Billy the Kid on a Flashdrive? – The Anaya Wormhole Effect
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View ArticlePhoto album of Angel Quesada Murals in Houston TX
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineAn Eye for Community ArtArtworks by the preeminent mural artist Angel Quesada of Houston, Texas“Guardia del barrio," stationed as a sentry at 1505...
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Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineFinal page of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, showing dateand signature (twice) of Nicholas Trist, U.S. negotiatorIntroduction to the Draft Blueprint...
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Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineGet Extra-Educated with This Sci-fi Book BundleThere is a bundle of Sci-fi books available at StoryBundle, curated by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of...
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View ArticleArmando Rodriguez, WWII vet who served 4 US presidents, dies
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazinePresident Jimmy Carter congratulates Armando Rodriguez, whom he appointed to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionin 1978. Armando's...
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Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineEl autor y sus dos hermanas, (I a D) Ana, 6, Paula, 2, y Moisés (4) en el patio de la casa en Santa Filomena, Chile, circa 1986.A Social Media...
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View ArticleHay un país que muere atado por las manos / There is a country that dies with...
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineRinconcitoes un rincón pequeño especial en Somos en escrito para escritos cortos: un poema, un cuento, una memoria, ficción de repente, y otros.“Y...
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Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online MagazineFollow us on Twitter @SomosenescritoCover art by Lucia Perezdiaz1001 Years of the Spanish LanguageAntonio AlatorreTranslation by Roberto...
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