Interview with artist Mia Funk and Yesenia Olmos on The Creative Process: One of the things that is dying is our planet. We hear these sirens every single day. We’re being warned daily by experts and concerned people how vast that squandering is going. It’s a case of urgency and it’s astounding and a very sad, a very pathetic comment on modern life that most people are ignoring those signs…”
Continue readingDominican University, reading in-person at hybrid event on 9/15/21, public link here. STAY TUNED HERE FOR LINKS.Want to order a copy of MY BOOK OF THE DEAD by supporting an indie bookstore AND get a personally signed copy?
Continue reading“If you’re looking for inspiring and relevant poetry, look no further than My Book Of The Dead ($25) by Ana Castillo. In her latest anthology, the Chicana author touches on everything from Latinx families in camps to the pandemic and the environmental emergency.” –BeLatina
Continue readingAs various virtual events go live on line I’ll post. Thank you, poetry friends for responding with cariño and appreciation to my new work. I’ll do my best to reach as many of you as possible.
Continue readingIn-person free event, Chicago. Register here: https://www.dom.edu/arts-minds/university-events/ana-castillo
Continue reading3 more events to check out w/ new poetry collection:
written interview, live IG event & in-person signing in Chicago. More events to come.
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
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