Writing TodayOne of the great privileges of being a writer in 2024 is that writing in the present tense doesn’t feel strange. All of the “classics” I…Dec 29, 2024Dec 29, 2024
Don Quixote Diary — Part 1, Chapters 1 & 2The last time I read Don Quixote, really read it, drowned myself in it, I was not a writer. I wrote. I wanted to be a writer, but my…Aug 22, 2024Aug 22, 2024
The Crime of CuliacánThe Sinaloa Cartel drove over Paco and Paco with a fully outfitted Chevy Silverado. They started at the feet. The heads were last. The…Nov 8, 2021Nov 8, 2021
Rosita AlvirezRosita was a lucky girl. Of the three shots fired at her, only one was fatal. Sometimes I wonder what she said to her guardian angel as…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Introducing Vaquero Corridos to a Gringo AudienceAmericans wouldn’t know a real cowboy if one shoved them on the ground and pressed the heel of his boot to their neck. No, sir. Americans…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
