John Dishwasher is a writer and zine maker based in Southern California's San Jacinto Valley. His Zine from the Future Describing the End of Civilization was named a finalist for Best Political Zine of 2021 by Broken Pencil Magazine. His self-published 2022 novel The Zinester Manifesto: A Novel of the Underground is inspired by the SoCal zine scene. Much of John's...
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L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Nathalia
A native of Colombia, Nathalia moved to the US to attend the Berklee College of Music and later began her career as a music therapist and early childhood music educator. Since 2012, she has recorded and released five children’s albums, which were all co-produced and performed by Grammy award winners.
Banned Books Week: 2022
Over the centuries, various forms of expression have been banned or destroyed, and their creators have been censored, imprisoned, tortured, killed, exiled.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Maritere Bellas
Award-winning author, bilingual parenting expert/mentor, speaker, writer, podcast host, IG Live host, and parenting influencer. She is the author of four parenting books, published in English and in Spanish, two bilingual children’s books, and a translator of two children’s books.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Ernesto Cisneros
Ernesto Cisneros is the nationally acclaimed author of Efrén Divided. He was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, where he still teaches.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Monica Zepeda
Monica Zepeda is a third-generation Mexican American from Southern California who lives by the beach with her husband and their unbelievably cute cats. She earned an MFA in playwriting before working in the entertainment industry.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Zeke Peña
Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and cartoonist from El Paso, TX. He received several awards for his book illustrations in My Papi Has a Motorcycle (Kokila, 2019) and Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (Getty Publications, 2017).
Pa' Pistear
Ya llegó el regreso a la escuela para muchos estudiantes y también el regreso a días más cortos y noches más largas. Y eso solo significa una cosa…
El verano ya mero llega a su fin.
Interview With an Author: Alexis Hall
Alexis Hall writes books in the southeast of England, where he lives entirely on a diet of tea and Jaffa Cakes.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Daniel Acosta
Daniel Acosta’s fiction has appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines, in Homenaje a la Ciudad de Los Angeles, an anthology of Latino writing celebrating the bicentennial of the city of Los Angeles, and in the Fall, 2014 and Fall, 2016 Issues of Label Me Latina/o.
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Ericka Sanchez
Ericka Sanchez is a cookbook author, recipe developer, food stylist and the creator of the award-winning website nibblesandfeasts.com.