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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.
5 QBIPOC Artists in California to Know
Let’s take a moment to highlight 5 Queer BIPOC artists in California who are using their art forms to create change...
Sep 3, 20214 min read
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¡Papi! Comes Out
by David Lopez Part of our Tiny Review series When John Paul (J.P.) Brammer was introduced to Grindr by a friend, little did he know that...
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Lighting Up Santa Ana
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series Eric Cocoletzi’s debut release Light One Up and Pop One Open is a punchy...
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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From Anaheim to TimesOC, Gabriel San Román Shares his Journey Towards Journalism
"I feel I have something to express out into the world,” said San Román, “and that is best done through storytelling."
Aug 6, 20215 min read
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The King of Short Stories
by Erin Rubin Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The King of Lighting Fixtures is a book to pick up over and over again; there’s...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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‘Canciones Bordadas’ Radio Show Stitches the Sounds of Santa Ana Together
“It’s all over the place,” Velasco says of her playlists, with a laugh. “That’s how I am. I don’t like listening to just one genre. I’ll get
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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Medie’s Revolutionary Woman
by Tryphena Yeboah Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series “I had been married for almost eight weeks and there was still no husband...
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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Between OC and OJ, the Lives of ‘The Lockhart Women’ Delight in Debut Novel
Ninety-five million viewers tune into the spectacle, but Brenda Lockhart exchanges a quick glance with Simpson up close and personal as his
Jun 4, 20214 min read
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History is Healing as the Heritage Museum of Orange County Finally Reopens!
“I kept getting sympathy messages,” she says. “I felt the complete opposite. I’ve had nine years to brew ideas in my head that we just
May 7, 20214 min read
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Ancestral Advice and Rebirth in Coatlicue Girl
by Yvonne Su Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Coatlicue Girl is a bilingual collection of poems and stories from Gris Muñoz....
May 7, 20212 min read
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Tugging On Hunger’s Heart In Margarita Engle’s Your Heart My Sky
by Patricia Amoroto Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The first page of Your Heart My Sky by Margarita Engle hangs on the...
May 7, 20212 min read
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Richie Narvaez’s Noiryorican: A Criminal Short Fiction Collection
by Adriana Erin Rivera Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series A dash of Nuyorican attitude, a sprinkle of sophisticated syntax, and...
Apr 2, 20212 min read
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Frosty Heats Up OC's Hip-Hop Scene With Her Rebel Rhymes
“I found a creative outlet in my journals,” says Frosty. “A lot of it was expressing my frustrations in coming to terms with the dark realit
Apr 2, 20214 min read
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Vulnerable and Intimate Voices in Shire’s Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
by Tryphena Yeboah Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The poems in Warsan Shire’s Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth explore...
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Liberals' Foothold in Mass Incarceration
by Reggie Peralta Deconstructing Academia Review Dissecting the origins of mass incarceration, Naomi Murakawa’s The First Civil Right:...
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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Santa Ana Poet Finds His Way Back Home With ‘Flower Grand First’
“It just felt fitting to have those intersections of the city as the title of my book.”
Mar 5, 20214 min read
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A Stunning Snapshot of Graciela Iturbide’s Life
by Yvonne Su Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Photographic follows the life of Graciela Iturbide, the Mexican artist whose...
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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‘The Saints of Santa Ana’ Shows Ethnic Identity Isn’t Far From God
“Where does religion begin and where does ethnic identity end?” he asked himself. “The life of the community was so intertwined with the lif
Feb 5, 20215 min read
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Alan Chazaro’s Piñata Theory
by Gustavo Hernandez Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Alan Chazaro’s Piñata Theory begins with something that can be construed...
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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In Fiebre Tropical, a Bilingual Teen Comes-of-Age in Miami
by Rose Bialer Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Juli Delgado Lopera’s multi-lingual novel Fiebre Tropical opens in an...
Feb 5, 20213 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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