by Gene Novogrodsky
For Brenda N. Riojas
Black curls.
A cousin’s granddaughter,
A little girl, identification Israeli.
And as she grows,
She will hear hate of
Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims,
Hate severe,
Hate in jokes,
Or, might she hear words of
Commonality?

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From Gene
The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum meets from 7-9 pm tonight, Oct. 6th, at 225 E. Stenger St., in San Benito; come early, sing in; we’ve had many readers, performers during the summer, including a FINE event at Robin’s last month, and a lot of excitement at SAVORY PERKS, whiuch is the [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky
He kept a ten in his wallet,
Had for years, just in case,
And when he died, we opened
His wallet and the ten
Was still there ….

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by Ruth Wagner
Pushed Aside
We see the wizened woman
With a cigarette butt in wrinkled mouth.
She nods and pushes her grocery cart.
He, about a half block behind her,
Pushes his cart.
They travel together:
Protection?
Companionship?
A week earlier another of the
“Pushed aside,” she, older now,
With peppered hair,
Sitting on the stoop of an abandoned house
Lifts her hand

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The Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts (BSPA)
The 13th Annual Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival
October 8 to 11, 2009
Various Locations in Brownsville Texas
The Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts (BSPA) announced its 13th Annual Browns­ville Latin Jazz Festival, scheduled to take place this coming October 8 to 11, 2009 in Brownsville, Texas. For complete schedules, artist [...]

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The Valley Byliners, a group of professional and amateur writers, will be holding their October meeting at the Harlingen Public Library on Saturday, October 17 at 1:30 PM. The forthcoming publication will be discussed.
All Valley writers are encouraged to attend. Please visit www.rgvbyliners.org for more information about the group.

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