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New Mexico State Poetry Society Keynote Address 2022 June 5, 2022 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry, recent

To all of you, blessings to your homes in the seasons to follow, that you may all have places to rest your heads, food enough to eat and store for the winter and a storage of words to pull out in the dark long nights of winter and weave blankets of poetry to warm the world during the long nights of winter.

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#8 Santa Fe New Mexican: Review & Interview October 30, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Books, Poetry, recent

“… I’m sent back by the gods, who say ‘not so fast, you’ve got some more work to do.’ Instead of going on to paradise forever, I’m returned to a sea shore, to my family who is waiting for me. The book offers some hope, some consolation, after our journey through the many hells that we have been through.” 

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#7 MY BOOK OF THE DEAD features October 27, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Books, Poetry

“We take a deep dive with the original Xicanista and her poetry in her latest work, “My Book of the Dead” which is timely both in the age of COVID-19 and during the Halloween season…” KJZZ

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I Heard the Cries of Two Hundred Children May 12, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Books, Poetry

https://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…

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MY BOOK OF THE DEAD Press Release May 11, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Books, Poetry, recent

MY 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. 

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Contact Info for new book! New Book Sept. 1. May 2, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry

MY BOOK OF THE DEAD (Sept1) ZOOM, appearance & interview queries pls contact publicist, DeeDee@Debartlo.com. Thanks!

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Watercolor Women, Opaque Men May 1, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry

“…a masterpiece of Latina identity and self-empowerment.” –Carmen Tafolla, Intro., Watercolor Women, Opaque Men by Ana Castillo

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Poetry & the hearts of women activists April 26, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry, recent

But we try, mothers like Akilah and me and we hope, somehow our sons will survive.

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Xicanisma Prophecies Post 2012 Putin’s Puppet” from MY BOOK OF THE DEAD April 24, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry, recent

“Xicanisma Prophecies Post 2012 Putin’s Puppet” [is] hard-hitting political power. Want to read a poem that explains the political nightmare we are a part of, read this poem and memorize it and recite it at parties.” –thestilettogangblogspot.com

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My Book of the Dead: A Storm Upon Us – Posted in: Blog, Poetry, recent

I hope readers all over will find solace and comfort in the affirmation of the storms we’ve been through and that we are pushing through.

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The latest on La Tolteca 2.0

  • New Mexico State Poetry Society Keynote Address 2022 June 5, 2022
  • co-editing new anthology June 5, 2022
  • Hypertext Mag interview 2022 June 5, 2022
  • List of My Book Titles. Thank you. May 15, 2022
  • April 7th, Albuquerque, April 8th, Santa Fe April 4, 2022
  • “Loosing” my cool en los Tiempos de COVID January 29, 2022
  • In-Person Appearances coming up, 2022! January 23, 2022
  • Omicron Isn’t the New Year Headline January 7, 2022
  • Two Book Deal Announcement: Fiction on the horizon November 28, 2021
  • The Creative Process: Interview November 17, 2021
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