. Work appearing in various anthologies, poetry and drawings January: Thank you to the New Mexico Book Association. Also, I was much appeciative of the fabulous Susan Bergholz who took the time to attend and receive on my behalf. This year, drawings continue. News and other fruition to come while we all do what we can:
Continue readingEyeball deep as I dot “i’s and cross “t”s, revise, revise, make corrections and pretty much do the solitary work of the writer I set out to bea half century ago. The novel’s working title is ISABEL2121, although (hint) a different title is on the current draft. As soon as I’m ready to turn in I can post a possible pub date with HarperVia (Harper Collins) that had the faith to invest in this challenging…
Continue readingA celebration of the new anthology of Latinx/o/s poets at Chicago’s Harold Washington Library, Thurs., 9/19/24, 6 p.m.
Continue readingKirkus! “A Grand Dame of Chicana literature!” ¡Sí, señor!
Continue readingThis year I am happy to announce to all and anyone interested that one by one all of my novels are going into audio books.
Continue readingLIFTING EVERY VOICE
NOVEMBER 2, 2022, 6:30 P.M. CHICAGO’S, Englewood neighborhood at St. Benedict’s African Catholic Church
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if with drawings– books are done… Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home (HarperVia) scheduled May/June 2023…it’s getting exciting.
My visual work (paintings and drawings), much like my poetry are much like a diary or journal keeping. They represent things I’ve seen, reflected upon or have concerns about. They aren’t attempts at exact representation but a peek into the artist-poet’s heart.
Continue readingAlthough I’m back to full throttle to writing, drawings have remained in my life as almost a daily activity.
Continue readingTo 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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