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Canto XLIX: The Voice
Gentle cabrones:
Almost from the time I was born, I was told I had a Voice.
My mami still revels in telling everyone I hissed whenever she or others tried to hold me (literally, a hiss:...
Canto XLVIII: Ask a Mexican with Glasses ANYTHING!
Gentle cabrones:
The biggest transition I've had to make so far in my professional career is that I'm not a professional columnist anymore.
From 2002 until the end of 2018, I had to do at least...
Canto XLVII: This is 40 (Going on 85)
Gentle cabrones:
Another canto missed -- I know! I don't plan to make it a habit, but couldn't do it last week due to a trip in New Mexico doing..something for the Los Angeles Times....
Canto XLVI: The Valle is Lovely, Dark and Deep…
Gentle cabrones:
Apologies for skipping last week -- deep in the salt mines. I've got three long stories lined up for the Los Angeles Times, about to go on a plane for another one, and...
Canto XLV: Who’s Gus?
Gentle cabrones:
Sending this two days late because I'm still recovering from New Orleans, where I got a new nickname from White Power Randy: Category 6, for the uncontrollable cackling force I become when I...
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Gustavo's Other Writing
The Central Valley Is the Heart and Soul of California
A dispatch from Highway 99 and the underappreciated wonderland of Mexican food that stretches from Bakersfield to Sacramento
Chevy’s Traverse is for Mexicans who don’t need a huge-ass Suburban but still want...
It’s so much better than some rinky dink RAV4 or whatever the hell Toyota makes nowadays (I still stick to the Mexican credo that you buy Japanese cars and American SUVs and trucks).
