I’m thrilled to announce that my poem “Keeping It Real” and my translation of the 16th Nahuatl song from the Aztec codex Songs of Mexico, “Where All Debts Are Paid,” have been accepted for publication in the journal Huizache.
I am excited to announce that the Texas Institute of Letters has selected my book Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry as a finalist for the Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation. On April 5, at the TIL annual banquet, the institute will announce the winner and present…
I will be appearing in this Friday’s episode of Monsters and Mysteries in America, which features tales of flying humanoids. Be sure to tune in to check out my commentary and the recreation of my Creature Feature tale “The Big Bird,” a spine-tingling Valley legend from 1976. The program airs…
My poem “Abandoned Anniversary” will be appearing in the February 2014 edition of Red River Review.
The third volume in the Along the River series will be out January 20. Subtitled Dark Voices from the Rio Grande, the book features the writing of established authors like screenwriter Álvaro Rodríguez as well as amazing up-and-coming artists from south Texas. Artwork by José Meléndez, edited by yours truly. ¡Cómprenlo!
2013 Appearances January 5—Pasta, Poetry & Vino (reading). Mama Mia Pizzeria, McAllen, Texas. 7 pm to 10 pm. January 11—Pasta, Poetry & Vino (reading with Texas Poet Laureate Jan Seale). Lola’s, Brownsville, Texas. 7 pm to 10 pm. January 13—Corazón Bilingüe interview aired on KMBH (local public radio channel 88.1…
Just sold my scifi story “Winds that Stir Vermilion Sands” to James Gunn’s Ad Astra for publication in the winter 2014 issue. Groovy!
On December 10th, AIM Media Texas released Creature Feature: 13 Frightening Folktales of the Río Grande Valley. This eBook collects the nine stories published in The Monitor this past September and October, plus an additional four tales I crafted especially for the volume. Featuring a baker’s dozen of fantastic illustrations from several amazing…
My poems “Crockpot” and “Valley Haiku” have been accepted by the journal Illya’s Honey for publication in the winter 2014 edition.
