A Tejano kid meets the San Patricios | Un Tejanito se encuentra con Los San...
Extract from The Adventures of Noldo and His Magical Scooter on the March with The St. Patrick’s Battalion: author, Armando RendónChapter 2 “Abuelita! ¿Donde esta?” where was she, he called out,...
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Extract from Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives: author, Veronica ReyesDesert Rain:blessing the land Thick clouds pulled over the cielo like a charcoal rebozo Loud claps pounded as if...
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Extract from Geronimo: author, Carlos MelendrezChapter 11 : Completing the JourneyPrevious chapters serve to inform us, and equip Apaches, and the Geronimo’s, with historical and current details...
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Extracts from This River Here: author, Carmen TafollaRiver Music Curving into its cálido colors mirrored against its own marbled movement this stream has always sprung simply smoothly from the heart of...
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Election ToysAcrylic Painting, 24"x30", Catalog #1053, by Jose Esquivel, San Antonio artistFor more catalog information, contact Jose at barrio_usa@hotmail.com.
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Movement: Birth of Chicanismo
Extract from Making Aztlán: Ideology and Culture of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, 1966-1977: authors, Juan Gomez-Quiñones and Irene Vásquez Juan Gomez-Quiñones and Irene Vásquez provide a...
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Two books, published back to back, with colleague writer, Lucha Corpi, reviewing and interviewing the authors.By Lucha CorpiMemories, Cuentos Verídicos, y Otras Outright Lies, by Arturo...
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View ArticleNo boundaries for Latino/a Spec Lit
Latino/a Rising: An Anthology of U.S. Latino/a Speculative Fiction will be the first anthology to bring together U.S. Latinos/as who are working in science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative...
View ArticleHow Chicanos Can Save Humanity: Imaginate! Part III -- Give Chicanos a Chance
Proposed Latino Museum in Washington, D.C.Potential Shelter from an AsteroidExtract from Scientific Revolutions, Chicano Art & Social Change (or, * Tractatus Chicanus Philosophicus): author, Sonny...
View ArticleHow Chicanos Can Save Humanity: Imaginate! Part II -- 'The Last Lecture'
Chicano Artist Depiction of TeotihuacanPotential Shelter from an AsteroidExtract from Scientific Revolutions, Chicano Art, Social Change (or, * Tractatus Chicanus Philosophicus): author, Sonny Boy...
View ArticleHow Chicanos Can Save Humanity: Imaginate! Part I
Extract from Scientific Revolutions, Chicano Art & Social Change (or, * Tractatus Chicanus Philosophicus): author, Sonny Boy AriasSomos en escrito Magazine is honored to premiere an astounding...
View Article“hold your hands up...breathe and someone will take it"
Ferguson here, everywhereFor Michael, Tamir, Tanesha, Erica, John, Akai, Darrien, Sean, Amadou and all othersBy Raina Leónit dances, swift licks of red, golda heat to gild the body warm safebut this...
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“One of those huge mistakes…”Extract from Manuel of the Americas - Historia de Fuertes Amores: author, David RoybalThis excerpt from Chapter 7 tells of Manuel Rodriguez's return to his home in La...
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What little we know for Dilawar of Yakubi, died December 10, 2002 in Bagram Prison, in Afghanistan did a thorn-crowned jewcarry your invisible crossthe last hundred yardsdid...
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Nuestra Señoraby Jose EsquivelAcrylic, 20x30Catalog #1003Jose Esquivel is a noted Chicano painter in San Antonio, Texas. Many of his works depict life in the West Side Barrio. His works are available...
View ArticleToma una carta, cualquier carta : Take a card, any card
Toma una carta, cualquier carta : Take a card, any cardPoems/Poemas from El Diablito y La Rosa--The Little Devil and The Rose: by/por Viola Canales46. El solCuando se pone caliente, caliente, caliente,...
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We are all Manuel es nosotros todosReseña de Manuel of the Américas: Historia de Fuertes Amores (The English version follows) Por Carlos...
View ArticleEl Cucuy, sin embargo, puede cambiar : The Cucuy still can change
Chicano ConfidentialEl Cucuy, sin embargo, puede cambiar : The Cucuy still can change By Sonny Boy Arias (with his photographs of Cuba)(Somos en escrito introduces Chicano Confidential, a premier...
View ArticleDo You Love Me? A story for the holidays
Do You Love Me?By Magdaleno “Leno” Rose-AvilaA MexicanAmerican (Chicano) Holiday StoryLas Animas, Colorado, 1969The Avila Family: Father - Marcos Trinidad AvilaMother - Carmen Montez Avila Both were...
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