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Spotlighting our local and diverse O.C. communities and global topics that traverse our streets.


by Adriana Erin Rivera Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series A dash of Nuyorican attitude, a sprinkle of sophisticated syntax, and...


- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
Vulnerable and Intimate Voices in Shire’s Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
by Tryphena Yeboah Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The poems in Warsan Shire’s Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth explore...
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- Mar 5, 2021
- 3 min
Liberals' Foothold in Mass Incarceration
by Reggie Peralta Deconstructing Academia Review Dissecting the origins of mass incarceration, Naomi Murakawa’s The First Civil Right:...
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- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
A Stunning Snapshot of Graciela Iturbide’s Life
by Yvonne Su Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Photographic follows the life of Graciela Iturbide, the Mexican artist whose...
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- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Alan Chazaro’s Piñata Theory
by Gustavo Hernandez Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Alan Chazaro’s Piñata Theory begins with something that can be construed...
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- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
In Fiebre Tropical, a Bilingual Teen Comes-of-Age in Miami
by Rose Bialer Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Juli Delgado Lopera’s multi-lingual novel Fiebre Tropical opens in an...
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Andrew Tonkovich's Provocations
by Mary Camarillo Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Andrew Tonkovich is a close observer of modern life, as exemplified by his...
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
On Reclaiming and Reconstructing Wholeness
by Tryphena Yeboah Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series A town split in two. Love and despair, and a striking depiction of loss....
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- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Dishing on Eat Joy
LibroMobile is spending this month celebrating our new collection of cookbooks by BIPOC. Check out one of our favorites!
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- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
In Dear Twin, a Queer Teen Becomes the Center of the Story
by Yvonne Su Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series In her debut work, Addie Tsai explores coming-of-age through autofiction, a term...
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- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
We Needed Vitamins All Along
Trickling with rich imagery and nourishing to readers, Goodbye, Vitamin is an authentically tender tale that mourns lost memories as much as
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
Mexican Gothic: Not Your English Class's Gothic
by Icess Fernandez Rojas Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series What comes to mind when you think "gothic literature"? Maybe the...
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- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Washington Black Can't Come Home
Theme Review by Erin Rubin Esi Edugyan’s novel Washington Black is held together by an irony as poignant as it is painful: Though the...
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- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Translanguaging During COVID19
Deconstructing Academia Review by Suzanne García-Mateus, Ph.D. Article in Reference: “Le Hacemos La Lucha”: Learning from Madres...
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Angela Narciso Torres’s Poems Cut "To the Bone"
Angela Narciso Torres’s poems in her chapbook To the Bone
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Soperboy Grows Up Fast in “Efrén Divided”
Efrén Divided is a book for young readers about family, borders, acceptance, and perseverance.
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Tiny Reviews
Tiny Reviews are just that: a short but meaningful engagement with a publication (book, chapbook, zine).
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- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min