HispanicTips has 40,214 stories & 100,000+ visitors a month.
Check out today's 12 stories - Knowledge is Power!
Posted on: January 26th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Art y Culture ] [ Commentary ]
Tags: blog, Fresno
Newsletter readers - Don't forget HispanicTIPS - Gracias, Tomás
“Mario Acevedo says that highlights in his life include artist-in-residence for Arte Americas in Fresno, California, serving in Operation Desert Storm as a combat artist, teaching art to prisoners at the Avenal State Prison and organizing art fundraisers for various pet rescue groups. Now he can add one more highlight - the publication of his first novel, Nymphos of Rocky Flats (Rayo HarperCollins, March, 2006). And what a wild read it is. Private eye Felix Gomez has returned from Iraq confused and depressed. He’s also become a vampire. Felix is hired to investigate a strange outbreak of nymphomania at infamous Rocky Flats. Meanwhile he has to fight off rival vampires and bloodthirsty (I couldn’t resist) vampire hunters. Mario has inked a three book deal with Rayo, and I see nothing but a bright future for this writer. He’s in that enviable position of first-time novelist, the babe in the woods thing, so I thought La Bloga readers would find his story interesting and a nice follow-up to last week’s interview with Lucha Corpi, a veteran writer….”
Read source in English / artículo en Ingles o en Español usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
Please note some (many) sites require registration. Many times it is free.
Stumble it! |
|
Other posts that may interest you
La Bloga: Review: X-Rated Bloodsuckers, Mario Acevedo / Mural goodnews.
La Bloga: Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera
La Bloga: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
La Bloga: Words That Raise the Dead: Interview with Martin Espada
La Bloga: Words That Raise the Dead: Interview with Martin Espada
La Bloga: Words That Raise the Dead: Interview with Martin Espada
La Bloga: TWICE BITTEN. New Latino vampire novels make engaging reading
