Articles in the habla habla
Click the headline link to see the YouTube video of Mi Burrito Sabanero and hear the lyrics.
By Bohemian Babushka
“Si-i-lent Night, Ho-o-ly Night. All is calm, All is bright…”
As a child I remember being enchanted and entranced …
Can a Puppy Fix your Bio Clock?
By Cynthia Martinez
Stereotypically speaking, there might be something wrong with me. I am nearing my 29th birthday, and I don’t have eight kids yet…I don’t even have one.
The best …
This essay is about a couple of conversations I recently overheard on a message board that have left me thinking about how we, people of Latino/Hispanic origin, are similar, but not.
A group of women with …
Our First American Thanksgiving
It was yet another bewildering holiday in America for all of us, my newly citizened family of eight in the late 1960′s. We were all in the kitchen, assembling the ingredients that …
By Anonymous
The other day my Mami and I were watching “las ‘tal’noticias esas,” as she calls them, her jab at the fact that she feels news is no longer news. And just as my mom …
by Teresa Dovalpage
“Go and sell lots of books!” said my friend Raquelita when I left Taos on October 14th to participate in the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. I nodded, encouraged. ¡Pues claro! Wasn’t …
Ed. note: A new book, The Immigrant Advantage, is a look into the lives of immigrant enclaves in the United States and an exploration of how immigrant customs can enrich our own lives — with details …
Sometimes, hearing stories and studies about bilingualism and bilingual education make me want to bang my big fat cabeza against a wall. A thick wall. Even when the stories and studies are praising the value …
This essay is part of the series, Latinland USA, a Tiki Tiki guide to the Latin flavor of cities across the USA.
By Nacho Mama (aka Margo Porras)
Bienvenidos to my city. I am Nacho Mama, native …
This essay is part of the Hispanic Heritage series, Latinland USA: A Tiki Tiki guide to Latin flavor in cities across the United States.
By Madelyn of KarmaFree Cooking
Puerto Rico is a land that has developed the art …
