Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce that my pieces, NIGHT BEAT and MEDUSA, LOVING are now out in the inaugural issue of the literary journal, Angel City… Read more “NEW Publications: NIGHT BEAT and MEDUSA, LOVING in ANGEL CITY REVIEW”
Category: Publications
Publications featuring my work :)
Angel City Review Launch Party & Reading at Avenue 50 Studio
Come join me this Thursday, June 16th from 7pm to 10 pm at Avenue 50 Studio for the launch party of the inaugural issue of the Angel… Read more “Angel City Review Launch Party & Reading at Avenue 50 Studio”
New Publication: The Housekeeper’s Daughter in Lunch Ticket
Hi everyone! Today I am pleased to announce that my piece, “The Housekeeper’s Daughter” has been published in Lunch Ticket, a literary journal from the MFA community at Antioch… Read more “New Publication: The Housekeeper’s Daughter in Lunch Ticket”
New Publication: SEVENTEEN in Burningword Journal
My poem, SEVENTEEN has been published today – fresh for your eyes and ears, hurray!! I originally wrote this poem at the age of seventeen. I’ve carried it… Read more “New Publication: SEVENTEEN in Burningword Journal”
NEW Publication – Hybrid piece: TONIC featured in DUENDE
Hi everyone, I am very pleased to announce that I have a new piece out today titled, “Tonic” and it is featured in the prose – hybrid section… Read more “NEW Publication – Hybrid piece: TONIC featured in DUENDE”
My 1st Published Poem
Earlier this month I was overcome with joy when my first published poem was released. It’s taken me a while to announce it because well, I’m just… Read more “My 1st Published Poem”
On the Radio whoa oh oh…
Hi everyone! I am delighted to announce that my first piece “Hello America…” published by Drunken Boat was read aloud on the radio!!!!! Can you see me smiling? Life has a… Read more “On the Radio whoa oh oh…”
Beware & Wrap-Up Your Hair: El Duende Is On The Loose!!!
Have you ever wondered why your hair is beyond repair some mornings? Or why the horses at the stables that children visit have braids in their tails? It may be nothing, however on the off chance that it is something, you should read my short story “El Duende and the Persimmon Tree” — published in Prick of the Spindle, a literary arts journal — it will be sure to give you a heads up and the facts about a maniacally creepy little man known as El Duende. Click on the link or go to PrickoftheSpindle.com and you can find me in the Fiction section! El Duende is on the loose and headed straight for your head!
El Duende and the Persimmon Tree
Here is a Raw Sketch of El Duende close up sans his sombrero de charro by Armando Castellanos
Hello America, Hasta Luego Guatemala! 1969
Hello America, Hasta Luego Guatemala! 1969
Very exciting news! I can now say that I am officially a published writer. On September 20th 2011, my short story Hello America, Hasta Luego Guatemala! 1969 was published in Drunken Boat, an online literary arts journal. Please go and read my piece. It is located in the “Portriats” folio in the nonfiction section. I truly hope that you like it and are captivated by the truth behind two individuals stories along with many others whom remain silent along the brilliant and murky curves of immigration.
Alessandra Castellanos 