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…
Here’s video of (most of) the author presentation I did on June 12, 2016 at Barnes & Noble Northcross as part of B-Fest (a national teen book festival). Big thanks to Kristi Callaway Rogers for filming the event!
Here’s a list of most of my appearances during 2015 March 4, 2015—Presenting as part of a panel called “Writing and Publishing from El Valle” hosted by Professor Amy Cummins as part of FESTIBA (Festival of International Books and Arts). ARHU 244, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas.…
Below you’ll find audio of two different panels I took part in at the 2015 McAllen Book Festival. In the first, I was teamed up with David Rice and Sarah Cortez to chat about writing, editing and supporting other writers; in the second, Xavier Garza, Ray Villareal and I talked…
The video of my talk “Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self,” presented at TEDx McAllen on October 6, 2015, is now available.
On August 1, I’ll be at Barnes & Noble Northcross in McAllen, Texas, from 2 pm to 3 pm, reading from my YA fantasy novel THE SMOKING MIRROR, answering questions and signing books. I will probably also talk about and share from BORDER LORE as well.
Today at a conference, TEDxMcAllen revealed the roster for our local TED event, scheduled for October. I am thrilled to tell you that I will be one of the speakers.
Yesterday’s Laredo Morning Times featured English and Spanish articles on my school visits and writing.
The fantastic author Jason Henderson interviewed me for the Castle of Horror Podcast. We talked for 50 minutes about legend, myth, writing, family and my upcoming book The Smoking Mirror. Give a listen!
2014 Appearances January 25, 2014—Pasta, Poetry & Vino (reading). Mama Mia Pizzeria, McAllen, Texas. 7 pm to 10 pm. February 14, 2014—Keynote speaker at the 2014 Donna Texas Chisholm Trail Festival. 11 am. February 14, 2014—”Familia y folclor: Using Culture and History to Bridge the Gap between Oracy and…
