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We are all related
Three chapters from the book: If You’ve Forgotten the Names of the Clouds, You’ve Lost Your Way : An Introduction to American Indian Thought & PhilosophyBy Russell MeansTHE ANCESTORSEvery part of...
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Poemas desde el Manicomio: por Leopoldo María Panero Ü
Poems from the Insane Asylum: by Leopoldo María Panero ÜCuatro Poemas/Four Poems en traducción/translated por/by Arturo MantecónEl locoHe vivido entre los arrabales, pareciendoun mono, he vivido en la...
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Latino Librarians: Guardians of Our Literature and Culture
By Roberto HaroAmerican libraries whether they are public, academic, or specialized collect and organize data and information on a broad range of topics and interests. With respect to literature,...
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The Lost Year
By Felipe de Ortego y GascaAre these the shadows of what must be or the shadows of what might be? —Charles Dickens, A Christmas CarolShe was...
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El ecopoeta le cede la palabra a la naturaleza Ü
Por Raúl Caballero GarcíaEl libro de Armando Rendón,Up to Earth (An Ecopoesy Chapbook),significa una singular visión de la poesía desde diferentes estancias creativas.Por una parte su representación de...
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Sharing loss as a community: Anaya's rite of passage to death
Review of The Old Man's Love Story: author, Rudolfo AnayaBy Adelina Ortiz de Hill, with Jaima ChevalierThe Old Man's Love Story begins with the title character's loss of a partner, companion and lover...
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“…fly like the proverbial bird”
Review of Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina: author, Raquel CepedaBy Thelma T. ReynaRaquel Cepeda’s memoir, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina, is authentically reflective of her prominence in...
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Una Noche Peregrina en la Tierra del DólarPor Alvaro RamirezMiró el reloj otra vez: quince para las cuatro. Se incorporó en el asiento apoyándose sobre los codos y echó una mirada alrededor: nada. La...
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To preserve our words is to free our people
Student, faculty and staff protest at UT Austin in 1974Photo by Alan PogueBased on an address May 18, 2013 by Professor Emilio Zamora as part of a symposium at the University of Texas at Austin...
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“The blessed tilma of San Juan Diego…crashed to the floor”
Extract from Desperado A Mile High Noir: author, Manuel RamosPrologueThe Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, a combination of tourist destination and sacred church, did not use metal...
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“…let 11 million hardworking people come out of the shadows”
Extract from Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Toward a Humanistic Paradigm, author Alvaro Huerta; photographs by Antonio TurokWe Need Humane Immigration Reform The time has arrived for...
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A Recipe for Sancocho: Add Words and Words
By Marco Emiliano NavarroHemorrhageMy head bleeds clichés never-ending,filled with negative nuances and catchphrase conundrums as I searchto siphon silly images that do me nogood, taking my imagination...
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"Quest for the life force in all things"
Extracts from Queer in Aztlán – Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out: with the introduction by the editors, Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Gibrán Güido and a memoir, Birth, by Gil...
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Numbers Count: The More Latino Teachers and Students the Better
Chicano kids circa 1979By Anne-Marie Nuñez and Elizabeth Murakami-RamalhoIn 2010, Maria Hernandez Ferrier was inaugurated as the first president of the new Texas A&M University campus in San...
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300 and counting…
EditorialThis writing marks the 300thitem to be published in this magazine, “Somos en escrito” (S.e.e.), covering three and one half years of publication. That total counts as one, the 21 chapters of...
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Latinos at the Golden Gate: A Living Legacy Bridging Generations
Review by Rose Castillo GuilbaultThe history of Latinos in the Southwest is filled with harrowing episodes of violence, treachery, and injustice. But the courage and strength of character Latinos had...
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The "better life" for Tío Chucho and Tía Chavela
Extract from Beneath the Halo, by Celeste Guzmán MendozaTío Chucho would have you believethat Tía Chavela was named for PortIsabel not a saint.He says this each time we drivetoward the bay, seagulls...
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"...from somewhere deep", palabras contra la Tempestad
Tempestad“Even in a storm, the rebozo serves a useful purpose, an umbrella to shield the woman from the torrents of tempest. . . ” —C.G.Deep Inside the StormBy Carmen TafollaHow COULD you?!YOU,...
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“Treaties are the supreme law of the land”: Article VII, U.S. Constitution
Extracts from The Great Sioux Nation: author, Roxanne Dunbar OrtizAuthor's Note to the New Edition, a Lakota historian's statement and a reviewUniversity of Nebraska Press, the esteemed publisher of...
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“I saw myself flying”: How a dream lifted the first African Americans to the...
Extract from The Challengers Aero Club:author, Severo PerezThe Challengers Aero Club, a novel by widely known Chicano filmmaker Severo Perez, is based on the lives of three remarkable aviators: Willa...
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