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ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.22.12 “HOW I LEARNED ABOUT LYING”

When I was twelve years old I joined the Boy Scouts and that’s when I learned about lying and just how difficult it was going to be for me to be a Mexican zombie AND a Boy Scout. One day when I was … [Read more...]

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July 23, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 6.10.12 “MY SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE PROJECT”

One of the worst things about being a Zombie is people think you are stupid. Have you seen those movies where the Zombies stumble about and come close to killing the hero of the film but somehow they … [Read more...]

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June 8, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIAIRES 1.12.14 “PLAN OF ATTACK!’

PLAN OF ATTACK! “Oñate is vain,” Mr. Nez intoned, as he adjusted the display of a power point presentation projected on a large posterboard screen behind him. “It’s a weakness we will … [Read more...]

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January 12, 2014 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 12.15.13 “CAMP HASCAWALLA”

CAMP HASCAWALLA “Listen up! Everything you are going to learn in the next few weeks is a matter of life and death. YOUR life and death. We’ll soon be heading for the Oñate compound --pay attention … [Read more...]

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December 15, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 5.05.13

CAMP HASCAWALLA “Listen up! Everything you are going to learn in the next few weeks is a matter of life and death. YOUR life and death. We’ll soon be heading for the Oñate compound --pay attention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano zombies, growing up Chicano, growing up Hispanic, Latino zombies, Mexican Zombie, Zombies

May 5, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 4.06.13

KING OF TEXCOCO. The news that Mr. Nez, leader of the La Familia band of zombies, was indeed the legendary Aztec poet King Nezahualcoyotl was stunning. It made Pearl and I devoted students of “The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Latino zombies, Mexican zombies, Zombies

April 6, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 1.14.13

THE WATCH The meeting of La Familia, the secret society of Zombies, began with Mrs. Falcón rising from her seat to address the gathering. There were two hundred of us there. She took a moment to … [Read more...]

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January 14, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 8.26.12 “TATTOOS, SCIENCE FICTION AND ME”

By the middle of my first year at Lincoln Middle School, the buzz was all about tattoos. I was in the seventh grade then and everyone seemed to have them--gang boys, study boys, nerd boys and, yes, … [Read more...]

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August 27, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.29.12 “MY FIRST CAMPING TRIP”

Several weeks after I joined the Boy Scouts, Mr. Brown, our Scoutmaster, announced that we were going to go on our first week-end camping trip at the Boy Scout camp in Big Bear. My first camping trip … [Read more...]

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July 30, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.16.12 “WHAT I LEARNED FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC”

I got my first library card at the Benjamin Franklin library on East First Street in Boyle Heights. Then we moved to Lincoln Heights–nearby but a whole new neighborhood.  One of the first things I did … [Read more...]

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July 16, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.02.12 “A ZOMBIE FOURTH OF JULY”

I never really appreciated the Fourth of July until I was 11 years old. That’s when my teacher, Mrs, Rosewell, invited me to her home in South Pasadena for a bar-b-que dinner, to meet her two kids, … [Read more...]

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July 2, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 6.24.12 “MY ZOMBIE ROLE MODEL”

When I was 13 I became acutely aware of the need to have a zombie role model. By then my mom had moved us from the run-down house in Boyle Heights. The house was infested with cockroaches (which I … [Read more...]

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June 24, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 6.03.12 “LUNCH AT SCHOOL”

Pearl González giving me back my dollar bill and telling me that she didn’t need money to be my friend made me realize, in my eight year old mind, that perhaps romance was not out of the … [Read more...]

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June 4, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 5.20.12 “MY CUMPLEANOS PARTY – NOT”

As I may have mentioned before, it’s not easy being a Mexican and a Zombie. It’s caused me to be a bit of a loner–not out of preference, mind you, just kind of the way things turned out. I think  it … [Read more...]

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May 20, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 1.28.14 “THE RAID”

THE RAID. We left the secret La Familia zombie training camp at Joshua Tree at two in the morning. Filomino Brancos, our combat trainer, estimated that the drive to the Oñate zombie compound at Big … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano zombies, Latino Science Fiction, Latino zombies, Mexican zombies, What's New, zombie mex diaries, Zombies

January 28, 2014 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 1.19.14 “WHO IS MY FATHER?”

WHO IS MY FATHER? It took a moment for me to realize that I had collapsed onto a chair in the main cabin of the secret Joshua Tree zombie training camp. The impact of seeing Juan de Oñate’s photo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano zombies, Latino zombies, Mexican zombies, Zombies

January 19, 2014 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 12.29.13 “BASIC TRAINING”

BASIC TRAINING. The last moment of civilized rest any of us zombies got for a while was the Mother’s Day picnic in Joshua Tree. That’s the picnic I didn’t attend because the Oñate zombies had … [Read more...]

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December 30, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 12.08.13 “THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE”

THE WORSE DAY OF MY LIFE. At seven on the dot there was a group of about eight of us sitting around a large conference table in room 27 of the secret Mano Poderosa underground laboratory under the … [Read more...]

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December 8, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 3.11.13

VIDA. “Just remember, you’re here to visit a sick relative. If anyone asks, it’s your uncle José on your mother’s side.” Having narrowly escaped the bombarding metal darts of the Oñate zombie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: chicano fiction, Chicano zombies, Latino zombies, Mexican zombies, Zombies

March 11, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 3.02.13

ESCAPE! We had been walking steadily for about a half hour. Lazaro De La Tierra, boy zombie, Pearl Gonzalez, the most beautiful zombie woman in the world, were being led by the mysterious Mr. Nez … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano zombies, Latino zombies, Zombies

March 3, 2013 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 9.24.12 “THE SEARCH FOR FALCÓN”

My search for La Señora Falcón, the woman who raised me from the dead and transformed me into a zombie, began with a trek to the old neighborhood–Boyle Heights. I figured that if this bruja had once … [Read more...]

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September 24, 2012 by JT

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.02.22 – LUIS VALDERAS, A FUTURIST ARTIST

July 2, 2022 By wpengine

Luis Valderas: A Futuristic Latino Artist Luis Valderas traces his artistic development to his early years working in the family-owned flower and ceramic shop in McAllen, Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. During his time away from school, he joined his brothers and sister in manufacturing flower arrangements and making ceramic figures to sell in the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT – GASPAR ENRIQUEZ – KEEPING CULTURE VIBRANT

June 25, 2022 By wpengine

Latino Borderland Artists In El Paso’s Mission Valley Keep History and Culture Vibrant The borderland artists of the El Paso-Isleta-San Elizario region, known as the Mission Valley, represent nearly 350 years of history and tradition. Spanish colonizers first arrived in that region in 1598 when Juan de Oñate and 129 soldiers and families crossed the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT XAVIER GARZA PREMIER STORYTELLER

June 18, 2022 By wpengine

Xavier Garza, Latino Artist and Author: A Premier Storyteller Xavier Garza grew up among storytellers in his hometown of Rio Grande City along the Texas-Mexico border. The best of the storytellers included his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. When his parents, who made a living as migrant farm workers, left annually to pick the crops in […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.11.22

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