On Thursday the U.S. Library of Congress announced one of the freshest voices in contemporary poetry, Natasha Trethewey, as the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. Tretheway hails from Mississippi (of which she is concurrently state poet laureate) and at 46 years old is one of the youngest to hold the position. Trethewey is currently a...
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Lit-URL is excited to present to you an audio outlet by local writers. The first to kick off our reading series is Bonnie Lyons. Bonnie Lyons is a poet and a professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has taught as a Fulbright Professor at the Aristotelian University in...
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Holiday music is playing on the radio, so it’s officially time to give you the Second Annual 12 Days of Xicana-Friendly Reading list. Last year, I recommended a few classics, with a splash of poetry and a couple of contemporary Xicana/o authors. All of the voices on 2010′s list continue to influence my work, life, and spirit...
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Wendy Barker, UTSA’s Poet in Residence and writing teacher, spent nearly a decade trying to publish Nothing Between Us, her novel in prose poems that dives deep into race relations, infidelities, drugs, food, and other sensory experiences of the 1960’s. The publishers all gave her the same line: it’s neither a novel nor really...
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The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is kicking off 2011 with the 1st Peek Staged Reading Series, featuring San Antonio poet, performer and playwright Celeste Guzman Mendoza. Her never-before-staged play,“El Sabor del Pasado,” focuses on family and identity, with a healthy sprinkling of lightheartedness. Mendoza, a San Antonio native now living in Austin, will conduct...
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Whether they’re here for our wildly inspiring culture or just because we have damn good breakfast tacos, artists in San Antonio are here to stay. And tonight, they’re bringing their work into your own back yard. Rather, they’re bringing it to la yarda at Krazy Vatos Emporium located at 2342 S. Presa in Southtown. ...
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¡Ask a Mexican! ASK A MEXICAN: Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of... By Gustavo Arellano 5/19/2013
Thrift Shops City Guide 2013: Whether it be your deep-seeded need for a unique piece for your home or your newfound love for Macklemore that brings you there, thrift shops are the... 2/28/2013
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