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Canto XXXVII: How to Find the Way to San Jose
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Greetings from San Jose, where the California debut of the play based on my career, Interview with a Mexican just happened last night...
Canto XXXVI: Dia de Reaching One Person
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I never celebrated Día de Los Muertos growing up. I knew of it: 1987, the last time I went to my parents' ranchos...
Canto XXXV: Don’t Get Beat
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A couple of months ago, my former reporter Frank John Tristan—who, as an INTERN, faced off against neo-Nazis losers in (where else?) Huntington...
Canto XXXIII: 5 Songs to Mark One Year Since I Left...
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One year.
I've been thinking of how to write this particular canto for weeks, and figured a music listicle was the best way to...
Canto XXXII: Denver, the Mile High DESMADRE
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I never gave a second thought to Denver before I became a reporter—really, why bother? There was John Elway and John Denver and...
Canto XXXI: Eulogy for Ernest Miller, Quiet Genius of Southern California’s...
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I knew that my inaugural #TortillaTournament for KCRW would be successful the moment I pulled into the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens...
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...
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,...
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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...
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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...
