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LATINOPIA WORD ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA ON JOHN RECHY

Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a scholar, cultural critic, novelist and poet whose many works include Desert Blood - The Juarez Murders (2005) and Calligraphy of the Witch (2007). Here she comments on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, John Rechy

March 29, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD TEXAS AUTHORS HONOR JOHN RECHY

In 2020 the Texas Institute of Letters, an honorary literary society, honored author John Rechy with its highest recognition, a Lifetime Achievement Award.  Here scholars, authors and critics attest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Hector Calderon, John Rechy, Jon Kirsch, Marsha Kinder, Steve Davis, Texas Institute of Letters

March 22, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD “CALLIGRAPHY OF THE WITCH”

Latinopia Word Calligraphy of the Witch from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a prolific author whose novel Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders has won national acclaim. Her latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Calligraphy of the Witch, Latina authors, Latina writings, Lesbian authors

July 15, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 03.15.24 THE IRISH-CHICANO NEXUS

March 15, 2024 By wpengine

Irish-Chicano Nexus “I’m gonna wear the green sneakers I wore last year to a St.Pat’s party.” Mexican American young man, overheard in a grocery store checkout line. Waiting in line at the grocery store recently, I overheard two young (mid-, late-20s) Mexican Americans talking about their plans for St. Patrick’s Day. She said she was […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.15.26 MUJERES DE FUERZA WOMEN OF STRENGTH EXHIBIT AT CENTRO CULTURAL AZTLAN

March 15, 2026 By wpengine

  This year’s Centro Cultural Aztlan’s Women Exhibit, Las Mujeres de Aztlan: Mujeres de Fuerza–Women of Strength, celebrated International Women’s Month. Curated by artist Terry Ybanez, the March 6, 2026 opening at the Centro in San Antonio, Texas drew a large crowd of Latina/o art lovers. The art show, which included 38 local artists, was beautiful, […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.15.26 (ENGLISH) A PRETEXT

March 15, 2026 By wpengine

Pretext Dreams have an important role in people’s lives. Sometimes as premonitions, sometimes cryptic and mysterious, capricious and occasionally the odd nightmare. I’m busy with those dreams which serve as inspiration, those which mark the way and feed motivation. Part of their charm is that they are at times remote, difficult, sometimes impossible. Those Quixotesque […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.06.26 CRUZ ORTIZ A LATINO ENTREPENEUR

March 6, 2026 By wpengine

Cruz Ortiz is a prominent San Antonio-based contemporary artist known for his Chicano-Pop style and his social activism through art. He blends personal South Texas experiences with pop culture, consumer imagery, and political themes. Ortiz’s work features bold screen prints, abstract portraits, dream-like landscapes, murals, videos, sculptures, and public installations using murals and puppet shows […]

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By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed  with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile.  A real […]

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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