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La Bloga- Chicano Kickstarting graphic novelist May 20, 2013posting by RudyG[Daniel Olivas returns next Monday.]El VezRicardo AcuñaI was surprised last year to run across Ricardo Acuña's Kickstarter campaign fundraising for his first graphic novel The Realm. It was described as: "A supernatural, dark and gritty graphic novel about a thief searching for buried treasure who must overcome his greed in order to […]Contributing Bloguistas:
- The Land of Enchantment: A Poetic Journey May 19, 2013Olga García EcheverríaGeorgia O'Keefe: Pedernal 1941I’m in New Mexicoon a do-it-yourself writing retreat with three kindred spirits—Our Lady of Birds, Snake Woman, and Little Dog. We’re here because we are of the philosophy that hibernation is critical to artistic germination. No one is going to give us a week of our own to create poems or carve prayer […]Olga Garcia Echeverria
- Hot jazz. Hot cubana. Hot art. Hot fighting the heat. May 18, 2013Denver's Five Points Jazz Festival todayExperience the music, culture and roots of Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood at the free 10th Annual Five Points Jazz Festival today, Saturday, May 18. Along Welton St. from 11am to 8pm, six stages present many of Denver's finest jazz musicians. Other events include tennis lessons for kids under […]Contributing Bloguistas:
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- Lunes con Lalo: Institutional Alternatives July 2, 2012Lalo DelgadoInstitutional Alternatives “These palomas like I, belong here in the barrio?”by Abelardo B. Delgado Share I found our city to be lacking in terms of enough alternatives. The same story of long-waited lists was told by two manager of the two high-rise housing units. I was happy to learn that some two such high-rise units are scheduled to be erecte […]Raymundo Eli Rojas
- Rodolfo F. Acuña: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty A Stupid Question July 2, 2012Rodolfo F. AcuñaIs the Glass Half Full or Half EmptyA Stupid QuestionBy Rodolfo F. AcuñaShare The day the Supreme Court handed down its decision Arizona’s SB 1070, I received about a dozen text messages saying, “We won!” Knowing the history of the Court and dealing with this sort of wrongheaded thinking since the Bakke Case of 1978, I knew t […]Raymundo Eli Rojas
- Untitled May 25, 2012Arturo Islas Born on This Day(May 25, 1938 – February 15, 1991)ShareRaymundo Eli Rojas
- Lunes con Lalo: SOUL FOOD: Abelardo Delgado and the Word May 7, 2012SOUL FOOD: Abelardo Delgado and the Word Keynote presentation at the 5thAnnual Lalo Delgado Poetry Festival, Metropolitan State University, Denver, Colorado, April 24, 2012. By Felipe de Ortego y GascaScholar in Residence/Founding Member, Past Chair, and Member of the Executive Committee (2008-2011), Department of Chicana/Chicano and Hemispheric Studies, Wes […]Raymundo Eli Rojas
- 4-20 Revisits April 20, 2012Saving ASARCO's smokestack to create “superjoint” to cost $14M Preserving ASARCO's smokestack to make a giant marijuana joint to the benefit of UT El Paso (UTEP) students would cost $14 million a new study says.Last year, the City of El Paso held public meetings regarding the fate of the old American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) smelter. […]Raymundo Eli Rojas
- Librotraficante Caravan Stops in El Paso Tomorrow!!!!! March 13, 2012 Raymundo Eli Rojas
- UT El Paso Student Health Services Prepares for Chipotle Grand Opening March 13, 2012ShareAP Associated Pest UT El Paso (UTEP) Student Health Services Prepares for Chipotle Grand OpeningCholera Epidemic Imminentby Dolores TómagoPosted: 03/13/2012 12:17:33 AM MDT ShareUTEP Student Health Services has gone into “Disaster Alert” as El Paso's first Chipotle is set to open this week across from UTEP's Don Haskin's Center. Chipol […]Raymundo Eli Rojas
- Lunes con Lalo: Institutional Alternatives July 2, 2012
I am looking for a poem dealing with Latino veterans. Do you know of any by chance?
Thanks,
Marisa
I’m sorry Marisa, nothing comes to mind except the Rolas de Aztlan CD, on which you’ll find a song related to Vietnam.
Songs of the Chicano Movement
I have a poem about a Chicano Vietnam-era figure in my book Coyote Sun
(March Abrazo Press, 1990). The book is in its 4th printing, yes its still in print.