Roll Out the Collection: Chola Debut
Book review for “Chola Salvation,” the debut book by Eastside native Estella Gonzalez. Continue reading Roll Out the Collection: Chola Debut
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Book Review: Life—Orange to Pear by John Brantingham
By Kendall JohnsonFROM: Cultural Weekly Once a wise and powerful wizard pulled a small but brilliant gem out of a leather pouch and laid it on the table before a cluster of his closest friends. As they leaned over and and peered into the depths of the tiny gemstone, the mysteries and terrors of the universe were revealed. Such is John Brantingham’s latest collection of … Continue reading Book Review: Life—Orange to Pear by John Brantingham
POETRY: Mowing Down Statues and Tipping Sacred Cows
In poet Matt Sedillo’s book “Mowing Leaves of Grass” he discusses lived experience, a Chicano growing up in the barrio, all while critiquing American society and history. Continue reading POETRY: Mowing Down Statues and Tipping Sacred Cows
Review: The Cowboys of Compton, First a Curiosity and Then a Legacy
“In certain parts of South L.A., ‘wild’ was a power flex, a way to self-name. As writer and photographer Walter Thompson-Hernández illuminates in his ambitious new book, ‘The Compton Cowboys.'” Continue reading Review: The Cowboys of Compton, First a Curiosity and Then a Legacy
Book Review: Let the Buzzards Eat Me Whole
By Scott Neuffer
FROM: Trampset
My wife tells me not to talk about it: her trauma. She survived the dirty wars in Peru. If you talk, you die, she tells me. People don’t talk about it. The dead are dead. The living go on. Sorry, it’s not my place, I say. But these ghosts. I can feel them.
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A CLEANSING TORNADO: HEART LIKE A WINDOW, MOUTH LIKE A CLIFF BY SARA BORJAS
By Emily Perez
FROM: The Rumpus
I had the privilege of spending a few days with Sara Borjas at the CantoMundo retreat in the summer of 2016. She is electric—smart, funny, sassy, vulnerable—and these qualities come through immediately in her debut collection, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff. The title indicates the heart will be fully exposed—a “window” that can be seen and seen through—but the mouth is another story. The image of the “cliff” suggests that the speaker’s words will present obstacles and launching points, precarious ledges and walls to slam against.
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