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SERGIO TRONCOSO A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT’S SON

Sergio Troncoso is an acclaimed author whose works include The Last Tortilla (1999), This Wicked Patch of Dust (2011) and Crossing Borders (2011). His most recent book is A Peculiar Kind of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, Sergio Troncoso

March 15, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2021 IN LITERATURE

In 2020, the Covid-19 virus devastated literature, public readings were prohibited and authors found it difficult to promote and sell their books. In spite of this, authors bounced back using the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Sergio Troncoso, Texas Institute of Letters, What to expect in 2021 in literautre

January 10, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLATICA IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON WRITING

In 2020 the coronavirus had an inordinate impact on writing and publishing in America. Authors were unable to make public appearances to promote their works. In this Latinopia Platica, Sergio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature Tagged With: Impact of Covid-19 on writers, Sergio Troncoso, Texas Institute of Letters

January 10, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD SERGIO TRONCOSO A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT’S SON

Sergio Troncoso is an author of short stories, essays and novels including The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (1999), The Nature of Truth (2003) and From This Wicked Patch of Dust (2011). His latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, Sergio Troncoso

October 5, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD SERGIO TRONCOSO CROSSING BORDERS

Latinopia Word Sergio Troncoso Crossing Borders from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Sergio Troncoso is an author of short stories, essays and novels including The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (1999), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Crossing Borders, Latino authors, Sergio Troncoso

May 24, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD TRONCOSO ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON

The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: American literary canon, Sergio Troncoso, Texas Institute of Letters

May 10, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

SERGIO TRONCOSO AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FICTION

Announcing the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction ($1,000).  Sergio Troncoso is author of  The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, and the novels The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Sergio Troncoso, Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction

December 3, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 10.31.25 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH CALAVERA POEMS

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

All Souls Day—El Día de los Muertos—is a sacred and joyful celebration deeply rooted in Mexican and Mexican American culture.  Observed this coming Sunday on November 2nd, it is a time when families gather to honor and remember their departed loved ones, not with sorrow, but with vibrant altars, marigolds, candles, and offerings of food, […]

SAL BALDENEGRO’S POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS 10.31.25

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Henry A. Wallace, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Vice President (1941–45) and Goodwill Ambassador to Latin America In over 2,700 marches and rallies throughout the country, more than seven million Americans participated in the recent “No Kings” events, the largest protest event […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.31.25 EVA MARENGO SANCHEZ IN CHEECH’S SOY DE TEJAS SHOW

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

Eva Marengo Sanchez, a native of San Antonio, is one of 38 Tejano artists in the Chicano exhibit, Soy de Tejas: A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art, at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. The exhibit features more than 100 artworks spanning painting, sculpture, photography, fiber, video, and installation. San Antonio, Texas, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.23.25

October 23, 2025 By wpengine

Gladys Roldan de Moras: A National Award-Winning Mexican and Western Art Painter Gladys Roldan de Moras is La Reina [Queen] of American Western art.   Since entering Western art shows, she has become the first Latina inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.  She is also the first woman and Latina to win […]

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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.

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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

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