Marfa Mondays 21: Great Power in One: Miss Charles Emily Wilson
C.M. Mayo reads her longform essay about Miss Charles Emily Wilson, the Texas borderlands educator and oral historian of the Black Seminole scouts.
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 13 min
C.M. Mayo's Podcast (Marfa Mondays & More)
Award-winning travel writer and novelist C.M. Mayo hosts several podcast series here: "Conversations with Other Writers"; "Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, Texas & Environs in 24 Podcasts 2012-2013"; "Podcasts for Writers," and more.
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M.M. McAllen: A Conversation About "Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico"
As part of the occasional series "Conversations with Other Writers," C.M. Mayo talks with historian M.M. McAllen about her book, Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico. Recorded in the Twig Bookstore in San Antonio, Texas, October 2015. Visit McAllen's website at www.mmmcallen.com C.M. Mayo is the author of several books on Mexico including the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, which was named a Library Journal Best Book of 2009. Her website is www.cmmayo.com >> ...
Jan 05, 2016•1 hr 21 min
C.M. Mayo Reads Agustín Cadena's "Café San Martín," ALTA 2015
For the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) annual conference in Tucson, Arizona, at the Café Latino bilingual reading series at the Café Passé, C.M. Mayo reads "Café San Martin" by Mexican poet Agustín Cadena, together with her translation into English. This poem originally appeared in Cadena's collection Caceria de brujas, and the translation in Sarah Cortez's anthology, Goodbye Mexico. The MC is Alexis Levitin. Recorded on October 30, 2015. For more about ALTA www.literarytransla...
Dec 14, 2015•7 min
Marfa Mondays 20: Raymond Caballero on Mexican Revolutionary General Pascual Orozco and Far West Texas
An interview with Raymond Caballero, author of Lynching Pascual Orozco: Mexican Revolutionary Hero and Paradox. > Complete show notes and transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, and more)...
Nov 08, 2015•55 min
For Banned Books Week: A Reading From Francisco I. Madero's Secret Book, Spiritist Manual
An excerpt from C.M. Mayo's translation of Francisco I. Madero's Spiritist Manual , originally published in 1911 as Manual espírita . Madero was the leader of Mexico's 1910 Revolution and President of Mexico from 1911-1913. The complete translation is included in C.M. Mayo's book, Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual (Dancing Chiva, 2014), which won the National Indie Excellence Award for History. > More about this title a...
Oct 03, 2015•4 min
Marfa Mondays 19: Pitmaster Israel Campos in Pecos
An interview with Israel Campos, award-winning pitmaster and owner of Pody's BBQ. Recorded in June 2015. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, and more) Mentioned on this podcast: Pody's BBQ on Facebook Pody's BBQ on TripAdvisor Texas Monthly on Pody's BBQ Smokestack Lightning by Lolis Eric Elie The 100 Best Barbecue Restaurants in America by Johnny Fugitt The Prophets of Smoked ...
Sep 08, 2015•26 min
Extracto de Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolución Mexicana
C.M. Mayo lee un extracto del primer capítulo de su libro, Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolcuión Mexicana, Francisco I. Madero y su libro secreto, Manual espírita , Traducción de Agustín Cadena (Literal Publishing, 2014). Mayor información sobre este libro en la página web www.cmmayo.com
Jul 27, 2015•12 min
Marfa Mondays 18: Lisa Fernandes, Barrel Racer at the Pecos Rodeo
An interview with barrel racer Lisa Fernandes, recorded at the Pecos Rodeo, June 2015. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, and more) > Official page for the West of the Pecos Rodeo...
Jul 23, 2015•23 min
Historia en Vivo: El nuevo libro de C.M. Mayo sobre Francisco I. Madero, Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolución Mexicana
Para el programa de radio "Historia en vivo" de Radio Ciudada IMER en la Ciudad de México, la Maestra Bertha Hernández entrevista a C.M. Mayo sobre su nuevo libro, Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolución Mexicana, Francisco I. Madero y su libro secreto, Manual espírita . > Acerca de este libro (reseñas, extractos, bibliografías, artículos y más recursos para investigadores) Historiadores mencionados en esta entrevista: Manuel Guerra de Luna, Enrique Krauze, José Mariano Leyva, Alejandro Rosas, ...
May 23, 2015•48 min
Marfa Mondays 17: Lonn Taylor in Fort Davis
An interview with historian Lonn Taylor, the "Rambling Boy" columnist for the Big Bend Sentinel , and author of several books, most recently, Texas People, Texas Places. Recorded in Fort Davis in March 2015. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, and more)...
Apr 30, 2015•1 hr 4 min
C.M. Mayo at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD: Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book
Recorded January 29, 2015 in La Jolla, CA, at the University of California San Diego Center for US-Mexican Studies: C.M. Mayo discusses her new book, Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual. NOTES: This talk is substantially similar to the talk given for PEN San Miguel , however, some of the reading selections differ, as do the Q & A at the end. For more information about some of the many works, places, and individuals menti...
Feb 05, 2015•1 hr 12 min
C.M. Mayo at PEN San Miguel: The President of Mexico's Secret Book
On January 13, 2015, as the first speaker of the 2015 PEN San Miguel series in Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, C.M. Mayo reads from and discusses her new book, Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual. (Yes, this book is available in both paperback editions and in Kindle . ) For more about this book, visit www.cmmayo.com...
