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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Q & A with Álvaro Santana-Acuña on Writing “Ascent to Glory: How ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Was Written and Became a Global Classic”

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Labels: Alvaro Santana-Acuña, Ascent to Glory, Gabriel García Márquez, Latin American publishing industry, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Q & A

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Timothy Heyman on B. Traven in “Literal,” Christina Thompson’s “Sea Peoples,” Cal Newport’s “Deep Questions” Podcast & More Cyberflanerie

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Labels: B. Traven, Cal Newport's Deep Questions podcast, Christina Thompson, cyberflanerie, Literal magazine, Timothy Heyman

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Shake It Up With Emulation-Permutation Exercises

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Labels: writing workshop emulation exercises permutation exercises reading as a writer

Sunday, December 06, 2020

Top Books Read 2020

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Labels: Craig Childs, Susan Brind Morrow, Top Books Read 2020

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Newsletter & Cyberflanerie (Way-Out Dreaming & Tidying Edition)

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Labels: cyberflanerie, newsletter

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Q & A with Poet Matthew Pennock on "The Miracle Machine"

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Labels: Gival Poetry Award, Gival Press, Matthew Pennock, Q & A, The Miracle Machine

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Hunkering Down, Plus From the Archives: A Review of Thomas M. Settles’ “John Bankhead Magruder: A Military Reappraisal”

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Sunday, November 08, 2020

Using Rhythm and Sound to Add Energy and Meaning to Your Prose

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Labels: creative writing, the craft of creative writing, writing workshop

Sunday, November 01, 2020

A Glimpse of the New Literary Puzzlescape

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Labels: Women Writing the West American Literary Translators Association writers conferences virtual writers conferences virtual conferences

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Q & A with Timothy Heyman about the Incomparable Legacy of German-Mexican Novelist B. Traven

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Labels: B Traven, Mexico, Q & A with another writer, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Timothy Heyman

Sunday, October 18, 2020

"Traven's Triumph" by Timothy Heyman (A Guest-blog Post)

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Labels: Timothy Heyman B. Traven The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Grokking Scansion: A Teensy (Albeit Painfully Tedious) Investment for a Megamungous Payoff in the Power of Your Prose

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Labels: John Gardner, Paul Fussell poetic meter, power up your prose, rhythmic writing, scansion, writing workshop

Monday, October 05, 2020

Roger Mansell (1935-2010) on Researching the History of the Mukden POW Camp

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Labels: Roger Mansell POWs World War II Mukden POW Camp

Sunday, September 27, 2020

How Are Some of the Most Accomplished Writers and Poets Coping with the Digital Revolution?

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Labels: Q & A Bruce Berger Mary Mackey Sergio Troncoso Eric Barnes Barbara Crooker Joseph Hutchison Joanna Hershon Nancy Peacock writing in the digital revolution

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Poet, Writer, and Teacher Pat Schneider (1934-2020)

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

"Duende" and the Importance of Questioning ELB

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Labels: A Good Man is Hard to Find, Charlie Chaplin, duende, ELB, Federico García Lorca, Flannery O'Connor

Sunday, September 06, 2020

Translation on the Menu, Plus from the Archives: “Café San Martín”– Reading Mexican Poet Agustín Cadena at the Café Passé in Tucson, Arizona

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Labels: Agustín Cadena American Literary Translators Association Goodbye Mexico literary translation Mexico

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Newsletter & Cyberflanerie (Way-out Artists & Ideas Edition)

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Labels: newsletter

Sunday, August 23, 2020

From the Archives: On Francisco I. Madero as Medium: Q & A with Rev. Stephen A. Hermann, Author of "Mediumship Mastery”

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Labels: Francisco I. Madero, Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Francisco I. Madero. Spiritist Manual, Francisco Madero

Sunday, August 16, 2020

From the Archives: “Reading Mexico: Recommendations for a Book Club of Extra-Curious & Adventurous English-Language Readers”

