Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion - on Travel'n On Radio

Listen in anytime-- my interview about Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion, a portrait of Mexico in a collection of 24 Mexican writers, as well as my memoir Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico, and my forthcoming novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, is now archived at Travel'n On Radio with Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick. More anon.

Travel'n On Radio: A Literary Look at Mexico

I'll be on the Travel'n-on radio show tomorrow at 8 pm EST to chat with host Tonya Fiztpatrick about Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion, my collection of 24 Mexican writers' fiction and essays on Mexico City, Puebla, the US-Mexico Border, Queretaro, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Yucatan and more. Listen in and participate in the "live chat" here. (The interview will also be archived.) More anon.

Books for Writers: New on the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Webpage

New on the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts webpage, my updated lists of recommended books on the craft of writing and books on the creative life.

P.S. I'll be offering a one hour "breakout" session on "Techniques of Fiction" on Sunday February 22, as part of the San Miguel Writers Conference in San Miguel de Allende. Then, a two day workshop on "Techniques of Fiction" for the San Miguel Workshops, February 23-24, 2009.

Barack Obama's Dallas Morning News Op-Ed: "I Will Repair Our Relationship with Mexico"

Barack Obama just published an op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News.

"Under George W. Bush, the United States has not lived up to its historic role as a leader in the Western Hemisphere. As president, I will restore that leadership by working to advance the common prosperity and security of all of the people of the Americas. That work must begin with a renewed strategic partnership with Mexico.

Mr. Bush took office vowing to make the Americas a top priority. But over the last seven years, the administration's approach to this issue has been clumsy, disinterested and, above all, distracted by the war in Iraq. Indeed, relations have not fully recovered since Mexico refused to fall in line with President Bush's rush to war.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon just traveled across the United States but didn't even go to Washington, which isn't that surprising given how little Mr. Bush has done
to improve relations...." READ MORE

Mexico in Washington DC This March: Carlos Prieto; Say It In Espanol, Beatriz Ezban & Mucho Mas

A big week next week in Washington DC: world-famous Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto is coming to the Kennedy Center on March 13th. (Read about his new book, The Adventures of a Cello--- a Stradivarius--- here.) And there is a whole string of events at the Cultural Institute of Mexico-- check it out at 2829 19th St NW tel 202-728-1675: March 15th "Round Table: Say It In Espanol (Spanish in the US / El espanol en los EEUU)" and March 22 "Beatriz Ezban: United Field: The Border Project / Campo Unificado: Proyecto la Frontera."