Mexico’s Michoacán Culture Lives On In Chicago

By Antonio Zavala, Voxxi At 27 years old Jose Luis Gutierrez left his home in Michoacán Central Mexico for the United States and became one of 250,000 Michoacán immigrants living in Chicago. Desperate to […]

“From a couple years now, salsa verde has become one of my favorite salsas. Its tanginess and taste is always delicious, doesn’t matter if its made cooked or raw. Best […]

By Jeniffer Patiño, Gozamos Every year I get excited to wear summer clothes again. Flower print dresses, bright colors, big hats! Granted, compared to other people my summer wardrobe isn’t […]

By Sandra Sanchez, Voxxi It’s the little things that remind me of my dad always – not just on Father’s Day. Like when I peel an orange and rather than reach […]

From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio Thanks to Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog reader Alberto David Mercado for forwarding me this curious performance by Mariachi El Bronx on the David Letterman Show: This […]

“A couple years ago, I had the chance to visit Nicaragua, where I could try the popular “tostones” (green fried plantains, in the form of a chip). I gotta say […]

By Tyler Stevens, The Young Folks Though I’m not a huge Family Guy fan (it’s too hit-or-miss for my liking), I did find myself rather excited for Ted, the directorial debut from the […]

From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio Frida Kahlo, 1932 | Yale Beinecke Digital Library  source: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/ This post first appeared in the textmex galleryblog. William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” […]

Reviewed by Luis R. Torres, Latinopia A Second Look at a Classic of Chicano Literature Some weeks back Jesús Treviño, the captain of the Latinopia ship, and I agreed to […]

By Maitri Pamo, Being Latino It was an awkward moment and we all felt it. My first official play date with a friend from school and Mami, upon meeting the girl’s mother, […]