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Sunday, August 09, 2020

From the Archives: Writing Loglines and the Concept of "the Eyespan"

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Labels: workshop

Sunday, August 02, 2020

From the Archives: "Another One Hundred Foreigners in Morelos: José N. Iturriaga (and Yours Truly) in Casa Borda, Cuernavaca"

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Q & A with Katherine Dunn on "White Dog" and Writing in the Digital Revolution

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Labels: Katherine Dunn, White Dog

Monday, July 20, 2020

Doug Hill's "Not So Fast: Thinking Twice About Technology"

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Labels: Doug Hill, Not So Fast Thinking Twice About Technology

Monday, July 13, 2020

The Book As Thoughtform, the Book As Object: A Book Rescued, a Book Attacked, and Katherine Dunn's Beautiful Book "White Dog" Arrives

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Labels: Doug Hill, Fannie Farmer cook book, Katherine Dunn, Not So Fast Thinking Twice About Technology, the book as object, the book as thoughtform, White Dog, writing workshop

Monday, July 06, 2020

Infinite Potential: The Life and Ideas of David Bohm

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Labels: David Bohm, Infinite Potential

Monday, June 29, 2020

Newsletter: Podcasts, Publications, Workshop, Plus Cyberflanerie (Extra-Eclectic Edition!)

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Monday, June 22, 2020

Q & A: Ginger Eager on Her Debut Novel "The Nature of Remains"

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Labels: AWP Award for the Novel, fourth Monday Q & A, Ginger Eager, Q & A, The Nature of Remains

Monday, June 15, 2020

They Did It! Rare Book Dealer Interviews

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Labels: ABAA, Greg Gibson, rare books, Ten Pound Island

Monday, June 08, 2020

Frederick Turner's "In the Land of the Temple Caves" Recommended, Plus from the Archives: Cal Newport's "Deep Work"; "Study Hacks" Blog; and On Quitting Social Media

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Labels: Cal Newport, Deep Work, Frederick Turner, In the Land of the Temple Caves, quitting social media, Study Hacks Blog, writing workshop

Monday, June 01, 2020

From the Archives: A Visit to Las Pozas, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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Labels: Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Sir Edward James, surrealist garden, Xilitla

Monday, May 25, 2020

Q & A: Art Taylor on “The Boy Detective & The Summer of 74 and Other Tales of Suspense”

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Labels: Art Taylor, Q & A, The Boy Detective & The Summer of 74 and Other Tales of Suspense

Monday, May 18, 2020

From the Archives: Notes on Artist Xavier González (1898-1993), "Moonlight Over the Chisos" and a Visit to Mexico City's Antigua Academia de San Carlos

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Labels: Antigua Academia de San Carlos, Big Bend, Mexico City, Xavier González

Monday, May 11, 2020

Conjecture: The Powerful, Upfront, Fair and Square Technique to Blend Fiction into Your Nonfiction

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Labels: conjecture, creative nonfiction, writing workshop

Monday, May 04, 2020

Marfa Mondays' Shiny New Website

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Labels: Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project

Monday, April 27, 2020

Q & A with Ellen Prentiss Campbell on Writing Fiction and Her Latest Collection "Known By Heart"

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Labels: Ellen Prentiss Campbell, Known By Heart, Q & A, short fiction

Monday, April 20, 2020

The Marfa Mondays Podcast is Back! No. 21: "Great Power in One: Miss Charles Emily Wilson"

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Labels: Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project, Miss Charles Emily Wilson

Monday, April 13, 2020

From the Archives: Five 2 Word Exercises for Practicing Seeing as a Literary Artist in the Airport (or the Mall or the Train Station or the University Campus or the Car Wash, etc.)

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Labels: writing exercises, writing workshop

Monday, April 06, 2020

In Memorium: William C. Gruben and His "Animals in the Arts in Texas"

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Labels: Bill Gruben, Tameme, William C. Gruben

Monday, March 30, 2020

Newsletter: C.M. Mayo's Publications, Podcasts, and Workshops, Plus Cyberflanerie (Corona Virus-Free Edition!)

