When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—what he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face. In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School’s Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the cutest guys he’s ever met. Now eight months later, Rafie’s ready for one final win. What he didn’t plan for is his family moving to San Antonio before his senior year, forcing him to leave behind his group while dealing with the loss of the most important person in his life—his beloved abuelo. Another hitch in his plan: The Selena Quintanilla-Perez Academy’s Mariachi Todos Colores already has a lead vocalist, Rey Chavez—the boy Rafie made out with—who now stands between him winning and being the great Mariachi Rafie's abuelo always believed him to be. Despite their newfound rivalry for center stage, Rafie can’t squash his feelings for Rey. Now he must decide between the people he’s known his entire life or the one just starting to get to know the real him. Canto Contigo is a love letter to Mexican culture, family and legacy, the people who shape us, and allowing ourselves to forge our own path. At its heart, this is one of the most glorious rivals-to-lovers romance about finding the one who challenges you in the most extraordinary ways.

Es un compendio pluricultural artístico musical literario, que cuenta con pensamientos, poesías, canciones y cinco historias que cuento, en este trabajo literario, haciendo una recopilación de canciones escritas y difundidas en el trascurrir de mi vida, como músico, cantante, compositor, educador, abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos; Trabajo literario que pretendo difundir entre la población que de una u otra forma este vinculada con las artes y con la intención de desarrollar habilidades que alejen a nuestro adultos mayores del mal de Alzheimer ya que en este mismo trabajo literario trato de instar a realizar diferentes actividades que inducirían a un proceso de estimulación cognitiva; Aprendizaje este adquirido en mi desempeño como director de la fundación Alzheimer de Venezuela capitulo Zulia, desde donde estamos trabajando para llevar la información necesaria y conocer mas de esta enfermedad para difundir entre el mayor numero de personas posible; Quiero dejar en este apreciado trabajo la intención de compartir algunos saberes adquiridos y difundirlos en cualquier parte del mundo por intermedio del taller de estimulación cognitiva Alzheimer y familia el cual he estado difundiendo desde el 2010. que no es otra cosa que instar al colectivo a realizar estas actividades, agradeciendo con humildad el que se puedan convertir en multiplicador de esta noble intención de llevar luces y conocimientos al que las necesite, mil gracias. Si desea establecer un contacto directo: [email protected] 02617332671, 04140709524, 04166626343. Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.

A STONEWALL YOUNG ADULT HONOR BOOK Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander & Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their family’s taqueria. Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong. The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Martínez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family's taquería. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it's all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind? To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family "fires" them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago López Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home. Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win.

Poesías de mi mente: Historias del presente es un libro compuesto de 39 poemas que reflejan el mundo, religión, gobierno, la vida, y ficción. Las escrituras de este libro son del punto de vista del autor. Me gustaría dar gracias a Holly Ickes, el personal de Page Publishing y a los lectores que tomaron el tiempo para leer este libro.

2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Mínima Cuba analyzes the reconfiguration of aesthetics and power during the Cuban postrevolutionary transition (1989 to 2005, the conclusion of the "Special Period"). It explores the marginal cultural production on the island by the first generation of intellectuals born during the Revolution. The author studies the work of postrevolutionary poets and essayists Antonio José Ponte, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, and Iván de la Nuez, among others. In their writing we find the exhaustion of the allegorical and melancholic rhetoric of the Cuban Revolution, and the poetics of irony developed in the current biopolitical era. The book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary literary and cultural studies, poetics, and film studies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Brazilian Popular Music, or M‘sica Popular Brasileira (MPB), developed in the mid 1960s as a response to the re-thinking of Brazilian national identity following the establishment of the post-1964 military regime. A leading figure in MPB at this time was Caetano Veloso, and it is his music and its reception that form the focus of this book. A leader of the Tropicalist movement, Veloso sought to initiate a critical debate on Brazilian Popular Music and the political and ideological foundations which underpinned its aesthetic. Lorraine Leu examines Veloso's musical and vocal styles, revealing the ways in which they play with traditional expectations between the performer and listener, and argues that they represent an important response to the severe censorship and repression of the military regime.

A verbal acrobat, a juggler of words and images, and a magician of memory.