Canto LVI: MEChA and Me
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As a reporter, I loathe to tell the same stories in different publications. It's lazy, repetitive, and frankly boring -- and so, I...
Canto LIV: And Now, Some Poetry!
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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
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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
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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…
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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!
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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
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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!
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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...
Canto XLVII: This is 40 (Going on 85)
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Another canto missed -- I know! I don't plan to make it a habit, but couldn't do it last week due to a...
Canto XLVI: The Valle is Lovely, Dark and Deep…
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Apologies for skipping last week -- deep in the salt mines. I've got three long stories lined up for the Los Angeles Times,...
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Canto LVII: Why I Don’t Wear Chuck Taylor All-Stars Anymore
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“So I see you don’t wear Chucks anymore!” my tax guy told me when we met about a week ago. “Moving on up...
