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Writings Beneath my Tongue
My beginning, middle and never-ending journey to push out my stories and thoughts from mouth to blog
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Run
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― I want to write about a lot of things. The first idea that popped into my head this morning was Ray Bradbury’s Zen and the Art of Writing, a quick read that I fell immediately in love with. A quote not his words but his “Zen” helped form them... (more)
Elvia Rubalcava ―
Posted on Mar 21st, 2012
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Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Sonia GuzmanOctober 13, 1976- March 17, 2011The last conversation we had huddled together at your bedside, stirred your bible-thumping mother as she hung her head in prayer before her nightly sleep on a cot beside you. But her slight growl was our... (more)
Elvia Rubalcava ―
Posted on Mar 18th, 2012
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vicarious
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― They look like me from their skin tone to their almond eyesbut they are not mine. They’re eyes sparkle and lips spread high up to earlobesbut I’m not the one that tucks them in each night.They trust me with their white lies and small secretsbut... (more)
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Posted on Sep 20th, 2011
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DeColores Queer Orange County: Writing Workshop I
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― DeColores Queer Orange County and Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble held its first of three workshops on Sunday, July 17th bringing together "writers and performers to take part in a monologue showcase. We are searching for an array of stories... (more)
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Posted on Jul 20th, 2011
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You’re my Soldier of Love, Sonia
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― You opened up your arms to meand accepted me, flaws and all,and loved me as God loves all hischildren. You’re the definition of Love and Goodnessthat ties one amiga to another, blood related sister and brotherto honorary siblings around the country... (more)
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Posted on Mar 21st, 2011
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Ending the year with Las Niñas
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― I just finished reading Sarah Rafael Garcia’s book Las Ninas: A Collection of Childhood Memories. My friend Sofia and I, have been hording a large pile of books that we’ve been aching to read. She started reading Las Niñas to me as we drove up... (more)
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Posted on Dec 31st, 2010
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An epiphany at UCR
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― I feel alive when I am on a college campus. I feel like jumping up and hugging all the books I see. I want to grab them like bananas on a kitchen table and just enjoy peeling back to the sweet fruit of words, of dialogue, of nothing and everything... (more)
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Posted on Dec 10th, 2010
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Used, Very Good
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― I was elated to find my Amazon buys were waiting for me since Monday afternoon in my mailbox. I bought three but two came early. Growing up Chicana/o by Tiffany A. Lopez and The Last Generation: Prose and Poetry by Cherrie Moraga, they both have been... (more)
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Posted on Oct 20th, 2010
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Confessions in the blue lace bathroom
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Scenes from American Me kept slicing through my head over and over again as I drove cussing and praying to myself along the way to downtown.I had the chance to get to hell30 minutes early or drive a few blocks more to get soakedin bendiciónes and... (more)
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Posted on Oct 19th, 2010
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Tocando el Sueño
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Photo by Sonia GuzmanI touched it todayI wanted to grab it like an outfielder on a hot Sunday game dayRun to it as fast as I can before anyone could jump to the chanceGrasp it in my hands for mere seconds as if playing hot potato at a children’s... (more)
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Posted on Oct 4th, 2010
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Chicana meets Blaxican
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Enrique first caught my eye on a dating website that I was browsing. It was his warm smile and cute dimples that forced me to email him. We chatted a few times but nothing came of it until one night by chance we meet in person at a nightclub.As usual... (more)
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Posted on Sep 18th, 2010
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How we became us
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Enrique always tells me, he knew I was the one from the first time he saw me on the dance floor. For me it’s an accumulation of little things and different wonderful moments that make up my love and desire to be with him forever.But I would say it... (more)
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Posted on Sep 18th, 2010
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Pen and Paper get a Digging
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Last night, I drove down in my loud ass car to meet Patty Godinez my friend of the friendless to see the world premiere of Cherrie Moraga’s new play, Digging up the Dirt. I was not sure what I was walking into, but I admire the two directors so... (more)
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Posted on Aug 1st, 2010
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Remembering the Right to (W)rite*
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Today is a really good day.I am awake and refreshed even though I feel like I am still carrying around a bucket of blood for all the women in the world. I tweeted to my sisters yesterday afternoon that I was bound to a couch in Fullerton and the... (more)
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Posted on Jul 8th, 2010
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Ripped from my journal back in college: Complicated Flower
Writings Beneath my Tongue ― Tonight I found an old friend. I was going through a pile of old journals and I found this beat up one from circa my junior-senior year as well as some post-Chapman entries. (more)
Elvia Rubalcava ―
Posted on Jul 5th, 2010
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