Ailyn Hernandez-Bazan was a student in Literature and Contemporary class, which I taught this spring. She is a first generation college student, a cultural phenomenon I know
Author: Marcos McPeek Villatoro
I am a Double-American, Salvadoran from my mother, Appalachian Tennessee, Dad. I teach Creative Writing at Mount St. Mary's University in Los Angeles, am the author of six novels, a couple collections of poetry, and a memoir. I write on poetry, fiction, race issues, the Latino-American world, mental health and childhood trauma. Somehow it all mixes together in a fairly interesting soup.
My Homeland: The Mission District, San Francisco
The above is a shot of the house we lived in when I was a toddler, Mission District, San Francisco. That’s my daughter Emily. I’m
Today’s Podcast: Cheap Advice on Writing
The title pretty much says it all, these are a few tips that I’ve learned along the way about writing. Here I talk about some
Insanity: Look Up the Facts Then Face Them
These are some of the books I’ve read to understand better what happens in my bipolar brain. They help me live with the disease, work
Psychiatrists are Crappy Poets
Don’t get me wrong, I love psychiatry. It has given me the language to understand what happens in my mind when I am sick. Diagnosis
Junot Díaz and Literary Racism
Many have heard about the writer Junot Díaz. He is, or was, in the literary world, a rock star, the Latino writer. The only Latino writer. And that’s where