Elenamary

Picaditas with Don Toño

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This is my man Don Toño. I´ve known him my entire short life. I once, at the age of six, ate 8 picaditas…I have no idea how I did that.
The second to last time I came down [...]

I am leaving you my regular readers homework while I am gone. This is a one-time only, Elenamary mini-book club. The piece is short and only 12 pages long. Read it and we will discuss in a post on July 25th. The author of the piece will also be posting responses [...]

Mami and her Tios

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Summer has begun and I am out of here. Tonight I’ll drive to Kentucky and possibly hang out with Thivai Abhor. In the morning Preston and I are off to Mexico. My friend Laura will be [...]

Up until April my blog had been titled. Elenamary– Ni de Aquí Ni de Allá. In English, Elenamary–from neither here nor there. La India María a famous Mexican actress had a film titled Ni de Aquí Ni de Allá about a Mexican Immigrant worker in the United States and the government trying to [...]

Elena Poniatowska

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Seyd is the absolute best. Why can’t I find a good man like him in Ohio?
Seyd met Elena Poniatowska and got her to autograph a book for me! Elena Poniatwoska! Revolutionary, outspoken, feminist, Mexican, Elena Poniatowska!
Seyd always thinking of [...]

Okay so maybe we still can’t get Valentina at our neighborhood store (I used to bring back suitcases of Valentina and Cacahuates Japoneses) but check out what is coming out of Nebraska.
Latino Hip Hop Artist:
” Stylo is the name and I got it from the Spanish word “estilo” mixed with the English word “style.” I’m [...]