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The Canción Cannibal Cabaret & Other Songs by Amalia L. Ortiz
Download Press Kit Set in a not-so-distant dystopian future, La Madre Valiente, a refugee raised under the oppressive State, studies secretly to become the leader of a feminist revolution. Her emissaries, Las Hijas de la Madre, roam the land spreading her story, educating others, and galvanizing allies. Read more…
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Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo’s Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005
Download Press Items Blurring the borders between literature, journalism, essay, history, memoir and short story, Las Nalgas de JLo is a non-fiction collection of columns, articles, reviews, and poems, most written by Renaud González between 1995-2005 when she was an independent columnist for the San Antonio Express-News. Read more…
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A Crown for Gumecindo by Laurie Ann Guerrero
Dedicated and addressed to the poet’s grandfather, A Crown for Gumecindo is a heroic crown of sonnets that chronicles the first year of grief experienced due to the loss of the family patriarch. Read more…
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At the Risk of Seeming Ridiculous: Poems from Cuba Libre by Ben Olguín
In the tradition of testimonial poets raúlrsalinas, Carolyn Forché, Luís Rodriguez, Martín Espada, Roberto Vargas and other politically-engaged writers, B.V. Olguín has written a lyric testament to the resilience of the Cuban people and their revolutionary spirit that has inspired legions throughout the world to fight for justice. Read more…
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Where the Reckless Ones Come to Die by Vincent Cooper
This 32-page chapbook contains eight poems by Vincent Cooper and is illustrated with eight black & white photographs by Desireé Escobedo. Read more…
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XicanX Notecards
The series features four representations of Valdez’s paintings, each on a 5” X 7” foldover notecard, commercially printed and reproduced in full color. Read more…
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Chicano Poet by Reyes Cárdenas
No one is safe from the satiric wit of Reyes Cárdenas. This Chicano master of Anti-Poetry exposes social truths in a cackling lexicon of critical insight, wry puns and hatchet wordplay. Read more…
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Nahualliandoing Dos: An Anthology in Nahuatl, Español and English
This 52-page publication includes 28 poems by 19 poets from around the U.S., amongst them such veteran writers as Francisco Alarcón, Carlos Cumpián, Reyes Cárdenas, and Esmeralda Bernal. Read more…
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For The City That Nearly Broke Me by Barbara Jane Reyes
Incantatory, gritty, at times heartbreaking, and, yes, celebratory, these poems are amulets for our broken world. –R. Zamora Linmark, author of Drive-By Vigils and The Evolution of a Sigh. In this fierce, feisty, anaphora-filled shakedown serenade, Reyes hard-scrambles our senses to position us firmly in poetry meant to electro-charge our attention real. Read more…
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Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words by Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Two scholarly essays by the award-winning educator, author and Professor of History at UCLA, Juan Gómez-Quiñones. “Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words” begins: “American Indian ancestries and heritages ought to be integral to K-12 curriculums and university explorations and graduate expositions for obvious reasons – contemporary universalist understandings. Read more…
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Aztec Calendar Coloring Book
The 20 day signs included in the Aztec Calendar Coloring Book (8 ½” X 11” format) are black and white computer-enhanced line drawings of the Aztec symbols representing Crocodile, Wind, House, Lizard, Serpent, Death, Deer, Rabbit, Water, Dog, Monkey, Grass, Reed, Jaguar, Eagle, Buzzard, Movement, Flint, Rain, and Flower. Read more…
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Tunaluna by alurista
Tunaluna is classic alurista: passionate, sensuous, and political. Read more…