WORD VISION with HARRYGAMBOA JR. 6.22.14 “SWERVE”
SWERVE By Harry Gamboa Jr. Man: We’ve been stuck in traffic for the last three hours. Countless cars in front of our SUV preventing us from moving forward and so many behind us … [Read more...]
WORD VISION with HARRY GAMBOA JR. 2.17.14 “GIRAFFES…”
GIRAFFES AND OTHER GENTLE CREATURES. The barrels of their rifles and guns are placed against my neck and head as I’m ordered to look ahead and march forward along a gauntlet of jeering citizens who … [Read more...]
WORD VISION with HARRY GAMBOA JR. “WHITEWASH”
WHITEWASH During the late 20th Century, the following anonymous graffiti was spray painted across Southern California on surfaces of numerous buildings, sidewalks, freeways, freestanding … [Read more...]
WORD VISION with HARRY GAMBOA, JR. 10.06.13
End of an Era/Error by Harry Gamboa Jr. Man in His 50s: That was absolutely exhilarating. A decade of chaos complicated by strict rules of order in a society that has denounced its own … [Read more...]
WORD VISION with HARRY GAMBOA, JR. 6.02.13
Bow Tie In 1958, I was seven years old when I witnessed my grandfather, Mariano Perez, undergoing the Catholic ritual of Last Rites. He was silent as the priest said prayers and my mother and … [Read more...]