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Let’s talk no more of love / Just now, not hurt ourselves / With what we may not have. / Rather than rehearse / New styles of suffering, / Together in this place / We never thought to find / Where you may wholly be The post Words for an Unheard Melody appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
It was the summer of 1994. The men’s World Cup brought soccer fever to the United States at last. The Knicks reached the NBA finals. And Black romance readers stopping into the bookstore to find their next beach read found something they never had before: a choice of books featuring characters who looked like them. […] The post One Summer, Publishers Fell for Black Romances appeared first on…
With apologies to Raymond Chandler. The Santa Ana winds were blowing hot and mean over the mountains. It was the kind of weather that curls the edges of your sanity, and sends councilmembers and rats scurrying for deeper shadows. I’m a private dick—name’s Marlowe—and I was in my office off Hollywood Boulevard, nursing a lukewarm […] The post Philip Marlowe Probes the Plot Against Los Angeles…
Concepción Reza grew up in a middle-class family in Mexico City and studied economics at UCLA from 1952 to 1953. She was the recipient of two scholarships, one from Mexico’s central bank and the other from the U.S. Department of State. During Reza’s yearlong stint at UCLA, a research team studying the experiences of Mexican students in the United States interviewed her. Why did she pursue the…
The deadline to submit is October 16, 2026, at 11:59 PM PDT. Books must be published in the U.S. between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2026, to be eligible. The post The 2027 Zócalo Book Prize Honors Explorations of Human Connection appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
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Adam Echelman is the higher education and workforce reporter for CalMatters. The post CalMatters Higher Education and Workforce Reporter Adam Echelman appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
Ashish Vaidya is the president and CEO of Growing Inland Achievement. The post Growing Inland Achievement President and CEO Ashish Vaidya appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
Su Jin Jez is CEO of California Competes, which researches higher education and workforce development in California. The post California Competes CEO Su Jin Jez appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
Vicky Bocanegra is the Southern California regional manager for Health Career Connection. The post Health Workforce Manager Vicky Bocanegra appeared first on Zócalo Public Square .
