Guest Column for Nightmare
In the latest issue of NIGHTMARE, I discuss the use of dark Latino folklore in the horror column “The H Word.” May 2017 (Issue 56)
Category: Blog
Anti-Trump Nahuatl at The JMLR
As part of the linguistic resistance, my Anti-Trump Nahuatl glossary is now up at The Jewish Mexican Literary Review. http://www.thejmlr.com/nahuatltrump/
LOTE Character Profile #1: Dr. Elena Baz
LORDS OF THE EARTH Character Profile #1: DR. ELENA BAZ DRESCH Elena Baz is a disabled physicist who consults with the Mexican military when she isn’t hosting her wildly popular science show Muñecos Cósmicos (Cosmic Puppets). Well known for her tough, no-nonsense personality (considered cruel in some circles), she is…
June 2016 Events
June has been an amazing month, and I still haven’t experienced the giddiness of the Purá Belpré Celebración this Sunday at the American Library Association Annual Conference! I had a lovely experience at both the Corpus Christi and McAllen Northcross Barnes & Noble during B-Fest. The bookstore chain was trying…
AKBTW Playlists for Carol and Johnny
As I worked on A Kingdom Beneath the Waves, the second book of Garza Twins, I used music to help me get inside the heads of my two teen protagonists. Here are the playlists for each character:
Guest Blog Post Up
Cindy Rodríguez over at Latin@s in Kid Lit graciously invited me to write a blog post about the Garza Twins series, the Pura Belpré Honor Award, etc. That post is up today, and you can read it here.
La Bloga Profiles My Work
Just in time for my birthday, Rudy Ch. García over at La Bloga has posted a lovely overview of my work. Give it a read! A Chicano novelist and his literary works
Mesoamerican Day Signs
The post below is mainly intended for students reading my Garza Twins series, but the information may be useful for others as well. Most societies in pre-Columbian Mexico (Aztec, Maya, Mixtec, etc.) used a complex system to keep track of dates. Basically there were two overlapping calendars in this system: a 365-day…
Visiting the Mayab
My family and I spent about a week in Yucatán and Quintana Roo, visiting Maya ruins and beaches (y devorando la increíble comida regional). I got in a ton of research for a book I’m planning, and I was able to continue learning Yucatec Maya. A wonderful time, often a…
Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self
[The following is the full script of the TEDx talk I gave on October 6, 2015. I removed a couple of sections on-the-fly during the live event for better flow and to wrap up more quickly.] During my second year as a teacher of middle-school, I had a horribly difficult…
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Anti-Trump Nahuatl at The JMLR
As part of the linguistic resistance, my Anti-Trump Nahuatl glossary is now up at The Jewish Mexican Literary Review. http://www.thejmlr.com/nahuatltrump/
LOTE Character Profile #1: Dr. Elena Baz
LORDS OF THE EARTH Character Profile #1: DR. ELENA BAZ DRESCH Elena Baz is a disabled physicist who consults with the Mexican military when she isn’t hosting her wildly popular science show Muñecos Cósmicos (Cosmic Puppets). Well known for her tough, no-nonsense personality (considered cruel in some circles), she is…
June 2016 Events
June has been an amazing month, and I still haven’t experienced the giddiness of the Purá Belpré Celebración this Sunday at the American Library Association Annual Conference! I had a lovely experience at both the Corpus Christi and McAllen Northcross Barnes & Noble during B-Fest. The bookstore chain was trying…
AKBTW Playlists for Carol and Johnny
As I worked on A Kingdom Beneath the Waves, the second book of Garza Twins, I used music to help me get inside the heads of my two teen protagonists. Here are the playlists for each character:
Guest Blog Post Up
Cindy Rodríguez over at Latin@s in Kid Lit graciously invited me to write a blog post about the Garza Twins series, the Pura Belpré Honor Award, etc. That post is up today, and you can read it here.
La Bloga Profiles My Work
Just in time for my birthday, Rudy Ch. García over at La Bloga has posted a lovely overview of my work. Give it a read! A Chicano novelist and his literary works
Mesoamerican Day Signs
The post below is mainly intended for students reading my Garza Twins series, but the information may be useful for others as well. Most societies in pre-Columbian Mexico (Aztec, Maya, Mixtec, etc.) used a complex system to keep track of dates. Basically there were two overlapping calendars in this system: a 365-day…
Visiting the Mayab
My family and I spent about a week in Yucatán and Quintana Roo, visiting Maya ruins and beaches (y devorando la increíble comida regional). I got in a ton of research for a book I’m planning, and I was able to continue learning Yucatec Maya. A wonderful time, often a…
Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self
[The following is the full script of the TEDx talk I gave on October 6, 2015. I removed a couple of sections on-the-fly during the live event for better flow and to wrap up more quickly.] During my second year as a teacher of middle-school, I had a horribly difficult…