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2023: A new year, a new book. January 11, 2023 – Posted in: recent

  The galleys for the forthcoming new work are ready and going out as this is written.  DOñA CLEANWELL LEAVES HOME:  Stories written post-COVID.  Yes, I’m back to writing & so grateful for this new team in New York (wo)manning the launch.  My lit agent, editor & publisher & in-house publicist–fabulous & fierce!  I’m in good hands.  

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Summer 2022, a few things happen July 7, 2022 – Posted in: recent

The storm comes and goes, returns.  Next time, harder. We don’t even bother

with shelters.  We give it new names, each time, further fire and rain.

We mourn.  

We start again. It could have been you or me, we say, dying

in public beneath a baton’s blows falling amidst a spray of a sniper’s bullets,

but it wasn’t.  We go on.

Disaster has happened to someone else.
–(excerpt) A STORM UPON US

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MY BOOK OF THE DEAD: MEDIA #5 September 25, 2021 – Posted in: recent

“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

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Spain residence, Spring, 2020 December 1, 2019 – Posted in: Blog, recent

  I will be in Spain this year accepting a residency.It will be brief and near Madrid.  If you teach my work or on a related theme (Feminist Studies, gender, Latin/Latino lit, Chicana, Xicanx, etc.) in Spain and would like to contact me when I am in the country, email please at ana@anacastillo.net. Será breve y cerca de Madrid.  Si a caso eres profesor y trabajas con los temas de mis libros y quieres comunicarte…

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