East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte is not just the most thorough & innovative history of EM & SEM, its also highly accessible and engaging. Comes out Feb, 2020 #ElMonte#SouthElMonte#EastofEast#PublicHistory
Great thing about teaching U.S. history courses in the West SGV is that you can use books like #EastofEast and students respond in their assignments w/ "I am from El Monte and never knew about this history and want to dig in for more" @semartsposse@pochogreatermx
@pochogreatermx@semartsposse Direct student quote after reading the Ricardo y Enrique Flores Magón piece "I never knew there was an anarchist movement in the places I lived and I feel very special knowing that I stand in the same where that movement has happened."
I think one of the biggest things I've learned (of many!) from @semartsposse#EastofEast is the importance of creative imagining and re-imagining in public history work. Just awesome to see this crew reimagine & remake narratives, places, guidebooks, artworks, everything.
“We’re asking for your input as we (@semartsposse and Daniel Gonzalez) design a seal that accurately represents the history, people, and events that have shaped #ElMonte (and #SouthElMonte).” https://t.co/zX5RRY3kLM
In our latest Postcard entry writer and teacher @SanchezTello takes us to Salinas, California, where he found a literary outlet in punk rock. @ucpress
https://t.co/pU4L5sVyYV
@semartsposse I remember canvassing for a Latino El Monte school board candidate in the 00s who slept on the Vietnamese community in my old hood.
He lost.
What an honor it is to have great writers weigh in on your work. Gracias @AltaJournal for the wonderful essays from @Aatif_Rashid, @AjayOrona, @unefemmejames, and @ilanaslightly about my novel The Barbarian Nurseries, now out in a 10th anniversary edition
https://t.co/5CdDMy9T8L