So what did you accomplish today? July 28, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, recent

Not 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…

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Transactional Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo: a Reader June 19, 2021 – Posted in: recent

The 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…

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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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Advanced Praise for MY BOOK OF THE DEAD Sept. 1 May 8, 2021 – Posted in: Blog

“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)

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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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MY BOOK OF THE DEAD: Poems: Sept 1, 2021 April 17, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Books, Poetry, recent

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.

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