New Mexico taps Chicano studies professor as poet laureate

New Mexico taps Chicano studies professor as poet laureate

By Associated Press – ABQJournal.com – Photo: University Of New Mexico. Photo: Levi Romero was chosen as the state’s inaugural poet laureate. Santa Fe – New Mexico has chosen as its first poet laureate a bilingual Spanish-English writer and Chicano studies...
Lowrider Magazine: Last Cruise In Print

Lowrider Magazine: Last Cruise In Print

By Montse Reyes – SFChronicle.com – Photo: Beto Mendoz. Photo: A 1986 Buick Regal in Corcoran, Kings County, California. Lowrider magazine has been a pillar in car and Chicano culture since a trio of San Jose State University students — Sonny Madrid, Larry...
Lowrider Magazine Prints Last Issue

Lowrider Magazine Prints Last Issue

By Take Two® – SCPR.org – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Collage of old Lowrider magazine issues. Lowrider culture and its community are emblematic to East L.A. But that community took a hit last week when Santa Ana-based magazine, Lowrider, announced that...
After 42 Years, Lowrider Magazine Will Cease To Print

After 42 Years, Lowrider Magazine Will Cease To Print

By Javier Cabral – LATaco.com – Image: Courtesy Of Lowrider Magazine. It’s the end of an era. What started as a DIY zine by San Jose State University students Larry Gonzalez, Sonny Madrid, and David Nunez celebrating emerging lowrider culture in the 1970s...