My writing
assistants, Uli and Washi, have been
busy this summer snoozing their way through some yummy dreams.
Speaking of dreams, I've working on my next book, World
Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas, aiming for
a rough draft by the end of this year. Apropos of that, the Marfa
Mondays Podcasting Project continues. Listen in to those podcasts
anytime— there are
18 posted so far, most with transcripts as well.
In
this newsletter:
New
podcasts, the upcoming workshop for the San Miguel
Writers Conference and other events, news about my book, Metaphysical
Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution (it won the National Indie
Excellence Award for History!) and its Spanish translation;
the best articles and interviews from the blog, "Madam Mayo,"
plus a batch of Far West Texas videos, and new translation.
MARFA
MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT
These
podcasts, exploring Marfa, Texas and the greater region of Far
West Texas, are apropos of my book in-progress about Far West
Texas.
"Everybody
wants to win Pecos. I mean, anybody who's ever rodeoed in the
world wants to win the Pecos Rodeo... You can ask anybody who
knows anything about rodeo in the world, and they will tell you
that Pecos, Texas is special."...— Lisa Fernandes
"Everybody
kind of has a stereotype of Marfa either as the cattle town where
they filmed 'Giant' or a contemporary art center. I like discovering
things that don't fit into that stereotype."...— Lonn Taylor
Plus, there are several new videos about the rock art (I call
these "mini-clips"; they are extremely brief but edited
footage, meant to illustrate an interview or piece writing. Think
of them as a step up from a GIF).
Indian Head, Rock Art in Terlingua, Texas
Click lower right corner
for full screen (APPROX
2 MINUTES)
Meyers
Spring, Rock Art Site in Far West Texas
Click lower right corner for full screen (APPROX
1 MINUTE 54 SECONDS)
Banks
of the Pecos River and Lewis Canyon Petrographs (Tinaja)
Click lower right corner for full screen (APPROX
1 MINUTE 30 SECONDS)
Lewis Canyon Petroglyphs
Click lower right corner for full screen (APPROX
1 MINUTE 50 SECONDS)
It looks like I won't
be offering anything at the Writer's Center in the fall, but
look for a one day workshop, most likely "Literary Travel
Writing," in spring 2016. My
workshop schedule is here.
More events coming up
this fall; for updates please visit my events
page.
THE BEST FROM
YE OLDE "MADAM
MAYO"
BLOG
Q
& A
Michael
K. Schuessler on
Pita Amor, Elena Poniatowska, Sor Juana, and Alma Reed
(new transcript for a 2012 podcast interview)
> read
now
Rev.
Stephen A. Hermann,
author of Mediumship Mastery on Francisco I. Madero as
Medium
> read
now
Roger
Greenwald, Poet
and Literary Translator of Gunnar Harding
> read
now
Michele
Orwin, Founding
Editor of Bacon Press Books
> read
now
Bertha Hernández interviews me for her Mexico
City radio show Historia
en vivo (en español)
Stephen Woodman reviews the book in his blog, The
Mexican Labyrinth "It is an inconvenient truth for Mexican historians
that the “Father of the Revolution” Francisco I. Madero,
kept in regular contact with spirits of the dead. Yet Madero,
who served as president from 1911 until his assassination less
than two years later, was a deeply committed spiritist and believed
he spoke to departed relatives and possibly even former Mexican
leaders. Through his practice of mechanical writing, Madero put
pen to paper and let invisible beings guide his hand, shakily
transcribing words of wisdom from beyond the grave. With Metaphysical
Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution, U.S. novelist and translator
C.M. Mayo has written one of the only books to focus on this
key aspect of his life...." CONTINUE
READING
Tony Burton, Mexico expert, offers
a blurb:
"Absolutely
fascinating... the well-crafted outcome of a sharp mind and meticulous
research, combined with serendipity."
Dr. Rita Louise interviews me for Just Energy
Radio
C. M. MAYO
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