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Arts & Culture on the Corner with Gabriel San Román
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Spotlighting our local and diverse O.C. communities and global topics that traverse our streets.
Poetic Observations, Anecdotes, & Descriptions Outline "An Identity Polyptych"
The polyptych model traverses various art forms aligns with the multidisciplinary background of author Meca’Ayo Cole (aka Tameca L Coleman),
Mar 4, 20224 min read
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"Black Betty" Offers Mystery, Contemplations on Death, and an Unexpected Plot Twist for the Reader
The novel "Black Betty" by Walter Mosley is another brick in the wall of work by this famed author known for his intriguing mysteries.
Dec 3, 20213 min read
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A Curtain Drops on a New Life
by Yvonne Su Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series Elizabeth Acevedo’s Clap When You Land begins with the death a father: Yano dies in...
Nov 11, 20213 min read
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A Boomer Reviews a Millennial Novel
by Mary Camarillo Part of LMAC's Tiny Reviews series Mona Lisa Mireles, the millennial protagonist of Elizabeth Gonzalez James’ debut...
Oct 2, 20213 min read
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DJ Flaca Spins Out Memories
by Joe Lopez Part of LM Voice's Theme Studies collection Emilly Prado’s Funeral for Flaca, a beaded necklace of events strung together...
Sep 3, 20214 min read
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¡Papi! Comes Out
by David Lopez Part of our Tiny Review series When John Paul (J.P.) Brammer was introduced to Grindr by a friend, little did he know that...
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Lighting Up Santa Ana
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series Eric Cocoletzi’s debut release Light One Up and Pop One Open is a punchy...
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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The King of Short Stories
by Erin Rubin Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The King of Lighting Fixtures is a book to pick up over and over again; there’s...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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Medie’s Revolutionary Woman
by Tryphena Yeboah Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series “I had been married for almost eight weeks and there was still no husband...
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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Ancestral Advice and Rebirth in Coatlicue Girl
by Yvonne Su Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series Coatlicue Girl is a bilingual collection of poems and stories from Gris Muñoz....
May 7, 20212 min read
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Tugging On Hunger’s Heart In Margarita Engle’s Your Heart My Sky
by Patricia Amoroto Written as a part of our Tiny Review Series The first page of Your Heart My Sky by Margarita Engle hangs on the...
May 7, 20212 min read
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Richie Narvaez’s Noiryorican: A Criminal Short Fiction Collection
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 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Liberals' Foothold in Mass Incarceration
by Reggie Peralta Deconstructing Academia Review Dissecting the origins of mass incarceration, Naomi Murakawa’s The First Civil Right:...
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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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...
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Feb 5, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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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....
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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Dishing on Eat Joy
LibroMobile is spending this month celebrating our new collection of cookbooks by BIPOC. Check out one of our favorites!
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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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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