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Arts & Culture on the Corner with Gabriel San Román
Spotlighting our local and diverse O.C. communities and global topics that traverse our streets.


Jan 33 min read
Xicanx Cyberpunk a Big Race for a Better World
by Scott Russell Duncan Daizee & the Dukes of Chuco has got it all: future tech, environmentalism, empowerment, great setting, and the...
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Dec 6, 202410 min read
Holiday Gift Guide for Scholars & Our Community
Need some tips on academic books? Here are 10 recommended by LibroMobile's bookstore owner, Sarah Rafael Garcia!
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Nov 8, 20242 min read
Sing Out, Country Girl
In her debut collection of poetry The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket, Kinsale Drake reclaims these symbols as important aspects of her Diné her
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Nov 1, 20245 min read
No Sanctuary in SOLIS: Resistance & Connectivity in a Near-Future Dystopian World Scarily Similar to Our Own
SOLIS, released on October 8, 2024, is a companion tale to Sanctuary. Activist Paola Mendoza and author Abby Sher co-write both novels.
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Oct 4, 20246 min read
Orange County’s First Black History Book Only Ripens with Time
“A Different Shade of Orange:Voices of Orange County, California,Black Pioneers,”published 15 years ago as OC’s first tome of Black history.
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Sep 6, 20245 min read
Beauty in the Lens RD
I needed an outlet that shared my vulnerabilities without being too revealing; photography seemed the closest to it...
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Aug 2, 20243 min read
Lesbian experience through Eileen Myles’ ‘’double life’’
by Sara Ricci Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Eileen Myles' I Must Be Living Twice is a vibrant, thought-provoking collection that...
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Aug 2, 20244 min read
Sympathy for the slasher? Stephen Graham Jones’ latest novel upends the horror genre
In Stephen Graham Jones’ latest novel, all the horror subgenre’s hallmarks are present while being turned on their head at the same time.
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Jul 10, 20242 min read
Altars For Abuelas
by Olivia Muñoz Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Anyone who has sat at the foot of their grandmother listening to stories, or...
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Jul 5, 20248 min read
¡Luces, Cameras, Acción! Poco a Poco Productions Reclaims Latinx Film Stories, Founder Aims to Save the World
Elvia may not have yet saved the world, but she’s coming damn close to it—one stage, one set at a time.
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Jun 7, 20243 min read
A Palestinian Political Prisoner's Reprise
How do we come to terms with solidarity and liberation amidst the mass censorship of history and the erasure of Indigenous ways?
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Jun 7, 20248 min read
Frederick Luis Aldama Against a (Capitalist) World: A Superhero’s Origin Story and the Endgame Behind Latinx Comics
For Frederick Aldama, books were not mere physical objects just for reading material...
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May 3, 20244 min read
Romance, War and the Undead entwine in Isabel Cañas’ ‘Vampires of El Norte’
Where Cañas thrives in ‘Vampires of El Norte’ is her setting in the RGV," writes local writer Gabriel San Román.
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May 3, 20243 min read
WHAT LOVE SHOULDN’T BE IN MACHADO’S EERIE DREAM HOUSE
...“In the Dream House” challenges traditional narrative structures while exploring the complexities of queer domestic abuse.
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Apr 5, 20244 min read
Tracing Memory & Cosmos in El Rey of Gold Teeth
Reyes Ramirez's debut book of poems, El Rey of Gold Teeth, doesn’t promise us gold, but instead maps out poems of wonder that are critical.
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Mar 1, 20244 min read
Then & Now: Kilson Street Broadcasts OC Rockstars from Garage to Glory
Kilson Street is “‘[t]he World’s BEST live-music-video show you’ve never heard of. Broadcasting from our Garage to yours.’”
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Feb 2, 20245 min read
A Looking Glass into Black History in Orange County: Past & Present, Pride & Parades
The Black community within the walls of Orange County has set its roots and is here to stay.
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Jan 5, 20245 min read
BIPOC Cookbooks, Chisme y Más
Sarah Rafael Garcia offers her Top 5 BIPOC cookbooks...
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Jan 5, 20244 min read
Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites, an Invitation to Get Involved.
The poet never forgets where she came from, and actively seeks for her ancestors in the battlefield...
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Dec 1, 20235 min read
A Letter from the Founder: ¡Aquí Estamos y No Nos Vamos!
This year is rapidly ending. And as we take a moment to reflect, we realize how much our community has carried us along the way...
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Gabriel San Román is a contributor to Times OC and a former OC Weekly staff writer. Subscribe to his weekly Slingshot! Newsletter. And in case anyone is wondering, he's still the tallest Mexican in OC.
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