Nice to see on this new list by Reader’s Digest “36 Must-Read Books by Contemporary Hispanic Authors” published this month Speculative Fiction for Dreamers. My story “Jean” is in it highlighting the diasporic Puerto Rican experience here a result of Operation Bootstrap on the island. Jean won the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize–currently this isn’t listed…
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Jean, Janus & Comic Book Realism: New Chapbook
The 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize lecture “Jean, Janus & Comic Book Realism” is now available in chapbook and ebook form. The chapbook that takes you down a wormhole (or two) in handmade, saddle-stitched form. And ebook. And anthology t-shirt bundles. Oh my! Chock-full of craft, comic book realism, family history, historical notes for Puerto Rico…
Book Readings in Athens, Greece
I look forward to visiting this special bookstore! Event invite: https://fb.me/e/2Qw4LDDdn Missed it? Here is a recording, thanks Cyrus! https://www.instagram.com/p/CtzLBh2BtJQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== You can also catch me on Zoom 6/14 with Kids Comics Unite on a panel on Crowdfunding.
Broken Pencil Magazine Releases Review: Maria
Read the review.
Jean, Janus and Comic Book Realism: 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize Lecture
“Jean, Janus and Comic Book Realism”… Happy to share the recording Cyrus did of my Janus Prize Lecture and Ceremony at the Chautauqua Institution! It includes some snapshots at the end, highlighting how the Institution honors and celebrates its artists. The lecture is a trip down wormholes, genre-bending, comic book realism, Nuyorican & Puerto Rican…
Receiving the Janus Prize and Lecturing at Chautauqua
It was a great honor, and a week full of love, receiving the Janus Prize from the Chautauqua Institution this August 2022. Snapshots from the ceremony for “Jean” . My lecture was Jean, Janus and Comic Book Realism. It wove astrophysics, genre-bending in identity and literature, comic book realism in Latinx literature, Puerto Rican and UWS…
“Jean” Wins 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize
Honored to receive this news. I’m the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize winner for “Jean”. Read the heartwarming press release here. You can find “Jean” in Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology (Mad Creek Books, 2021) at your local indie, library, Bookshop, online retailer, or book store. Many thanks to the Chautauqua Institution, Director Sony…
“Jean” is a 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize Finalist
I’m a finalist for the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize for my story “Jean” , where a preteen uses comics as her star map to navigate life, and wormholes. Find the story in Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology pubbed by Mad Creek at your friendly indie, or https://bookshop.org/a/14972/9780814257982 Congratulations to all 5 finalists on this…
