I’m very much blessed the art is moving out there but even more so that coming in 2023, I’ll have gallery representation. Representation for an artist and/or writer frees us up to continue our work. I end this year starting a new novel for HarperVia, Isabel 2121.
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.
Continue readingfrom Luanne Smith: If we end up using your suggestion…we’ll credit you…and I’ll personally send you $100 bucks.
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“…a masterpiece of Latina identity and self-empowerment.” –Carmen Tafolla, Intro., Watercolor Women, Opaque Men by Ana Castillo
Continue readingJET is calling for manuscripts for the Vol. 9, No. 5, May 2021 issue. Submission deadline: April 5, 2021
Continue reading“’Xicanisma Prophecies Post 2012 Putin’s Puppet’ tells another story. It’s 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.”
Continue readingHe was a lyrical poet of Mayan dissent who was passionate about the bolero genre. His songs are romantic vignettes. They come from a time where men/women had the public custom-kept their dignity even when hearts were broken…
Continue readingNice bit of news this week to have a poem, ‘My First Cancer Poem’ nominated for recognition. (A revised version is included in the new collection MY BOOK OF THE DEAD. More news about that very soon!)
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