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¡Earthalujah! Reverend Billy on San Juan Chamula

At this church we are mindful that the life of this Earth is endangered. Earthalujah!
Reverend Billy

I looked twice when I saw that Reverend Billy was scheduled to perform his “Earthalujah” show as part of the Centro Hemisférico and FOMMA’s series “Diálogos Hemisféricos” in San Cristóbal de las Casas this week. Then I looked [...]

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Poetry Tuesday! (on Thursday)

San Cristóbal de las Casas

¡Feliz Martes de Poesía!  I wanted to celebrate Poetry Tuesday! by unveiling RKA in LA’s redesign but I had to call a raincheck on the ribbon cutting–fitting since this week’s !Martes de Poesía! is a poetic “phot-ode” to Chiapas and, right now, we’re at the height of the rainy season.  But–hey!  Doesn’t Thursday deserve a [...]

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RKA: Back in LA

Tlayuda vegetariana

My return to San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas after several months in Chicago was like a fiesta de bienvenidos for all of my senses–from mango and grapefruit cheladas to live music in new places with old friends to public art alongside bursts of color in every corner. You’re invited to the “Welcome Home” photo party. Come as you are.

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RKA in the USA

A few months ago, I took a stealthy trip to the US of A to clear my head and collect myself after what can only be described as a season of immense suffering in southern Mexico. I say stealthy because I didn’t tell you that I left–news of my return was shared on a need-to-know basis. But now I’m packing my bags and heading “home” to Chiapas, a place [...]

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Poetry Tuesday! A Farewell to Spring

Spring in Lombard, Illinois

With less than a month before the summer solstice and balmy temperatures wiping away memories of February frost, it’s time to say goodbye to spring. I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with this time of year but a love/love relationship with poems about the season. This year has been no exception, though [...]

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Love Love Love

I used to think that living radically meant living militantly. I was wrong. If I have learned anything in my daily lucha, it is that love is the only way. This week I took a blank sheet of paper and made two lists. On the left side I wrote about the woman I want to be: compassionate, understanding, calm, kind, thoughtful, supportive [...]

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Bringin’ Back Poetry Tuesday!

black stubble mountains / peak along your chin's landscape / earth's 8th great wonder
Poetry Tuesday!

I was never very good at New Year’s resolutions.  (Tell that to Poetry Tuesday!)  So, to make up for my absence, I’d like to shower you with haikus–some of my favorite poems to write.  Here’s an RKA original (the first haiku I ever wrote, age 16) and a collection of miscellaneous 5-7-5s to make you [...]

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