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LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA “GRAFT”

Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and narrative writer whose collection of short stories, Graft, centers on the lives of Latinos residing in Whittier and surrounding Orange County … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD Tagged With: Chicana authors, Graft, Margaret Elysia Garcia

April 17, 2026 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ANDREA GUTÍERREZ ON “HOW TO GROW OLD”

Latinopia Word How to Grow Old from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Andrea Gutierrez is a poet and short story writer. Her works have been published in Mujeres de Maiz, Bitch and make/shift. Here she reads … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Andrea Guttierez, Chicana authors, How to Grow Old, Huizache, Latina Writers

July 23, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD LUCHA CORPI ON CRIME WRITING

Lucha Corpi is the author of such crime novels as Eulogy for a Brown Angel, Cactus Blood, Death at Solstice and others. Latinopia asked Lucha about writing crime novels and how that differs from her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Cactus Blood, Chicana authors, Death at Solstice, Eulogy for a Brown Angel, Gloria Damasco mysteries, Lucha Corpi

April 6, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD PAT MORA REMEMBERS TOMÁS RIVERA

Dr. Tomás Rivera ( 1935-1984) is the pioneering author of the acclaimed novel "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him." An activist and educator, Tomás was the first Chicano to be named Chancellor within … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: And the earth did not devour him, Chicana authors, Dr. Tomás Rivera, Pat Mora, Tomás and teh Library Lady, What's New

September 16, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 9.04.26 WOMEN AND LABOR

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

  Women and Labor… Labor Day is nigh upon us, and there’ll be a plethora of postings exalting workers, unions, etc. I thought I’d get a leg up and comment on a topic that deserves our attention and respect – women in the labor movement, historically and contemporaneously. [Note: in different contexts, I’ve written about […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.04.26 MY FOTO SEPTIEMBRE

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

The Centro Cultural Aztlán’s upcoming photographic exhibition, which opens on Thursday evening, September 3, 2026, in conjunction with San Antonio’s FotoSeptiembre, offers a powerful celebration of Mexican American life as lived, remembered, and continually reimagined. Curated by historian and documentary photographer Ricardo Romo, this year’s FotoSeptiembre at the Centro features the works of thirteen photographers, […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 9.04.26 ” 9/11 LEST WE FORGET”

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

Lest we Forget.  On the solemnity of this special day–September 11, 2001, twenty-five years ago, this coming September 11, 2026, we cried, America cried, a day that will never be forgotten as we pause to remember those innocent victims, with sorrow in our hearts and a pain that will never be erased, who were incinerated […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.28.26 EL OTRO CAMINO: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ

August 28, 2026 By wpengine

A new exhibition, “El Otro Camino: An Intimate Portrait of César A. Martínez,” opened in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, August 22, 2026. It is the first large-scale comprehensive exhibition by the acclaimed San Antonio Chicano artist in the El Paso Southwest region. Guest-curated by Diana Molina and organized by the El Paso Mexican American […]

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LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

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 […]

Category: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD

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

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