tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post111737595231712588..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: AlbuquerqueContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-1117476447520378432005-05-30T12:07:00.000-06:002005-05-30T12:07:00.000-06:00Thank you S. Ramos O'Briant for the news about the...Thank you S. Ramos O'Briant for the news about the conference - exactly what I was hoping for in terms of a response since I didn't know anything about the conference. And, yes, if you pass on La Bloga to the conference organizers, we will announce it and even do a piece on the conference. More events/conferences/parties to celebrate literature and la cultura can't be a bad thing, no? As for the Racho documentary, I picked up a copy at the Cultural Center and gave it to my parents - one day soon I will watch it with them.Manuel Ramoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360072661844419063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-1117475683886009262005-05-30T11:54:00.000-06:002005-05-30T11:54:00.000-06:00Attending the National Latino Writer's Conference ...Attending the National Latino Writer's Conference in Albuquerque helps ease my way back into New Mexico, and specifically Santa Fe, where I grew up and where my mother, brother, and sister still live.<BR/><BR/>A few days just for me surrounded by writers and discussing writerly subjects and then home where I'm simultaneously embraced and shunned (by my mother)as the "one who left home."<BR/><BR/>The conference is small and it's still possible to get a lot of personal attention. Some of the presenters focus a bit too much on promoting their own work, rather than helping all the hungry, aspiring writers sitting in front of them, but that is rare.<BR/><BR/>One of the best workshops I ever attended --- at a conference or at UCLA --- was taught by Denise Chavez last year. She threw out ideas and got us writing immediately.<BR/><BR/>Tom Miller did that this year. I didn't attend Anaya's intensive workshop (you had to sign up early), but those who did said it was enriching and will fuel their writing for some time to come.<BR/><BR/>Susan Racho (from L.A.) aired her documentary on Latinos in Film, "The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood," to be aired on HBO. Excellent. Susan is personable and savvy and it was a delight to meet her.<BR/><BR/>The conference has drawn attendees from Puerto Rico, Miami, Boston, and New York, but the majority are from NM. I'd like to see more Los Angelenos attend and will forward this blog to the director, Carlos Vasquez, for advance notice of next year's conference.sramosobrianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182308696816343866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-1117474525717178952005-05-30T11:35:00.000-06:002005-05-30T11:35:00.000-06:00I was at the conference. The Perez exhibit sent c...I was at the conference. The Perez exhibit sent chills up and down my back --- so exciting to see new interpretations of old works. And what a sense of humor! My favorites: Los Capuchines and Huitzilopochtli's Ride. Oh, and the Rematch of George and the Dragon (the dragon did her homework and read the book).sramosobrianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182308696816343866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-1117421263337454032005-05-29T20:47:00.000-06:002005-05-29T20:47:00.000-06:00I learned how to, but this dude knows more than th...I learned how to, but this dude knows more than that.<BR/><BR/>Definitely some good stuff here. I say we see if he'll let us use a couple on our banner in exchange for whatever. Then we can fight about which ones.<BR/>RudyGContributing Bloguistas:https://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.com