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Canto LIII: Don’t Let Them Win
Gentle cabrones:
Lot of misery right now. That stupid college-admissions scandal. The massacre of 49 Muslims in New Zealand. Friends whose family members got sudden strokes. Homies fighting cancer (#fuckcancer).
The embarrassment that is the Lebron...
Canto LII: …Pull the Weeds
Gentle cabrones:
Are you into Marie Kondo? I'm not.
Scratch that: I've never seen her show, so I can't say if I'd like it. But I don't need to watch. The only real clutter I have...
Canto LI: Plant Seeds, and…
Gentle cabrones:
Everyone has their confessor, if not multiple ones. On the academic side, my keeper of secrets is Cal State Fullerton Chicana/o Studies professor Alexandro Jose Gradilla.
He's important in my life for many reasons....
Canto L: Answers Away!
Gentle cabrones:
Happy 50th canto to me -- kinda.
This is actually the 52nd newsletter I've sent out, according to my archives -- so I have no idea how I have this one as the 50th...
How the Songs in “Roma” Illustrate the Pains of its Characters — And Mexico
As Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón walked two separate times from his table to receive Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film trophies at this year’s Golden Globe Awards for his critically acclaimed Roma, the...
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).
