Artist in Residence
Residencies
I can’t think of a better way to serve my country than invest in its youth.
For nearly twenty years, from Castle Rock’s IB program to the migrant camps of rural Colorado, I’ve shared Forum Theater (a.k.a. Theater of the Oppressed) Poetry and Video Art with schools and communities across the state.
I’ve even taught in Bolivia, [...]
Voices in First Person
Though I finished drafts of a play titled “Aztlan Apeiron”, I’ve never really settled into it and thus have never produced it. One of the reasons is its about fathers and sons. There’s everything and nothing to say about such a subject. Though I hate using Latino characters in white stereotypes, i.e., the gangsta monologue [...]
Red Hot Salsa
You can find one of my favorite early poems included in this young reader’s collection -
“… another bilingual collection of poems that appear in both Spanish and English. Included are many well-known writers, such as Gary Soto and Luis J. Rodriguez… Divided into loose categories–language, identity, neighborhoods, amor, family moments, “victory”–the poems often speak about [...]