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    • Saturday, April 30, 2022

      30 L.A. writers choose...

      When you think of the most “literary” places in Los Angeles and/or Orange County, what streets or neighborhoods come to mind? We put that question to several Southern California writers, along with these follow-up questions: What places in the city have most inspired you? Where do you encounter other writers, to share ideas or just socialize? Where do you like to hang out with your writer friends or just get work done? Here are their answers about how the place they live shapes their work.
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      Tuesday, March 23, 2021

      Featured on: Tripsavvy

      Despite having a population of approximately 500,000, the Northeast San Fernando Valley used to not have any bookstores or art galleries. That is until 2001, when L.A. Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez opened the doors of this café/bookshop combo in Sylmar. Tia Chucha's filled the void in this majority Hispanic community with titles by, about, and for Latinos and Chicanos, including bilingual children’s books and Indigenous histories. The store has spawned a social justice book club and is behind the annual outdoor literacy festival, Celebrating Words. They pair with the offshoot cultural center next door to offer low-cost/free bilingual arts and literacy programming like mural painting and Mexica (Aztec) dance classes, writing workshops, screenings, and open mic nights.
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      Friday, August 14, 2020

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      Check out our co-founder Trini Rodriguez, and our program coordinator Andrea Lopez discussing Tia Chucha's Social Justice Book Club on The Orange County Register, July 30, 2020.
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide for Activists

There are a plethora of issues we need to fight for and an overwhelming amount of information telling us how. If you have felt called to advocate for something recently, it’s possible you felt stuck before you even began. Sometimes the best place to start is with a good book. Here’s a list of 60 essential books for anyone who wants to make a difference today, build a better future, and understand the history of how we got to where we are. There are options for seasoned advocates and little activists alike. 


If any of these titles appeal to you, please consider purchasing them from Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore. We are a small Indigenous and Latinx run non-profit and every purchase helps us with our own activism in the community!

 

(Lil' Readers and Activist edition also included)

All About Love: New Visions
All About Love: New Visions
“The word ‘lov...
$15.99
An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning American History) An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning American History)
An African American and Lat...
By Paul Ortiz ...
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Make a Poem Cry
Make a Poem Cry
Creative Writi...
$19.95
Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing
Decolonize Your Diet: Plant...
By Luz Calvo a...
$26.95
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Paperback)
An Indigenous Peoples' Hist...
By Roxanne Dun...
$16.00
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from t...
by Mikki Kenda...
From $16.00
In the Courtyard of the Moon: Selected Poems
In the Courtyard of the Moo...
by Humberto Ak...
$19.95
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
For Brown Girls with Sharp ...
by Prisca Dorc...
$28.00
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Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass
By Robin Wall ...
$18.00
An Indigenous People's History of The United States for Young People
An Indigenous People's Hist...
Going beyond t...
$18.95
Dream Big, Little One
Dream Big, Little One
by Vashti Harr...
$8.99
A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the U...
A classic sinc...
$19.99
We Will Not Cancel Us And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice
We Will Not Cancel Us And O...
By adrienn...
$10.00
Colonize This!
Colonize This!
Edited by Dai...
$19.99
I Can Say No I Can Say No
I Can Say No
In I Can Say ...
$9.95
C is for Consent (HC)
C is for Consent (HC)
A simple lesso...
$14.95
Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends)
Kid Activists: True Tales o...
By Robin Steve...
$13.95
A Queer History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)
A Queer History of the Unit...
Winner of a 20...
$20.00
Teaching Resistance: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Cultural Subversives in the Classroom
Teaching Resistance: Radica...
Teaching Resis...
$24.95
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Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean
Women Writing Resistance: E...
Edited by Jenn...
$18.00
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