An Experiment in Democracy December 7, 2022 – Posted in: Blog, recent
For the first time in a while, I woke feeling some relief that voters in this country may have signaled they’re not ready…
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For the first time in a while, I woke feeling some relief that voters in this country may have signaled they’re not ready…
Continue readingHow 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.
April 7 Albuquerque and April 8 Santa Fe. Reading & book signing!
Continue readingWhile 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.
Continue reading“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 readingInterview 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 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 readingA live virtual reading from MY BOOK OF THE DEAD poems this Thursday! This coming Saturday a free jumpstart writing prompt virtual workshop.
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?
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