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June 27, 2015
GIVE IT TO ME recommended for NOT so guilty pleasure summer reading!
LAMBDA award for best bi-fiction.
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/27th-an...
American Library Association summer reading selection 2014
http://ala14.ala.org/node/14427
TOP SIX Summer Read recommendations with MORE MAGAZINE for women over 40:
http://www.more.com/entertainment/boo...
PICK BY COSMO FOR LATINAS:
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cosmo-lat...
Review:
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/201...
Ana Castillo talking “Give It To Me” on public radio, El Paso, TX
http://ktep.org/post/words-wire-ana-c...
CONGRATULATIONS to U.S. legislators & to all upcoming same-sex tax paying newlyweds on the passing of same-sex marriage.
June 23, 2015
Don’t Look for your Favorite Poet(s) on Twitter
TOP TEN REAOSONS Why You Won’t Find Me or Many Poets BotheringTweeting
10. While you are able to post events, it is used far more 4 anecdotes, such as what was for lunch.Do you want your accomplishments or life to be an anecdote?
9. Twitter PROMOTES public conversation. The private messaging tools are limited. Once you tweet, it’s out there forever.
8. Unless you have the time to go back and review everything, you miss what someone just said about you or your work.
7. According to a CNN report Twitter can numb a person’s compassion.
6. More than other social platforms TWITTER subscribers can fall prey to predators. Predators, trolls, online stalkers who may well become real stalkers, are envidioso/as and CON artists out to get you to give them money can find you.
5.There are career and financial spies watching your every move. If you post the wrong image or are deceptive—Boop! You may be passed up for a job, speaking invite, award, grant, considered undesirable or, even,if you’re all but out of the loop, denied disability benefits.
4. According to Academia.Com: Social Media vs. Books? Books remain the ‘best medium for communication as they are the bridge among generations and time.’ (FYI See: The End of An Era for Academia.edu)
3.If you are at the BOTTOM of the ladder of Twitter users with under 30 followers it’s wise to quit the platform. No one cares.
2.Twitter shares all your personal information with third parties. Through twitter ANYONE can follow you.
NUBMBER ONE REASON WHY YOU WON’T FIND ME ON TWITTER: Your favorite poets give readings, teach workshops & classes, are putting out new collections, BUT ESPECIALLY being true to their poetic selves.
DO LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW REVISED EDITION OF
IPPY AWARD WINNER: WATERCOLOR WOMEN, OPAQUE MEN: Novel in Verse
Northwestern University Press; IL. FALL, 2016 RELEASE.
June 18, 2015
Latina 50 Plus Honoree Luncheon, Bronx, NY
Saturday, June 21st, 2015
honoring Latina Pioneers
Thank you, Latina 50 Plus for the lifetime recognition.
June 9, 2015
New Release May, 2016: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
Memoir & Personal Essays
Swimming With Sharks: A Mother’s and Son’s Urban Life Stories
Feminist Press, NY; 2016.
by Ana Castillo
June 6, 2015
June 4, 2015
June 3, 2015
NEW workshop
Read your short story for critique.
Chillonas (whiners) must eat alone.
THANK YOU, LAMBDA!
GIVE IT TO ME, best bisexual fiction, 2014.
http://www.afterellen.com/people/4341...
Thank you to the Feminist Press
Special thanks to the jurors and to Amy Scholder and Tony Valenzuela.
Ana Castillo 2015 Juror
Luminarts Creative Writing Program— No Entry Fee PRIZE: $5,000.00. ENTRY FEE: $0.00. DEADLINE: 06-01-2015 WRITING CONTEST WEBSITE The Luminarts Cultural Foundation offers grants to creative writers as part of its annual Creative Writing Program. The Chicago-based organization recognizes the talents of emerging writers and awards five grants of $5,000 to each writer of poetry or prose (fiction/creative nonfiction). Selected writers will also be published in Lumiarts Review, a literary journal. The judges will review manuscripts submitted by writers who are: between 18-30 years old; graduates or enrolled in a degree program; and reside in the Chicago area. Writers can submit one piece of writing (under 3 pages) for review. Luminarts Creative Writing Program— No Entry Fee PRIZE: $5,000.00. ENTRY FEE: $0.00. DEADLINE: 06-01-2015
Read more at: http://www.freelancewriting.com/freew...
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Submissions closed: June 1st.
Good luck to all!
Ana Castillo 2014 final Luminarts judge.
May 25, 2015
Celebrations! LAMBDAs, 2015 & New Release 2016
Ana Castillo, special guest presenter: LAMBDA Awards, NYC, June 1st. Good luck to all the nominees.
Announcement: 2016 Release:
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