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They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
By David Bowles Age Range: 10 - 14 years Grade Level: 6 - 8 Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press (September 4, 2018) Language:...
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Immigrant gentrification: Where Even Nopales Grow
Daniel Cano Rocky and Phoebe patiently waitingIt was...
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Bird Forgiveness Book Launch, Louisiana Style
Melinda PalacioAt Octavia Books in New OrleansThe crowd at Octavia BooksWith so many choices for fun or relaxing activities during a hot weekday, where the weather in New Orleans threatens to reach a...
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El Pueblo de Tucson: Chicano Leadership in Bilingual Education Part II By...
Maria Legarra Urquides, wearing a saintly smileMaria L. Urquides was an extraordinary educator at a time when few Hispanic women had the opportunity to exhibit their unique gifts. She was born in...
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Get your tickets now for Tía Chucha's Gala 2018!
The mission of Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural is 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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Landmarks In Time
Michael Sedanothe consciousness of a well-spent life and a memory rich in good deeds afford supreme happiness.--de Senectute, Cicero August is my birthmonth and wedding anniversary month. They’re the...
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Poesía Salvi: Voces de la diaspora
For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/events/242706413017974/Thursday, August 9 from 6:30 pm to 9 pmCielo Galleries Studios3201 Maple AveLos Angeles, CA 90011This event is intentionally...
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Chicanonautica: Advice for the Mexicanxes Going to WorldCon
by Ernest HoganSuddenly, weeks before it begins, the 76thAnnual World Science Fiction Convention is in turmoil. Somehow, they neglected to schedule people of color who have been nominated for their...
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La Ultima Exhibición
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque , for much of 2018, has been celebrating Rudolfo Anaya's novel, Bless Me, Ultima, with various events such as an elaborate art exhibit and, in...
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El Pueblo de Tucson:Leadership In Bilingual Education, Part III: Dr. John A....
Dr. John A. Garcia Dr. John Garcia’s trajectory is typical of other Chicanos from that era. He was born in San Antonio and upon graduating from high school a teacher happened to mention that he should...
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What Borders Look Like on the Ground . . .
It began with an e-mail. A student from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia e-mailed me, informing me that her class was reading Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera as well as one of my critical...
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Desde México
Desde MéxicoPor Xánath CarazaEl pasado 3 de agosto a las 5 p.m. en el Centro Recreativo Xalapeño en Veracruz, México, tuvimos el honor de presentar el poemario Hudson y el libro de cuentos Metztli....
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Memory: Canonical & Remembering. Reading your own stuff.
Michael SedanoMy brain has filed away an engram releasing words for a standard opening lecture in a communication course:Aristotle said that rhetoric was an art of finding the available means of...
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EVERY CHILD IS BLESSED: NIÑOS UNIDOS
Paseo Artístico Presents:“EVERY CHILD IS BLESSED: NIÑOS UNIDOS”A free arts event to raise awareness for children separated at the border, and the children in The Mission community.At participating...
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A Restaurant Named "La Manana"
Daniel Cano Sawtelle blvd., across the street from La Manana restaurant Back in 2001, I stopped by my uncle Mike's home...
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Bird Forgiveness Book Tour: Sights, Sounds, and Video
Melinda PalacioI love it when people wear their bird print clothing.Monica Fitzgerald, Melinda Palacio, Sandra Sarr, Nicole LeBlanc-Savoie.An invitation to read in the heart of cajun country should be...
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Musings on Living on Planet Earth, Part I: Decisive Historical Moments,...
Tohono O'Odham Rain Ceremony Painted by Michael ChiagoMy recent article on the role a group of Tucson educators played in developing bilingual education elicited a comment from a friend asking why it...
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Willie
A short story by Daniel A. OlivasWilfredo likes to dress to get Papá all riled up. You know, Willie wears those short-shorts that you see on the ladies who walk up and down that bad street near the...
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Power Shifters in Raza Futures
Book Signing in LA Council Chambers Honors Raza TrailblazersMichael SedanoReview: David R Ayón; George L Pla. Power Shift. How Latinos in California Transformed Politics in America. Berkeley: Berkeley...
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Deadline Approaching for Writing Contests
A note from Lee & Low BooksThe deadlines to submit to our New Voicesand New Visions Awards are quickly approaching!Our annual awards encourage writers of color and Native nations to submit their...
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