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Monday, March 23, 2020

Q & A with Joanna Hershon on Her New Novel St. Ivo

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Labels: creative process, Joanna Hershon, Q & A, St. Ivo, writing fiction

Monday, March 16, 2020

The Power of the Literary Travel Memoir: Further Notes on David M. Wrobel's "Global West, American Frontier"

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Labels: David M. Wrobel, Global West American Frontier, literary travel memoir

Monday, March 09, 2020

A Refreshing Tweak: The Palomino Blackwing Pencil

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Labels: Cool Tools, creative process, Kevin Kelly, Palomino Blackwing pencils, writing workshop

Monday, March 02, 2020

Daniel Chacón's "Words on a Wire" Podcast Interview with Yours Truly About Francisco I. Madero's Secret Book

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Labels: Daniel Chacón, Francisco I. Madero, Metaphysical Odyssey Into the Mexican Revolution, Mexican Revolution, UTEP, Words on a Wire

Monday, February 24, 2020

From the Archives: An Interview with Alan Rojas Orzechowski About Maximilian's Court Painter, Santiago Rebull

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Labels: Alan Rojas Orzechowski, Maximilian, Santiago Rebull

Monday, February 17, 2020

From the Archives: The Solitario Dome

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Labels: Big Bend, Solitario Dome

Saturday, February 08, 2020

This Writer's PFWP and NTDN Lists: Two Tools for Resilience and Focus

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Labels: attentional focus, resilience, writing workshop

Monday, February 03, 2020

From the Archives: Una Ventana al Mundo Invisible (A Window onto the Invisible World): Master Amajur and the Smoking Signatures

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Labels: Daniel Chacón, Francisco I. Madero, Metaphysical Odyssey Into the Mexican Revolution, Miguel Alemán, Plutarco Elías Calles, Una ventana al mundo invisible, Words on a Wire

Monday, January 27, 2020

From the Archives: Q & A with Roger Greenwald, Poet and Literary Translator of Gunnar Harding

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Labels: Gunnar Harding, literary translation, poetry, Q & A, Roger Greenwald

Monday, January 20, 2020

Oscar Wilde in West Point, Honey & Wax in Brooklyn

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Labels: Honey & Wax Booksellers, John Bigelow Jr, Oscar Wilde, West Point

Monday, January 13, 2020

Donald M. Rattner's "My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation"

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Monday, January 06, 2020

Patti Smith's "Just Kids" and David M. Wrobel's "Global West, American Frontier"

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Labels: David M Wrobel, Far West Texas, Global West American Frontier, Just Kids, Patti Smith, reading
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AS OF JANUARY 2019

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C.M. MAYO'S BOOKS

* METEOR
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

WELCOME, DEAR CURIOUS AND EXTRA-ADVENTUROUS READER!

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.)

In 2019 I will once again be blogging on Mondays, except when not, devoting the second Monday of the month to my writing workshop students and anyone else interested in creative writing, and the fourth to a Q & A with a fellow writer.

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C.M. MAYO'S EYE-OPENING NEW BIOGRAPHY OF FRANCISCO I. MADERO, LEADER OF MEXICO'S 1910 REVOLUTION
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New on Kindle, my longform essay on the Mexican literary landscape and the power of the book

New on Kindle, my longform essay on the Mexican literary landscape and the power of the book
"With great insight and humor, C.M. Mayo takes you by the hand and leads you on a guided tour through Mexico's complex and amazingly rich literary past... An engrossing and truly illuminating portrayal of the country's literary production throughout the ages. Highly recommended." —Diana Anhalt, author of A Gathering of Fugitives: American Political Expatriates 1947-1965

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Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution; The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire; Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion; Sky Over El Nido, and more titles by C.M. Mayo

