Articles, Interviews and Media
- On March 18, 2023, the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast interviewed Héctor Rodríguez and me about Black Demon Tales and other Chispa projects.
- On March 10, 2023, Canvas Rebel interviewed me.
- On September 3, 2022, Scott Simon interviewed me for NPR’s Weekend Edition about my book They Call Her Fregona.
- On August 30, 2022, The Washington Post published an article about my appearance at the National Book Festival.
- On August 30, 2022, the LA Public Library posted a bilingual interview with me to promote the LA Libros Festival
- On May 24, 2022, Claire Storey interviewed me for World Kid Lit.
- On May 6, 2022, Norma Martínez interviewed Erika Meza and me for the Fronteras program on Texas Public Radio about our book My Two Border Towns.
- On February 28, 2022, librarian and author John Schu interviewed me for his blog, where we revealed the cover for They Call Her Fregona.
- The Horror Writers Association interviewed me for Latinx Heritage Month 2021.
- On September 14, 2021, Publishers Weekly posted a chat between illustrator Erika Meza and me for their In Coversation series.
- On September 8, 2021, Kirkus Reviews published an interview with me about my debut picture book My Two Border Towns.
- On August 11, 2021, The Picturebooking Podcast posted an interview with me about my debut picture book My Two Border Towns
- On June 14, 2021, The Qwillery posted an interview with me about my space opera series The Path.
- On April 16, 2021, professor Aixa Pérez-Prado interviewed me for From the Mixed-up Files…
- On March 9, 2021, kidlit scholar Edith Campbell interviewed me for her blog, CrazyQuiltEdi.
- On December 9, 2020, Jason Henderson interviewed me for the Castle Talk podcast about challenging the literary canon.
- Frederick Luis Aldama interviewed me for American Book Review, Volume 41, Number 6 (September/October 2020)
- The Texas Standard interviewed me on October 16, 2020, about my series 13TH STREET.
- On October 13, 2020, as part of Nerdtino Expo, Monomythic interviewed me about my Mesoamerica-inspired work.
- Mandalit del Barco interviewed me for an article and segment of NPR’s All Things Considered that appeared on September 28, 2020.
- On July 3, 2020, Jason Henderson interviewed me for the Castle Talk podcast about my 13th Street series.
- The Monitor released a story about my involvement in #DignidadLiteraria on February 3, 2020.
- I was a guest on NPR’s 1A show on January 27, 2020.
- On May 6, 2019, Maria Salvadore interviewed me for her Page by Page blog a Reading Rockets.
- On April 24, 2019, I was interviewed for the Keep the Channel Open podcast.
- On March 28, 2019, Publishers Weekly put out an article on The Chupacabras of the Río Grande.
- On February 21, 2019, an interview with me (in Spanish) was published on México Punto Com.
- On February 20, 2019, an article about me appeared on the UTRGV website.
- On February 17, 2019, an interview with me appeared in Lone Star Literary Life.
- On February 6, 2019, Daniel Olivas interviewed me for The Millions.
- On January 22, 2019, an article about my writing of Güero appeared in The Monitor.
- On January 7, 2019, I appeared on The Bastard Title Podcast, being interviewed by Ángel Luis Colón.
- On November 5, 2018, The Rider featured an interview with me.
- On September 7, 2018, the Texas Standard released a feature on my latest book: “In ‘They Call Me Güero,’ Poetry Brings Light To The Life Of A Valley Kid“
- On July 13, 2018, I appeared on the New World Witchery Podcast to discuss border folklore and Mesoamerican myth.
- On July 5, 2018, Jason Henderson interviewed Guadalupe García McCall and me about the translation into Spanish of Summer of the Mariposas for the Castle Talk podcast.
- On June 5, 2018, Jason Henderson interviewed me about Feathered Serpent: Dark Heart of Sky for the Castle Talk podcast.
- On April 5, 2018, The Rivard Report featured an interview with me in an article about the San Antonio Book Festival.
- On January 18, 2018, Publishers Weekly discussed my book Feathered Serpent: Dark Heart of Sky as one of the books to look for at the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute.
- On November 12, 2017, Lone Star Literary ran a profile on me as part of their Lone Star Listens series.
- On October 4, 2017, the Our Voces blog ran a profile on me for Hispanic Heritage Month.
- On June 1, 2017, I was interviewed by Scott Nicolay for the Outer Dark podcast.
- I was part of a round table of Mexican-American authors interviewed by Maya Sisneros of Aunt Lute Books on May 4, 2017.
- On February 6, 2017, the second part of my appearance on the This Is Horror Podcast went live.
- On January 30, 2017, the first part of my appearance on the This Is Horror Podcast went live.
