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...
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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.
- Feb 3
- 3 min
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...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Home Is Remembering
by Brenda Celina García Ramos From LM Voices' Tiny Reviews series Alejandra Algorta's debut novel evokes the richness of memory,...
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- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Oct 2, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
¡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...
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- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- 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
- 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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