Nice bit of news this week to have a poem, ‘My First Cancer Poem’ nominated for recognition. (A revised version is included in the new collection MY BOOK OF THE DEAD. More news about that very soon!)
Continue readingLatinos comprise 60% COVID-19 cases in CaliforniaTroubles have recently compounded with devastating fires. At the U.S./Mexican border there remains the disgraceful detention of brown children separated from parents who legally sought asylum. We send our hopes for continued surviving and thriving to all in that wonderful state.
Continue readingKushner the Wunderknabe (alias Damien Thorn) pointed us to the Cheshire Cat.
Continue readingI received my Bachelor’s Degree in Chicago to have been named the Distinguished Alumnus of 2020.
‘The Northeastern Illinois University Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest alumni honor the University bestows.
Continue readingRemembering my days in NYC 2017-20 through the rebozos y chales… The traditional rebozo has been used by Mexican indigenous and mestizas for centuries. It is utilitarian, symbolic of tribal. and regional affiliations, represents our femininity, humbleness and our pride. Yes, I was writing poems. The collection is called: My Book of the Dead.
Continue readingLa Tolteca 2.0 September 4,2020 We are pleased to present La Tolteca 2.0 Issue#5 . We celebrate New York, New York lifetime creatives. Folks featured here have been thriving in NYC for decades but in 202o, added survival skills with COVID-19 pandemic, protests and riots, businesses closing down and being shut-in dealing with health issues, learning…
Continue readingWhatever the outcome, we very likely face a second civil war. Unlike what was talked about in the 1960s, it won’t be started by the oppressed or the ‘resistance.’
Continue readingWhen I read BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME at times I was unable to get through passages because my eyes welled with tears and memories of growing up, becoming an adult brown woman in the United States–from mid-twentieth century through the 21st and sharing the pain of being born in a world not meant for you.
Continue readingEinstein Visa Awardee Melania Trump (who worked illegally in this country and after her powerful husband arranged a visa which thereby deprived a truly brilliant person of a visa, and immediately after, she brought over her parents, who last night said she came here, studied and worked hard to get her citizenship) and who mainly regards each official business appearance as a fashion photo shoot may have been going for the Elizabeth II WWII,…
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