The cover image for my book of translated Mesoamerican verse, Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry, out this fall from Lamar University Press. A shout-out to artist Noé Vela for this fantastic painting.
Here are a few illustrations from my collection of Mesoamerican verse Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry, forthcoming from Lamar University Press. All images © 2013 Nicol Bowles.
So, buoyed by the excitement of working on Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry, I actually wrapped up my volume of original poetry before the short story collection. Shattering and Bricolage is now in front of an editor; we’ll see whether it gets picked up. Here’s the table of…
Reflecting on the work I did this year, I am a little amazed at how much I got accomplished. Here’s a quick rundown: January to March—Wrote my first YA urban fantasy novel, The Smoking Mirror. I haven’t found an agent/publisher yet, but I’m confident that there’s a home for the…
It’s official: Lamar University Press will be publishing Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry, my translation of Nahuatl and Yucatec Mayan verse. I’ll be providing further information as the details are hammered out (release date, cover, price, availability). A thousand thanks to everyone who supported the project, especially Jan…
Out of the Gutter On-line has published my dark horror/fantasy story “Bloody Feathers” as part of their Bareknuckles Pulp series. Warning: contains frank language and violence.
I’m about two months out from wrapping up Shattering and Bricolage. Here’s a description of the project: The title of David Bowles’ first collection of poetry references the artistic technique of creating by combining in a mosaic the shards of previous, broken works. The volume explores the idea of psychological…
Here’s a tentative list of the stories in my next collection, Chupacabra Vengeance and Other Weird Tales (which will be in front of an editor in March, so let’s cross our fingers): The Teen and the Triton—girl living at South Padre Island finds an injured young merman The Devil’s Lagoon—retelling…
This poem originally appeared in Along the River. Near Dwaravati, on the Beach He faces me in some glittering moonlit mindscape —I almost feel the sea breeze and the still-warm sand— His ageless eyes full of power that almost glows. “Hello, Nara,” he murmurs. “Here we always meet, Near the…
Originally published in The Monitor. As the New Year approaches, many of us begin to create reading resolutions for 2013. I have had many friends resolve in the past to read more of the classics, those works of world literature that have withstood the test of time, becoming universally regarded…
