Two Men and Me December 2, 2020 – Posted in: Blog
Two Men and Me
I left Bukowski again, went back to Bolaño,
both men bad to their women. Both smoked and drank
themselves to death. They liked it rough, said
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Two Men and Me
I left Bukowski again, went back to Bolaño,
both men bad to their women. Both smoked and drank
themselves to death. They liked it rough, said
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Continue readingSharing Perspective: Ana Castillo Uses Autobiographies to Inspire Students The ZOOM program with Diablo Valley Community College in N. California was both a pleasure and an honor. I appreciate the student writer in the school paper. It isn’t my custom to correct facts in public interviews. But when giving advice to aspiring young writers and students in writing classes, it’s important to get my message right. It’s important but not critical. Still, today, it’s an…
Continue readingContact signed for the poetry collection MY BOOK OF THE DEAD: Poems (2012-2020). Cloth edition will be released in Fall, 2021. It will include a few of my line drawings. During the last years, line drawings were in a way, my version of ‘knitting,’ to maintain calmness. My first creative impulse was drawing, so, please don’t take me literally when I compare it to ‘knitting.’ It’s very exciting and no humblebrag here when I also…
Continue readingI’m honored to be delivering the Commencement speech at a university’s December 2020 graduation. However, during COVID-19 the ceremony will be virtual.
Continue reading¡Qué vivan los muertos! Los Vivos ¡Presente! Our final issue of this La Tolteca 2.0 reprise edition is dedicated to the countless loss of human life the world have experienced this year.
Continue readingQueries contact: ana@anacastillo.net
Continue readingI was blessed to be nominated with the highest honor the university confers–2020 NEIU Distinguished Alumnus. This is not a ‘humble-brag post,” but a virtual thanks. I’m grateful to all involved in this decision which came unexpectedly. A bittersweet celebration in these COVID-19 times where it isn’t safe to travel or to hold events. I look forward to a year away when we may celebrate with family and friends. Because the gala was cancelled and the…
Continue readingLa Tolteca 2.0 October 16. 2020 We are in the 11th hour in these United States regarding presidential elections. The world is experiencing a deadly viral pandemic and everywhere there are natural catastrophes, mostly due to climate change that end displacing communities.…
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