documentary about the border wall

July 17th at the Cine El Rey in McAllen and July 18th at the Guadalupe Theatre in San Antonio.

"We are the song that sings us."


-Gloria E. Anzaldúa



from "Let Us be the Healing of the Wound: The Coyolxauhqui Imperative--La Sombra y El Sueño" in the anthology One Wound for Another/Una Herida Por Otra

To the States
By Walt Whitman


To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,
Resist much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever
afterward resumes its liberty.

El Retorno

El Retorno: El Valle Celebra Nuestra Gloria


Gloria E. Anzaldúa
(Sept. 26, 1942 - May 15, 2004)

BorderSenses

BorderSenses (est. 2000), one of the few bilingual magazines in the U.S., has published fourteen issues so far.

BorderSenses is actively seeking submissions for Volume 15, a themed issue on double identity.

Deadline: Mar. 15, 09

Editorial News: "We're pleased to announce that Juan Felipe Herrera (poetry), James Espinoza (nonfiction) and Daniel Chacon (fiction) are joining our editorial staff for our Literary Magazine. Editor Selfa Chew continues to curate Spanish-language work and translation."

Tato Laviera's new book

review (excerpt)of Tato Laveria's book by Rigoberto González, The El Paso Times:

"Language is not the only way politics manifests in 'Mixturao.' So is the call to action to the Puerto Rican community that enriches this country, linguistically and otherwise.

'Carpetas in Your Dossier' issues a warning about the gentrification 'targeting our cultural centers,' and 'Consignas in Brutality' invites everyone to speak up about abuses against the people: 'no justice, no peace, el silencio nos mata aquí.' Particularly touching is Laviera's 'Southwest Border Trucos,' in which he acknowledges the growing Mexican population of New York:

When you see mexicanos ilegales

Selling fruits and flowers in all kinds of weather

Bow your head

To a formidable free nation

To a great Latino people

To a great Hispano nation

La voz de Aztlán speaking in deed!"