Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXIX: See Gustavo This Fall!
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Just came back from Southern Utah University in the tiny town of Cedar City—great time! Met a profe of Spanish who's a peruana...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXVII: Are You There, Readers? It’s Me, Guti
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I never did read the young-adult classic, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. Weird, because I read a bunch of the Judy...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXVI: Songs in the Key of Life Trips
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If you really, really, REALLY know me, you'll know that I love, love, LOVE music.
The earliest memory I have—even earlier than of my...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXV: Whistle While You WERK
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Greetings from Primm, where I'm getting gas on the road to Denver, where I'll be reporting a story for...someone about...something.
“Why are you driving...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXIV: How’m I Doing?
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I'll admit it—big projects this week caught up to me, giving me no time whatsoever to pen a more-fleshed out newsletter. On the...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXIII: Southbound and Down
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Greetings from Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they sell bánh mì tacos and mezcal is in all the high-end New South restaurants. The chica and...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXII: May Your Memory be a Blessing
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What a bittersweet week. It started with the unexpected death of Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold from pancreatic cancer just hours...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XXI: The Story of Marge aka #puppyessence #pawup #puppystrong
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I don't believe that climate change is causing this summer's oppressive heat across the American Southwest, even though I do believe in global...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XX: Unlock the Gustavo DESMADRE, and GIVE MONEY NOW
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When I started this newsletter 20 weeks ago (!), I told ustedes this was a test.
It was a way for me to aggregate...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XIX: Keep the Faith
Greetings from Chicago, where the temperature is not triple digits like my Southern California homeland – in fact, it's a little bit chilly. I've...
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Canto XXX: You Can’t Go Casa Again
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First off, apologies for the delay in my canto. I usually send Saturday morning, but I reserve the right for a Sunday morning...
