Gustavo Arellano

Canto LV: You Never Know Who’s Watching

Gustavo Arellano - March 30, 2019

Gentle cabrones: Last week, I encountered a blast from my professional ast so HILARIOUS that it taught me, again, that not only is there a...

Canto LIV: And Now, Some Poetry!

Gustavo Arellano - March 24, 2019

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Gentle cabrones: Somewhere, deep in my archives, is a spiral binder filled with poetry. Mine. In high school AP English, Ms. Sinatra did a day where she...

Canto LIII: Don’t Let Them Win

Gustavo Arellano - March 16, 2019

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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...

Canto LII: …Pull the Weeds

Gustavo Arellano - March 9, 2019

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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...

Canto LI: Plant Seeds, and…

Gustavo Arellano - March 3, 2019

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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...

Canto L: Answers Away!

Gustavo Arellano - February 23, 2019

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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...

Canto XLIX: The Voice

Gustavo Arellano - February 18, 2019

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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...

Canto XLVIII: Ask a Mexican with Glasses ANYTHING!

Gustavo Arellano - February 10, 2019

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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...