- On December 28, 2016, an article about me appeared in the Metro Leader Newspaper.
- The Castle of Horror podcast interviewed me on November 16, 2016.
- On November 8, 2016, I spoke to Dee and Dan on the Phenomena Encountered podcast.
- An article in the Valley Morning Star discusses my book Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley.
- The Laurie P. Andrews PAWS Center interviewed me on October 27, 2016.
- Here’s video of my October 15, 2016 appearance at the Mission Historical Museum.
- I am one of 20 authors contributing advice to the Writers’ Craft Talk episode of This Is Horror.
- Video of the author presentation I did for B-Fest (a national teen book festival) at Barnes & Noble Northcross on June 12, 2016.
- The Castle of Horror podcast interviewed me on April 20, 2016.
- Video of my presentation “The Border X-Files” from the 2015 Edinburg “Out of this World” UFO Conference is now up on YouTube.
- La Bloga did a nice review of my work on my birthday
- Article from The Monitor about the selection The Smoking Mirror as a Pura Belpé Honor Book
- Article from NBC News about the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards, including the selection of my novel The Smoking Mirror as a Pura Belpré Honor Book.
- Audio of an author panel at the 2015 McAllen Book Festival that featured David Rice, Sarah Cortez and me discussing writing, editing, and mentoring other writers.
- Audio of an author panel at the 2015 McAllen Book Festival that featured Xavier Garza, Ray Villareal and me talking about books, scary stories, and wrestling.
- On October 6, 2015, I gave a talk titled “Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self” at TEDx McAllen
- Audio of most of my October 2015 presentation at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.
- In July of 2015, The Monitor talked to me about my YA fantasy novel The Smoking Mirror
- In May of 2015, the genre website GeekaChicas interviewed me about my work, Latinos in genre fiction, the Hugos, and much more.
- The May 20, 2015 Laredo Morning Times featured articles in English and Spanish about my writing and school visits.
- A recording of my May 2015 presentation to teens at McAllen High School.
- Author and editor Sabrina Vourvoulias interviewed me on April 10, 2015 for the magazine Al Día
- An interview of me conducted in March of 2015 by Ghanaian blogger Geoffrey “Geosi” Gyasi
- The online Latino literary magazine Somos en escrito published an excerpt from The Smoking Mirror
- Website The Mimeograph has an article featuring my work.
- Author Jason Henderson interviewed me on February 17, 2015 for the Castle of Horror Podcast.
- A video about literacy night at Veterans Middle School in Donna ISD featuring an interview with me about my reading and presentation.
- An article from the October 4, 2014 edition of the Laredo Morning Times discussing my author visit to Los Obispos Middle School.
- I was a guest panelist on the podcast Castle of Horror on September 23, 2014. Here’s the podcast, in which we discuss the film Exorcist: The Beginning
- Several mentions are made of Mexican Bestiary in the article “Magical Realist Moments in Malín Alegía’s Border Town Series” by Amy Cummins and Tiffany Cano, published in Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature, Volume 52, Number 3, July 2014. Here’s a PDF version for your reading pleasure.
- The City of Donna posted a video of my keynote speech for the dedication and unveiling of the Donna Hooks Fletcher statue on May 5, 2014
- An article from The Monitor on my winning the Texas Institute of Letters Translation Award
- Monsters and Mysteries in American, Season 2, Episode 8, featuring an interview with me and a recreation of one of my stories (here’s the iTunes version).
- Interview in the February 13, 2014 edition of The Monitor concerning my national TV appearance.
- Article in The Monitor about the Flower, Song, Dance event from September 19, 2013
- Interview on radio program Corazón Bilingüe from January 13, 2013
- Presentation on Mexican Bestiary at the Museum of South Texas History on September 16, 2012 (Video)
David,
Where to begin? There isn’t enough space in this little box! Quick. Briefly. Thank you for the wonderful review of the Laureate book. We could have a much longer discussion about relationships–and man’s relative position in the universe. Second–congratulations on the Pushcart nomination! Hope you win. Third–wow! You are a busy guy. I was just perusing your website. Fourth– I sure did enjoy the time talking to you at Langdon. We covered a lot of ground (and we weren’t drinking that heavy either!). Fifth–and final–if there’s some way I can repay you for that great review…maybe review one of your books–or maybe we can arrange a time when I could do a reading down there for one of your classes…something. Hey. My best email is alanbirkelbach@gmail.com Please drop me a line sometime! Thanks again. Alan Birkelbach
Alan,
Hey, just saw this. I will definitely drop you a line! In fact, I’ve been thinking about asking you about putting in a local appearance…
More in an upcoming email.
Thanks!