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“Where are you from, ese?"
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Did your father ever swear?
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Tribute to the first Latino poet
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A pink tank top...and disappointments
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From the 99 percent
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Los Penitentes: Witnesses to Faith and Culture
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Donde está toda la sabiduría del mundo...
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineThe author’s father, 16, stands second from right in front of La Bonanza department store in Tucson, Arizona.The photo, taken in 1916, shows a...
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"La botella hoy carga su felicidad"
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Poems of recollection
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“One of those intriguing socially unacceptable words”
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online Magazine Sex and the Second GradersBy Gloria Delgado“What’s sex?”Helen’s faint, wistful query had come out of nowhere, stopping us cold, leaving us holding...
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Duking it out with the Homeboys
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Wait, wait for the “punch” line
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineChicano ConfidentialNorma Cha Boom BoomThe Pliskyandthe ChicanaBoxerBy Sonny Boy AriasIwas attendingaprofessional academic conferenceon the topic...
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Reflecciones Reflections on War de la Guerra
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineRememberingRememberingRememberingRememberingReflections on the Wall By Rafael Jesús GonzálezFor sometime now, I have shared my thoughts during my...
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A whisper of death in the night
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineA killer from the graveAn excerpt from Tony Resolvo, Private Ojo, a novel in the makingBy Tommy VillalobosPart 1“Hello,” she said, while, at the same...
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New Edition of Smoking Mirror Blues
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How Do Children Understand Color?
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A new look at the Second Amendment
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