This blog is the equivalent of resting my feet upon my own coffee table. It is a place where I can call home....It is my bohio. This blog is a whirlwind of poetry, culture and the absolute mayhem of random thoughts that float through the brain of a New York City Latina. It is a sprinkle upon the cosmos of music, history, life, literature and pride. Que viva la cultura!
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This here is another case of not being "Black" enough for the African-Americans and not being "Spanish" enough for the Latino's. I discovered this at one of the colleges I attended some years back (a brief stint), where the majority of the student...
As many of you have heard, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño has decided to layoff and freeze the jobs and salaries of well over 17,000 government workers. The island's continued struggle is unforgivable! As a result, massive strikes and protesters...
....because you could....(A repost for N.L.)
Gracias!!
I Was His Trigueñita
Few were the times
when I felt special
in my fathers eyes.
Moments when ice cubes danced
in glasses of liquid fire.
That was when I was his "trigueñita".
That's how he'd...
Many hours have been spent in the corners of bookstores, flipping through pages in cafes and at book readings and signings. So many hours spent on my travels with a book in hand, a magazine, a literary journal or my own spread of lined paper and pen. ...
I come bearing great news!
ABAKUÁ returns to the Tribeca Performing Arts Center November 6th and 7th!
For those of you who missed their performance this past summer at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors performance series, they are scheduled to dazzle...
