Drawings by Castillo are featured throughout the collection and further showcase her connection to her work as both a writer and a visual artist. MY BOOK OF THE DEAD is a remarkable collection that features a poet at the height of her craft.
Continue readingSomehow some of us survive. I rode a killer way gripping a plank.
A new administration. Vaccines arriving to our communities, albeit slowly and for some too late.
Continue readingIf we believe poetry does nothing regarding social change we should dive head first into reading various world histories. Wars have been led by poets, and poets have given their lives to revolutions.
Continue readingJET is calling for manuscripts for the Vol. 9, No. 5, May 2021 issue. Submission deadline: April 5, 2021
Continue readinghttps://www.queermajority.com/illustration/anas-story
I’m thankful to QM for reaching out for the interview and to the artist, Karthik Aithal for his illustration of me (in a field of poppies?)
Continue readingTake it from someone who knows it’s important to never give up, someone out there needs to read your words, hear your personal wisdom, be lifted by your spirit.
Continue readingWriting prompts:
Even if you respond to these questions in your head or, perhaps, go to your journal, it’s important to consciously reflect so as to move forward:
Continue readingWhether you belong to an organization, in government, the arts or sciences, or none, but are a caring human being, we may all do something for this planet, its inhabitants, water and plant life.
Continue readingMy friend, Rodrigo Reyes, a writer and actor who passed away in 1991, and was the first person I knew who contracted AIDS, used to say, “What you are looking at is looking.”
Continue readingCheck out my review of DOG FLOWERS: Memoir by Danielle Geller
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