The Sea Monster of Port Isabel
Revenge of La Mano Pachona
Article on Laredo Visit

From October 2 through October 4, I was in Laredo for meetings with librarians, visits with middle school students, and an appearance at the Laredo Book Festival. The Laredo Morning Times covered my presentations at Los Obispos Middle School in this article by Judith Rayo: Headline | Story. A special…
Chupacabras in Mission
Summer Prelude
“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,…