Harvest Thanks November 26, 2025 – Posted in: recent

7.Pick ONE injustice you find so abhorrent you cannot sleep. Find a doable way you can combat it, even if it seems at the moment inconsequential, do it and keep doing it. Be that ant, the woodpecker, the annoying retired neighbor that comes out the house everyday, the sun that rises each day–keep fighting for what you believe is right for the planet. You alone cannot change the world but you as an individual can make a difference.

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We Would Like You ro Know June 5, 2025 – Posted in: Books, Poetry

We would like you to know…

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Lifting Every Voice: Reading, Chicago 11/2/ 2022 October 25, 2022 – Posted in: recent

LIFTING EVERY VOICE
NOVEMBER 2, 2022, 6:30 P.M. CHICAGO’S, Englewood neighborhood at St. Benedict’s African Catholic Church
https://benedicttheafrican.org/about/

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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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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.

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In-Person Appearances coming up, 2022! January 23, 2022 – Posted in: Blog, recent

The ink on agreements is still wet on the following but I’m so looking forward to getting out here is advance notice. I do hope you’ll mask up & join us if possible.

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Omicron Isn’t the New Year Headline January 7, 2022 – Posted in: recent

While Omicron hit our household as it did with countless others over the holidays it isn’t the lead story in this writer’s life as we enter 2022.

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My Book of the Dead: Media Post #6 October 1, 2021 – Posted in: Blog

Dominican 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?

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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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MY BOOK OF THE DEAD Promotions #3 September 5, 2021 – Posted in: recent

As 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.