it's...
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Marketing and the Working Writer
Michael SedanoPeople who write for a living write for a living. That’s not a tautology but economics. There are infinite pro bono marketing opportunities available, precious few where there’s income. A...
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Macondo Public Events
Please join us in San Antonio, Texas! All events are free except the Sandra Cisneros Benefit Reading. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 6:30–8:30pm Macondo 2018 Faculty ReadingFeaturing:Reyna Grande, Fiction...
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Chicanonautica: The Pendejadas Never Die
By Ernest HoganI’m a cartoonist at heart, a dyslexic who started expressing himself visually before writing, or even reading, became comfortable. My approach is more that of a slapstick comedian than a...
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New Books From Around the World
This week, a quartet of new literature from around the world now translated into English and to be published in the next few months. Book summaries are from publishers' web sites.The Imposter: A True...
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El Pueblo de Tucson: Chicano Leadership In Bilingual Education Part I Pueblo...
Downtown Tucson in the 1950'sWhen I began attending the University of Arizona in July of 1975, I was surprised to learn that there were several Latinos on the faculty: Renato Rosaldo, Adalberto (Beto )...
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Book Review of 'Metztli' by Juan Mireles
Book Review of Metztli by Juan MirelesXánath Caraza is an author who discovers the stories in places. In every one of her short stories, she invites us into her home, the home of her memories, of her...
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La Palabra July 2018. Latinarte Houston.
Writers Reading their Stuff Aloud; a Photographer's NotebookLa Palabra In Low LightSunday brought the leading edge of a punishing SoCal heat wave. Inside Avenue 50 Studio, July's La Palabra Reading...
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