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Quetzalpugalotl & Quetzalpugtl Chillin' in Tepoztlan

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Selected interviews with other writers and podcasters

Selected interviews with other writers and podcasters

Q & A with Other Writers

  • Q & A with Amy Hale Auker on "Ordinary Skin: Essays from Willow Springs"
  • Q & A with Mary Mackey on "The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams"
  • Q & A with Lynn Downey on Researching California History
  • Q & A with Yermiyahu Ahron Taub on "Prodigal Children in the House of G-d"
  • Q & A with Sara Mansfield Taber on "Chance Particulars"
  • Q & A with Nancy Peacock on "The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson"
  • Q & A with Leslie Pietrzyk on "Silver Girl"
  • Q & A with Mary S. Black on Travels in Texas
  • Q & A with Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub on Blume Lempel's "Oedipus in Brooklyn"
  • Q & A with Shelley Armitage on "Walking the Llano"
  • Q & A with Carolina Castillo Crimm on "De León: A Tejano Family History"
  • Q & A with Paul Cool on "The Salt Warriors"
  • Q & A with John Kachuba on "The Savage Apostle"
  • Q & A with Karen Benke, Poet, Creativity and Fun Maven, Letter Writing Aficionada, and Author of "Write Back Soon!"
  • Q & A with Edward Swift on the Big Thicket, New York, the Orphic Journey, San Miguel de Allende, the Sierra Gorda, and More
  • Q & A with Sonja D. Williams on Writing "Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom"
  • Q & A with Roger Greenwald, Poet and Literary Translator of Gunnar Harding
  • Q & A with Rev Stephen Hermann on Francisco I. Madero as Medium
  • Q & A with Independent Publisher Michele Orwin, Founding Editor of Bacon Press Books
  • Q & A with Tod Goldberg about Podcasting with Literary Disco
  • Q & A with Mexican Historian Alan Rojas Orzechowski on Painter Santiago Rebull
  • Q & A with Rice Freeman-Zachery on Creative Podcasting
  • Plus: Podcast interviews in "Conversations with Other Writers"
  • Plus: Many more interviews on the Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project

TOP POSTS ON WRITING

  • Writin' the Rollercoaster: Diction Drops & Spikes
  • Virginia Tufte's ARTFUL SENTENCES: SYNTAX AS STYLE
  • Grokking Plot: The Elegant Example of BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES
  • One Powerful But Simple Practice for Reading as a Writer
  • On Seeing as an Artist or, Five Techniques for a Journey Towards Einfuhlung
  • 30 Deadly-Effective Ways to Free Up Bits, Drips & Gimungously Vast Swaths of Time for Writing
  • Eight Conclusions After 8 Years of Blogging
  • So How's the Book Doing? (And How Many Have You Sold? And What was Your Print Run?)
  • The Manuscript Is Ready (Or Is It?) What's Next?
  • A Dozen Dialogue Exercises
  • 10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Writing Workshop
  • The Mental Edge
  • Literary Travel Writing
  • Decluttering or, The Integrity of Design
  • The Arc of Writerly Action

TOP POSTS ON BOOKS

  • Top 10+ Books Read 2018
  • Top 12+ Books Read 2017
  • Top 10+ Books Read 2016
  • Top 10+ Books Read 2015
  • Top 10 Books Read 2014
  • Top 10 Books Read 2013
  • Top 10 Books Read 2012
  • Top 10 Books Read 2011
  • Top 10 Books Read 2010
  • Top 10 Books Read 2009
  • Top 10 Books Read 2008
  • Top 10 Books Read 2007
  • Top 10 Books Read 2006
  • Claudio Saunt's West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
  • Reading Mexico: Recommendations from the Chocolate Box for a Book Club of Extra-Curious & Adventurous English-Language Readers
  • A Visit to the Casa de la Primera Imprenta, Mexico City
  • What the Muse Sent Me About the Tenth Muse, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
  • Sam Quinones' Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
  • Edward H. Miller's Nut Country: Right-wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy
  • James McWilliams' The Pecan: A History of America's Native Nut
  • Why Translate? The Case of the President of Mexico's Secret Book
  • Five Super Simple Tips for Better Book Design
  • Lonn Taylor's Texas People, Texas Places
  • A Window to the Invisible World: Maestro Amajur and the Smoking Signatures
  • My Dad's Book, Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam
  • Why Aren't There More Readers? A Note on Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage
  • Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West
  • The Holographic Universe
  • Around the World With Madam Mayo

