Nozawa Bonchō was born in the city of Kanazawa in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. Though he worked most of his life as a doctor in Kyoto, Bonchō never made much money. He became one of Matsuo Bashō’s foremost disciples, which saved him when he was convicted of smuggling: due to his…
Ernest Hogan has lots of great things to say about The Smoking Mirror in this week’s Chicanonáutica at La Bloga.
Author and editor Sabrina Vourvoulias recently interviewed me for the magazine Al Día. Head over to the website to check out our discussion of YA Latino literature: http://aldianews.com/articles/culture/literature/meet-david-bowles-author-smoking-mirror/38586
This poem was previously published in the 2014 edition of Huizache and in the collection Shattering and Bricolage. During the 80s I lived in the projects, Section 8 housing, a block of apartments Facing the Pharr Community Center. Dad had abandoned us. I was sixteen, Sleeping on pallets with Matthew…
My poem “The Wall” will be appearing in The Thing Itself, the literary journal of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.
