Madam Mayo: Flor y Canto: New Blog on Mexican Culture

Friday, September 15, 2006

Flor y Canto: New Blog on Mexican Culture

New on my blogroll: Flor y Canto: Exploring Mexico and Mexican Culture.

Posted by C.M. Mayo at 9:26 AM

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C.M. MAYO'S BOOKS

Gival Press Award for Poetry

* METAPHYSICAL ODYSSEY INTO THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Indie Excellence Award for History

* THE LAST PRINCE OF THE MEXICAN EMPIRE

A Library Journal Best Book

* MIRACULOUS AIR

Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico

* MEXICO: A TRAVELER'S LITERARY COMPANION

24 Mexican writers on Mexico, many in translation for the first time

* SKY OVER EL NIDO

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

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Through narrative we become more human. Truth is beauty. Exploration is infinite.

I am C.M. Mayo, writer, poet, and literary translator. Member, Texas Institute of Letters. www.cmmayo.com

I’ve been blogging here at “Madam Mayo” since 2006 about my works, recommended reading, and whatever and whomever else pops up a-blinking on my super-extra-interesting radar.

Why the funny name? A poet once wrote to me, Dear Madam Mayo, and I thought that was hilarious. (Ha, I’m old enough to remember the Gang of Four.)

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C.M. MAYO'S EYE-OPENING NEW BIOGRAPHY OF FRANCISCO I. MADERO, LEADER OF MEXICO'S 1910 REVOLUTION

"[A] masterful introduction to a topic that hasn't been explored in this accessible way before, and may never be again."

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