A MENU OF POSSIBILITIES TO CONSIDER

A MENU OF POSSIBILITIES TO CONSIDER

VISIT MY OTHER BLOGS (NO, I DO NOT BLOG ALL DAY THOUGH THAT SURE WOULD BE FUN)

MARFA MONDAYS BLOG
The blog for the Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project: Exploring Marfa, Texas & Environs in 24 Podcasts, 2012-2013. All about the podcasts, plus photos, books, videos, and more about Marfa and the Big Bend. This blog and the podcasts are apropos of a work in progress, World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas.

MAXIMILIAN ~ CARLOTA BLOG
A once-in-a-while-on-Tuesdays blog to share my (copius) research and other information related to my novel set during the 1860s in Mexico-- that tumultuous period known as the Second Empire or French Intervention.

READING TOLSTOY'S WAR & PEACE
Finally, after numerous attempts, I tackled the behemoth in 2011. This blog, now closed but ever open for perusal, I kept for myself, for fellow W&P travelers past, present and future, and for my writing workshop students so they can see precisely what I mean by "reading as a writer."

GIANT GOLDEN BUDDHA & 364 More 5 Minute Writing Exercises (ex-blog / blog archive)
A long-ago blog by Yours Truly and friends, now an ebook. Help yourself.

Click on the cover to learn more about this rare eyewitness memoir of Maximilian

Click on the cover to learn more about this rare eyewitness memoir of Maximilian

Blogroll: YE TYPOSPHERE

Backspace Does Not Erase
Life in a Typewriter Shop
The long slow {typecast} blog
Sammlerclub Historischer Buromaschinen Schweiz
The Typewriter Revolution
Welcome to the Typosphere

Blogroll: TEXAS HISTORY & TEXAS LITERARY

Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm
Paul Cool
K.K. Searle's Texas History Page
Lone Star Literary Life
Texas Book Lover (Michelle Newby)
Texas Heritage Society
Texas Institute of Letters
Texas State Historical Association

… more links coming soon...

Blogroll: RARE BOOKS

* Bookman's Log (Greg Gibson of Ten Pound Island Books)
* Book Tryst (Stephen J. Gertz)
* The Exile Bibliophile (Benjamin L. Clark)
* Fine Books Magazine Blog
* Literary Tourist
* Rare Books Digest
* Text Technologies (Elaine Treharne)

Blogroll: SOUTH OF THE (US.MEXICO) BORDER

  • Rosa Ma Porrua
  • Crónicas Californianas
  • Border Lines (Tom Barry)
  • Sterling Bennett
  • Sher Davidson
  • Enrique Alfaro Llarena
  • XGUSTO (Martín Casillas de Alba)
  • Casita Colibrí
  • Red Shoes Are Better Than Bacon
  • Jenny Red Bug
  • Araceli Ardón
  • Agustín Cadena
  • Paco Calderon
  • Bertha Hernández (Historia de México)
  • David Lida
  • Rachael Laudan
  • Literal Magazine
  • Richard Perry's Colonial Mexico
  • Brian L. Price (Mexican Literature)
  • Deborah Riner
  • Maximilian ~ Carlota
  • Jesus Silva-Herzog Márquez
  • Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide
  • Mexico Cooks!
  • Mexico Guru
  • Mexico File
  • Mexico Reporter
  • Sam Quinones
  • Rosemary Salum
  • San Miguel Writers Conference News Blog
  • Joanna van der Gracht de Rosado
  • Heribert von Feilitzsch
  • Woodrow Wilson Mexico Institute
  • The Mex Files
  • Good Food in Mexico City
  • Todos Santos Baja Pages Blog

