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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.
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
Nov 8, 20242 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...
Aug 2, 20243 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...
Jul 10, 20242 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?
Jun 7, 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.
May 3, 20243 min read
Plastic Spoons in the Inland Empire
by Joe Lopez part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series “I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth, the pink kind you get at Dairy...
May 5, 20233 min read
Trafficking in Death Brings Forth Life
by Daniel Arbino Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series Pared down, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel When We Were Birds (2022) is a...
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Meeting La Llorona Head On
by Damaris Leal Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series Have you ever wondered if witches need healing? In her novel River Woman River...
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Maria, Maria and Other Stories Finds Magic in the Cracks of Reality
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series The debut short story collection by Marytza K. Rubio, Maria, Maria and Other...
Sep 8, 20222 min read
Growing Up Means Coming Home
by Jasmin Flores Part of LM Voices' Tiny Review series “I think that many writers and storytellers believe that stories that don’t want...
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Exploring Vargas Llosa's Neighborhood
by Reggie Peralta Part of LibroMobile's Tiny Review series The Neighborhood is a deceptively multifaceted offering from Nobel Prize...
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Home Is Remembering
by Brenda Celina García Ramos From LM Voices' Tiny Reviews series Alejandra Algorta's debut novel evokes the richness of memory,...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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
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
¡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
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
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
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
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
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
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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