Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCVI: Pho It
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So did you get the flu yet?
I did!
It
entered...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCV: Don’t Worship Your Heroes
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCIV: You Snooze, You Lose
Gentle cabrones:One of the first books I ever bought for myself at a bookstore was Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. On my Facebook...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCIII: Say Their Name
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Scroll down a bit, and you'll see the headstone of Juan Peña Diaz, the subject matter for...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCII: Starter Up
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We piled into my GMC Yukon after a wonderful Sunday in Ensenada. Drinks at Agua Mala Cervecería....
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCI: The Hummingbird’s Son
With apologies to Luis Alberto Urrea...Gentle cabrones:
I was in my backyard, trying to prune my massive chiltepín, when...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XC: A FIFA 18 State of Mind
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In January 2018, when I had no job after getting fired from one after just two weeks,...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXIX: On My 1st Year Working for the Los Angeles...
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A year ago this week, something happened that I once thought impossible: I joined the Los Angeles...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVIII: ¡Ese Profe Otto Santa Ana!
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It must’ve been about 2002, maybe 2003. I
was a graduate student at UCLA at the time,...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVII: Col. Guti’s Christmas Book-Shopping List!
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Now that Matt Bevin is no longer governor of Kentucky, I can reveal a secret: I'm officially...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCVII: Pay It Adelante
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As a professor, or a teacher, or a mentor —
or just someone that cares — you...
