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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

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 11.05.26 WHERE IS THE LOVE?

November 5, 2026 By wpengine

Where is the love? And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Saul of Tarsus, aka Paul the Apostle (Chapter 13, First Letter to the Corinthians) The Apostle Paul’s epistles are a key feature of Christian teachings. Charity, as posited by Paul in Corinthians 13, is love. [“Caritas,” […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.05.26 LATINO ARTISTS INSPIRED BY MEXICAN FOOD TRADITIONS

November 5, 2026 By wpengine

The 17th Annual Mole Feast: A Taste of Cuisine, Culture and Art opened last week on October 15, 2026 at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Curated by Edna Lugo, the exhibit included 35 artists. I am most familiar with the following ten artists: Rolando Briseño, Carolina Flores, Maria Jessica Brown, Hector Garza, Jacinto Guevara, Frank Harris, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.29.26 LATINO ART FOR THE FALL IN SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS

October 29, 2026 By wpengine

Latino art has come of age in the Southwest and beyond, and October is a banner month for Chicano and Mexican art exhibitions in Texas. In mid-October, San Antonio galleries opened three exhibits devoted to the Latino experience. This essay covers the Mercardo/Materials exhibit at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio’s downtown Market Square, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.23.26. LATINA ARTISTS EXPLORE THEMES OF MIGRATION, BORDERS AND CULTURAL PERSISTENCE

October 24, 2026 By wpengine

Latina artists are becoming especially active in painting and sculpture in Southwestern communities with large Latino populations, including Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio. In this essay, I highlight two Latina artists who held successful art shows in San Antonio, Texas, over the past year. I begin with the renowned textile weaver Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. […]

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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 […]

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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.

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