Melinda Palacio

 
May 2013 May 10, Blog Post on Jazz Fest May 11, Pasadena Lit Fest, CA May 17, Griffith Park Reading Series, Old Zoo, Griffith Park, 5pm May 18, Celebrating Words and Music, Tia Chucha Festival, CA NEWS How Fire Is a Story, Waiting Finalist for the Patterson Poetry Prize, winner is Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco. How Fire Is a Story, Waiting Finalist for the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Award, winner is Marilyn Nelson. Book Review by Frank Mundo at the Examiner.com. “If you read one book for National Poetry Month, Make It This One.”--Examiner Read an Interview with Me at The Los Angeles Review of Books, April 14, 2013. Ocotillo Dreams is in reprint! “These words metaphors, symbols, and ideals are sprinkled throughout Palacio’s novel like fine chili seasoning; not overpowing, but with just a bit of bite and much love and beauty.” -- Margo Wilson, Southwestern American Literature KTEP El Paso NPR, February 26, listen to Melinda at 11:30 am on 88.5 KTEP Words on a Wire. Daniel Chacon and Sasha Pimental Chacon host the show. Missed the show? Click here to listen. Hear my interview with DJ Aztec Parrot, Darren de Leon, on Radio 2050 kpfa.org. Ocotillo Dreams named a top pick of 2011 by La Bloga and by Chicana scholar and librarian, Maria Teresa Marquez Melinda Palacio named a top ten author of 2012 to watch and read by LatinoStories.com Melinda in Print: I I have a new creative non-fiction story in Mary: A Journal of New Writing and a short story, forthcoming in Front Porch. Blog_%26_Pubs/Entries/2013/5/10_Book_Tent_at_Jazz_Fest.htmlhttp://litfestpasadena.org/panels/https://www.facebook.com/events/481260318610371/https://www.facebook.com/events/481260318610371/http://www.tiachucha.org/projects/celebrating-words-festival/How_Fire_Is_A_Story,_Waiting.htmlHow_Fire_Is_A_Story,_Waiting.htmlHow_Fire_Is_A_Story,_Waiting.htmlHow_Fire_Is_A_Story,_Waiting.htmlReviews_%26_Interviews/Entries/2013/4/30_Book_Review__Examiner.htmlReviews_%26_Interviews/Entries/2013/4/30_Book_Review__Examiner.htmlhttp://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1578&fulltext=1#.UWokla_D5CQ.mailtohttp://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1578&fulltext=1#.UWokla_D5CQ.mailtohttp://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1578&fulltext=1#.UWokla_D5CQ.mailtohttp://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1578&fulltext=1#.UWokla_D5CQ.mailtohttp://www.ktep.org/program_detail.sstg?id=235http://wordsonawireradioshow.blogspot.com/2012/02/interview-with-melinda-palacio-poetic.htmlhttp://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/79013http://labloga.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-blogas-best-books-of-2011.htmlhttp://labloga.blogspot.com/2011/12/more-books-from-2011.htmlhttp://latinostories.com/Top_Ten_Lists/top_10_authors.htmhttp://maryajournalofnewwriting.wordpress.com/nouveau/nonfiction/melinda-palacio/http://maryajournalofnewwriting.wordpress.com/nouveau/nonfiction/melinda-palacio/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10shapeimage_1_link_11shapeimage_1_link_12shapeimage_1_link_13shapeimage_1_link_14shapeimage_1_link_15shapeimage_1_link_16shapeimage_1_link_17shapeimage_1_link_18shapeimage_1_link_19shapeimage_1_link_20shapeimage_1_link_21shapeimage_1_link_22

Email

melindapalacio@gmail.com

Ocotillo Dreams

PRAISE and Reviews for Ocotillo Dreams

Ocotillo Dreams receives the 2012 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.









A presentation at NSU Louisiana.

In the news in Louisiana: NWLA

and the Baton Rouge Advocate.

How Fire Is a Story, Waiting

The wait is over. Order your copy here.

Albuquerque Journal reviews Fire book.

The Advocate review.

Ocotillo Dreams

Book Review:

Fiction Review on PW

Publishers Weekly


Book Review: Dreams gives us another look at troubled borderlands: El Paso Times


Book Review of Ocotillo Dreams by Bojan Louis on Hinchas


LA Examiner Books reviews

Ocotillo Dreams.


EFE Newspaper offers the first review of Ocotillo Dreams in Spanish. Also on MSN Latino.


Fellow Bloguero, Ernest Hogan, offers his review of Ocotillo Dreams on La Bloga.


Book Review: A Poetic, Political, and Riveting Novel


The National Book Critics Circle Spotlights Ocotillo Dreams by Rigoberto González


I’m featured in La Casa Azul Bookstore

and the Latino Author


Susan Larson’s radio interview on NPR’s The Reading Life, WWNO


CASA MAGAZINE interview

Ocotillo Dreams featured in   NewsTaco, article by Yago Cura.

October 2, mention in La Opinión.


October 2, Article by David Steinberg in the Albuquerque Journal


October 3, Radio interview in Espejos de Atzlan, KUNM



September 16, ForeWord Reviews

Speaker and Book Club Information:

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