List of My Book Titles. Thank you. May 15, 2022 – Posted in: Blog
How many books have I authored to date, various
genres and including edited and translated? It’s not a competition in this business nor do I think quantity over quality.
How many books have I authored to date, various
genres and including edited and translated? It’s not a competition in this business nor do I think quantity over quality.
“Publishers’ Weekly, deals of the week: Castillo sells two to HarperOne” Most loving thanks to my new literary agent, Johanna Castillo (Writers House Lit Agency) and the powerhouse Tara Parsons, my new editor at HarperVia. The honor and pleasure is all mine. Now, nose to the grinstone!
Continue reading“… I’m sent back by the gods, who say ‘not so fast, you’ve got some more work to do.’ Instead of going on to paradise forever, I’m returned to a sea shore, to my family who is waiting for me. The book offers some hope, some consolation, after our journey through the many hells that we have been through.”
Continue reading“We take a deep dive with the original Xicanista and her poetry in her latest work, “My Book of the Dead” which is timely both in the age of COVID-19 and during the Halloween season…” KJZZ
Continue reading“La palabra escrita ha sido un lugar exclusivo de un tipo particular de personas: hombres blancos, de clases altas y bien educados. Con el tiempo, un puñado de mujeres “excepcionales” han sido admitidas en tan exclusivo círculo.”
Continue readingIn-person free event, Chicago. Register here: https://www.dom.edu/arts-minds/university-events/ana-castillo
Continue readingThis is a little of what’s coming up with the new book. It’s on sale now. The last years have been difficult for all, the world and planet. I am grateful my testimonio in verse came together and is being received with love and care.
Continue readingNot 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…
Continue readingThe 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…
Continue readingWriting prompts:
Even if you respond to these questions in your head or, perhaps, go to your journal, it’s important to consciously reflect so as to move forward:
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