Gustavo Arellano
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXVII: I Trimmed it on the Grapevine
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Yes, I didn’t send out a canto last week.
Yes, I feel ashamed.
No, I have no real excuse… Except for the grapevines.
A couple years...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXVI: Dont’ Count Your Tomatoes Until They Hatch
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Yes, I'm late -- as Boricua Frank would say, DAMNIT!
I guess I could say I have excuses. Had to write a last-minute obit...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXV: My Commencement Speech to Riverside City College’s Class of...
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The title says it all, doesn't it? It's a lot of words, so get to reading them!
They gave me a cool I.E.-centric gift...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXIV: Don’t Believe Your Hype
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Before I began at the Los Angeles Times this past December, someone told me I was going to go into the job with...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXIII: Gustavo’s Summer 2019 Appearances!
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Primeramente, apologies for the delay in this canto. But I wanted to guarantee as many readers as possible, so I figured Tuesday after...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXII: Season of the Speech
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Next month, like most Junes for the past decade, I'm scheduled to give speeches --award banquets, graduations, eulogies -- where I need to...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXI: Zacatecas Country, An Island on the Southern California Land
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If you read me long enough, you'll know that I boast at least once a week in my writings that I’m from the...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LX: A Eulogy for My Mami, Maria de la Luz...
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We buried my Mami yesterday, in a beautiful ceremony that started with over 800 people at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim on...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LVIX: Swing Above Your Weight
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If you look around long enough on social media, you’ll see a whole bunch of losers claim that I'm a bigot.
You’ll find people...
Canto LVIII: Gracias a la Vida
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This might be the shortest canto I'll ever right -- I'm already late with it. But it's straight from the heart.
So the big...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVI: OC Weeklings Never Die
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On this past Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, OC Weekly staffers announced they were unceremoniously out of...
