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Arts & Culture on the Corner with Gabriel San Román
Spotlighting our local and diverse O.C. communities and global topics that traverse our streets.
Finding More Than Jewels
Tiny Review by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes Old California Strikes Back, by Scott Russell Duncan, is a genre-blending work that combines memoir...
Apr 42 min read
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Xicanx Cyberpunk a Big Race for a Better World
by Scott Russell Duncan Daizee & the Dukes of Chuco has got it all: future tech, environmentalism, empowerment, great setting, and the...
Jan 33 min read
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Sing Out, Country Girl
In her debut collection of poetry The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket, Kinsale Drake reclaims these symbols as important aspects of her Diné her
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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Lesbian experience through Eileen Myles’ ‘’double life’’
by Sara Ricci Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Eileen Myles' I Must Be Living Twice is a vibrant, thought-provoking collection that...
Aug 2, 20243 min read
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Altars For Abuelas
by Olivia Muñoz Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Anyone who has sat at the foot of their grandmother listening to stories, or...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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A Palestinian Political Prisoner's Reprise
How do we come to terms with solidarity and liberation amidst the mass censorship of history and the erasure of Indigenous ways?
Jun 7, 20243 min read
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WHAT LOVE SHOULDN’T BE IN MACHADO’S EERIE DREAM HOUSE
...“In the Dream House” challenges traditional narrative structures while exploring the complexities of queer domestic abuse.
May 3, 20243 min read
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Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites, an Invitation to Get Involved.
The poet never forgets where she came from, and actively seeks for her ancestors in the battlefield...
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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Mutual Aid at the Heart of “Gordo”
At the heart of California’s farmworker communities, the most valuable thing people have is each other.
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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Walking a Fine Line In History
by Erin Rubin Part of LM Voices' Tiny Reviews series Jennifer Wright's book Madame Restell sets out to rectify an injustice: Madame...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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Crossing Into Understanding
by Reggie Peralta From LM Voices' Deconstructing Academia series Originally published in 2013, Global Crossings: Immigration,...
Jul 7, 20234 min read
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Plastic Spoons in the Inland Empire
by Joe Lopez part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series “I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth, the pink kind you get at Dairy...
May 5, 20233 min read
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Trafficking in Death Brings Forth Life
by Daniel Arbino Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Pared down, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel When We Were Birds (2022) is a...
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Next Time Will Be Better
by Luz Schweig Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Reviews series Carmen Rita Wong’s memoir Why Didn’t You Tell Me? traces the turbulent path of a...
Jan 6, 20233 min read
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Meeting La Llorona Head On
by Damaris Leal Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series Have you ever wondered if witches need healing? In her novel River Woman River...
Nov 4, 20222 min read
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Maria, Maria and Other Stories Finds Magic in the Cracks of Reality
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series The debut short story collection by Marytza K. Rubio, Maria, Maria and Other...
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Transcending Reality with Blue Agave
A Review by Joe Armando Lopez Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series As Maya Hidalgo carries her father’s casket in procession through...
Aug 5, 20223 min read
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Growing Up Means Coming Home
by Jasmin Flores Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series “I think that many writers and storytellers believe that stories that don’t want...
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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Exploring Vargas Llosa's Neighborhood
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series The Neighborhood is a deceptively multifaceted offering from Nobel Prize...
Jun 3, 20222 min read
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Home Is Remembering
by Brenda Celina García Ramos From LM Voices' Tiny Reviews series Alejandra Algorta's debut novel evokes the richness of memory,...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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Gabriel San Román is a contributor to Times OC and a former OC Weekly staff writer. Subscribe to his weekly Slingshot! Newsletter. And in case anyone is wondering, he's still the tallest Mexican in OC.
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