Back in the midwest for football and poetry. But we'll forget about the former for now (at least until this Satuday) and concentrate on the latter:
The 2007 season of Palabra Pura is on the homestretch. Two months left before we take a break in December. Again, Peter Ramos flies in from Buffalo tomorrow, and next month Palabra Pura will be hosting the author of Death of a Mexican and Other Poems, Manuel Paul Lopez.
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And lest we forget, since the deadline is beginning to creep up: please spread the word: Martín Espada is judging the third edition of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize and the deadline is not that far off. There is no entrance fee.
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Although Eduardo C. Corral mentioned it over at his place, Letras Latinas would like to extend a word of congratulations to Rigoberto González, whose prose memoir, Butterfly Boy, has been awarded a Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award. Rigoberto has some history of collaboration with Letras Latinas in that he was one of the original co-founders of Momotombo Press even before Momotombo Press honed its mission to Latino writers. That would have been back in 2001.
And speaking of prose: a word of thanks to Daniel Olivas for alerting us of a very fine piece of prose by Macondista, Erasmo Guerra, published recently in The New York Times. Treat yourself and read this.
See you tomorrow in Chicago at the California Clipper!
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