Cover for Border Lore
Here is a draft of the cover for Border Lore: Folktales and Legends of South Texas, coming March 2015. Kudos to the awesome José Meléndez for his artwork and design!
Category: Publication
Translations in Somos en escrito
The on-line magazine Somos en escrito has published three translations of mine from Classical Nahuatl into English and Spanish. You can read them now by heading over to that website.
“Cradlesong” to be published in Metamorphoses
I’m delighted that the journal Metamorphoses has accepted “A Cradlesong,” my translation from the Nahuatl of “Cōzolcuīcatl,” poem LVII of the Songs of Mexico codex composed in 1585. In the 800-word sequence, a young Mexica girl envisions the fallen young king of Tenochtitlan, Ahuizotl, as a baby, youth and man,…
The Smoking Mirror to be published in 2015
The international small press IFWG Publishing, which specializes in speculative and children’s fiction, has picked up my YA fantasy novel The Smoking Mirror for publication in 2015.
Poems in Rattle #47
Just received word that my translations of three Japanese poems by Karai Senryū have been accepted for publication in issue 47 of Rattle (forthcoming March 2015). Ii darou! (“Cool, ain’t it?”)
Strange Texas Tales That Never Die
In September of 2014, Overlooked Books released a series of illustrated, bilingual readers for young people. Titled Strange Texas Tales That Must Not Die, the series features twelve tales that I have penned: The Black Dog of Driscoll The Devil at the Disco The Hitchhiker of Highway 281 Storyteller A Mermaid in…
Poem in Goodbye, Mexico
I am excited to learn that my poem “Por la libre” will be published in the anthology Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance that the wonderful Sarah Cortez is editing for Texas Review Press. I can’t wait to read the other pieces in what is sure to be an amazing collection.…
Featured Poet for Upcoming Red River Review
I am delighted and honored to have been selected feature poet for the August edition of the Red River Review (edited by the very cool Alan Gann), in which several of my poems will appear: “taming,” “kill the muse,” “Palimpsest Soul,” “Lovely Little Thing,” “Tzompantli,” “The Paradoxical Axiom,” “Weathered and…
Oaxacan Flânerie to Be Published
I am pleased to announce that my poetry cycle Oaxacan Flânerie has been accepted for publication in the upcoming edition of the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas.
2015 Texas Poetry Calendar
My poem “The Ghost of the Moon” has been accepted for publication in the 2015 Texas Poetry Calendar (from the great Dos Gatos Press).
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Translations in Somos en escrito
The on-line magazine Somos en escrito has published three translations of mine from Classical Nahuatl into English and Spanish. You can read them now by heading over to that website.
“Cradlesong” to be published in Metamorphoses
I’m delighted that the journal Metamorphoses has accepted “A Cradlesong,” my translation from the Nahuatl of “Cōzolcuīcatl,” poem LVII of the Songs of Mexico codex composed in 1585. In the 800-word sequence, a young Mexica girl envisions the fallen young king of Tenochtitlan, Ahuizotl, as a baby, youth and man,…
The Smoking Mirror to be published in 2015
The international small press IFWG Publishing, which specializes in speculative and children’s fiction, has picked up my YA fantasy novel The Smoking Mirror for publication in 2015.
Poems in Rattle #47
Just received word that my translations of three Japanese poems by Karai Senryū have been accepted for publication in issue 47 of Rattle (forthcoming March 2015). Ii darou! (“Cool, ain’t it?”)
Strange Texas Tales That Never Die
In September of 2014, Overlooked Books released a series of illustrated, bilingual readers for young people. Titled Strange Texas Tales That Must Not Die, the series features twelve tales that I have penned: The Black Dog of Driscoll The Devil at the Disco The Hitchhiker of Highway 281 Storyteller A Mermaid in…
Poem in Goodbye, Mexico
I am excited to learn that my poem “Por la libre” will be published in the anthology Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance that the wonderful Sarah Cortez is editing for Texas Review Press. I can’t wait to read the other pieces in what is sure to be an amazing collection.…
Featured Poet for Upcoming Red River Review
I am delighted and honored to have been selected feature poet for the August edition of the Red River Review (edited by the very cool Alan Gann), in which several of my poems will appear: “taming,” “kill the muse,” “Palimpsest Soul,” “Lovely Little Thing,” “Tzompantli,” “The Paradoxical Axiom,” “Weathered and…
Oaxacan Flânerie to Be Published
I am pleased to announce that my poetry cycle Oaxacan Flânerie has been accepted for publication in the upcoming edition of the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas.
2015 Texas Poetry Calendar
My poem “The Ghost of the Moon” has been accepted for publication in the 2015 Texas Poetry Calendar (from the great Dos Gatos Press).