This is a little of what’s coming up with the new book. It’s on sale now. The last years have been difficult for all, the world and planet. I am grateful my testimonio in verse came together and is being received with love and care.
Continue readingOne hour virtual writing workshop with me coming up Oct 16h. Link below to register. Donations (suggested $25.) benefit Latina 50 Plus.
Workshop: Count Your Losses: On Grief and Aging.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latina-50-plus-wellness-program-ana-castillo-writing-workshop-tickets-167330410763
Continue readingNot posting here this summer much–not because I’ve take the summer off or because there isn’t any news. Getting ready to launch my first collection of poetry in many years. The early reviews are excellent. Am excited to be able to do a few in person signings, cautiously since we’re far from free of the pandemic. I am grateful to the team working with me. For ARCS or review copies for your literary journal or…
Continue readingThe ever widening controversy and heated debates on how to label ourselves in 2021 if we are from countries south of the border or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, or descended from there, if we have inherited genes that cause us to identify more with the legacy of colonizers or of the colonized and once enslaved, or both depending on the day and circumstance, how we look at gender and sexuality…
Continue readinghttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/us-migrant-children-opaque-network-facilities
“I Heard the Cries of Two Hundred Children”
I heard the cries of two hundred children
bleating in the desert.
They were not two hundred but two thousand…
Continue readingMY BOOK OF THE DEAD paints a vivid panorama, a contemporary Hieronymus Bosch triptych in breathtaking magnificence because of Castillo’s skill, her ear, her vision, and her courage. Infused with passion, lyricism, and magical realism, Castillo makes us laugh and cry and speaks truth we need to hear.
Continue reading“I am awed by the scale, depths, stretches, bilingual inflections, and powerful ironies of her words that are more necessary than ever in our traumatized world. ”
–Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities Emerita and Research Professor, among book credits: Writing Outside the Nation (Princeton)
MY BOOK OF THE DEAD (Sept1) ZOOM, appearance & interview queries pls contact publicist, DeeDee@Debartlo.com. Thanks!
Continue reading“…a masterpiece of Latina identity and self-empowerment.” –Carmen Tafolla, Intro., Watercolor Women, Opaque Men by Ana Castillo
Continue readingBut we try, mothers like Akilah and me and we hope, somehow our sons will survive.
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