Blogroll: FAR WEST, FAR EAST & YONDER

  • Dosanko Debbie
  • George Monbiot

Blogroll: NORTH OF THE BORDER & BEYOND Creatives Edition

  • 32 Poems
  • A Splendid Wake
  • Advanced Style
  • Adventure Travel Writer (L. Peat O'Neil)
  • Andrea Jones, Between Urban and Wild
  • Annogram
  • Bacon and Books
  • Barbara Morrison's Monday Morning Book Blog
  • Beltway Poetry
  • Brigid Amos (Nebraska Notion)
  • Christine Boyka Kluge
  • Critical Mass (NBCC Blog)
  • Cultural Weekly
  • Cynthia Haven's The Book Haven
  • Daniel Gutstein
  • Dave Bricker's The World's Greatest Book
  • Deborah Batterman
  • Delia Lloyd
  • Dry Heat Blog (David Cristiani)
  • E. Ethelbert Miller
  • Eat, Read, Share Book Club
  • Femme et Fleur (Carol Markel, poetry as millinery)
  • First Person Plural (Writer's Center)
  • Francis Tapon
  • Gregory Conti
  • iGNANT
  • Independent Book Publishers Association Blog
  • Jan Bowman
  • Jim Kunstler
  • John Randolph Bennett
  • Joseph Hutchinson's The Perpetual Bird
  • Justin Nobel's Digital Dying
  • Karren Alenier
  • Kathryn Dunn
  • Ken Albala's Food Rant Blog
  • Kevin Kelly
  • Laila Lailami
  • largehearted boy
  • Laurie Gough's Travel Writing Life
  • Leslie Pietrzyk
  • Lisa Carter's Intralingo
  • Lisa G. Sharp
  • Liz Castro's Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis
  • Mann Library's Daily Haiku
  • MARFA MONDAYS (my other blog)
  • Marginal Revolution
  • Mark Athitakis
  • Mary S. Black
  • Nancy Marie Brown's God of Wednesday
  • Neal Gillen
  • Nita Congress
  • Nordic Mountain
  • Número Cinq
  • Patricia Dubrava
  • Peter Behrens
  • Phil Jason
  • Phronesisaical
  • Political Party Time
  • Postcards from San Antonio
  • Quid Plura?
  • Rice Freeman-Zachery
  • Richard Barron (The Traveller)
  • Richard Goodman's Geezer Journal
  • Richard Polt's The Typewriter Revolution
  • Rick Kinnaird
  • Right-reading
  • Sandra Beasely
  • Sara Mansfield Taber
  • Sarah Zalan's Photoblog, "One"
  • Sententia Vera
  • Sergio Troncoso
  • Seth Godin
  • Steve Blank
  • Steven Hart
  • Susan J. Tweit
  • Swiss Miss
  • The Blue Lantern
  • The Way of Improvement Leads Home
  • Unbridled Books Blog
  • Undine's World of Edgar Allan Poe
  • Viral History (Ken Ackerman)
  • Washington Review of Books
  • Women Writing the West
  • Zack Rogow

Blogroll: TOTALLY COSMIC

  • Arlington Institute FuturEdition e-newsletter
  • Dr Rita Louise
  • Early Retirement Extreme
  • Frank DeMarco
  • Heterodoxology (Egil Asprem)
  • John Kachuba
  • Lori Williams
  • Margaret Dulaney
  • Michael Tymn
  • Nemaha
  • Peter Woodbury
  • Ralph Mag
  • Robotenomics
  • Rose Rosetree
  • Sophy Burnham
  • Steven A. Hermann

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