Jan 26, 2015•58 min
Rose Mary Salum: A Conversation About Making Connections with Literature and Art
As part of the occasional series Conversations with Other Writers , C.M. Mayo talks with Rose Mary Salum, founding editor of Literal Magazine and Literal Publishing, and editor of the visionary anthology Delta de las arenas: cuentos árabes, cuentos judíos, a collection of Jewish and Arab stories from Latin America. Recorded in Mexico City, November 2013. Visit her website at www.literalmagazine.com C.M. Mayo is a literary journalist, novelist, and translator. The author of several works on Mexic...
Jan 12, 2015•42 min
Marfa Mondays 16: Tremendous Forms: Paul V. Chaplo on Finding Composition in the Landscape
An interview with photographer Paul V. Chaplo, author of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country. Recorded at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, October 2014. This is #16 in the 24 podcast series Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, Texas and the greater Big Bend region www.cmmayo.com/marfa "These stunning images of one of the most sparsely populated and least visited regions of North America are not your typical coffee table book pretty pictures. In Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Co...
Jan 02, 2015•42 min
Marfa Mondays 15: Gifts of the Ancient Ones: Greg Williams on the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
An interview with Greg Williams, Executive Director of the Rock Art Foundation . Though the Rock Art Foundation has been working hard to spread the word, it still seems a well-kept secret that some of the most spectacular rock art in the world is tucked into the nooks and crannies of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Far West Texas (and into Coahuila, Mexico). I had the great privilege of being able to view some it, specifically, the rock art at Meyers Springs near the tiny border town of Dryden, T...
Dec 08, 2014•1 hr 6 min
Marfa Mondays 14: Over Burro Mesa / The Kickapoo Ambassadors
A hike over Burro Mesa into Apache Canyon in the Big Bend National Park, plus the reading of a brief translation from the memoir of Maximilian's gardener, Wilhelm Knechtel, about the Kickapoo ambassadors in 1865. This is #14 in the 24 podcast series, "Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, TX & the Big Bend." www.cmmayo.com/marfa > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, ...
Nov 04, 2014•16 min
Marfa Mondays 13: Looking at Mexico in New Ways: An Interview with John Tutino
Interview with John Tutino, professor of the history of Mexico and the Americas in the History Department and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Professor Tutino is the author of Making a New World: Founding Capitalism in the Bajío and Spanish North America (Duke University Press) and editor of the anthology Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States (University of Texas Press). This is #13 in the 24 podcast series, "Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marf...
Apr 02, 2014•1 hr 14 min
Marfa Mondays 12: Dallas Baxter, This Precious Place
Interview with Dallas Baxter, founding editor of Cenizo Journal . Recorded in February 2013 in Alpine, Texas. Baxter talks about the flowering of arts in the desert, the aftermath of 9/11, the challenges and delights of living in the Big Bend, and the story of a successful and dynamic print journal in this digital age. #12 in the 24 podcast series, " Marfa Mondays ," which has been extended through 2015. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for ...
Sep 17, 2013•48 min
Marfa Mondays 11: Cowboy Songs by Cowboys Michael Stevens, Craig Carter, and Doug Figgs
27th annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas: cowboy songs by cowboys Michael Stevens , Craig Carter and Doug Figgs -- and an interview with Michael Stevens. Recorded on February 23, 2013. This is #11 in the 24 podcast series, "Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, TX & the Big Bend, 2012-2013." > Transcript (excluding song lyrics, however) > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M....
Mar 20, 2013•50 min
Marfa Mondays 10: A Visit to Swan House (C.M. Mayo Reads for PEN San Miguel de Allende)
C.M. Mayo reading live for PEN San Miguel in the Teatro Angela Peralta, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on January 29, 2013. After a brief consideration of literary travel writing in the digital age, Mayo reads from her article in the winter 2013 issue of Cenizo Journal , "A Visit to Swan House," about the Presidio, Texas teaching house of adobe visionary Simone Swan, which features Nubian vaults, constructed by means of an ancient technique rescued by Swan's mentor, the renowned Egyptian archite...
Feb 17, 2013•49 min
Marfa Mondays 9: Mary Baxter, Painting the Big Bend
Mary Baxter came to Marfa years ago for the horses and cattle business and stayed to paint the sky-haunted landscapes in a Sorolla -like play of light: mountains, plains, horses huddling beneath a cliff, a canyon bruised purple with twilight, gold grass, the visual Haiku of a red water tank. Recently returned to Marfa after a decade in (relatively nearby) Marathon, Texas, Mary Baxter talked to C.M. Mayo in her sun-filled studio in October 2012. > View some of Mary Baxter's works at www.baxter...
Jan 08, 2013•39 min
Podcasting for Writers: Introduction to the Ebook (or, How I Dove Into the Future)
C.M. Mayo introduces her new ebook, Podcasting for Writers & Other Creative Entrepreneurs (Dancing Chiva, 2012). "Naples Dave" and others from fiverr.com are the big voices, along with music clips from istockaudio.com, uniquetracks.com, plus silly sound effects, and more. C.M. Mayo recorded her portion at ye olde writing desk desk (any snoring sounds are from the dog) and edited the whole shebang on her laptop using Apple's GarageBand. As Mayo says, "If I can podcast, so can you." About the ...
Dec 09, 2012•17 min
Marfa Mondays 8: A Spell at Chinati Hot Springs
Elvis. The private art gallery. Lithium. And even better: no email. C.M. Mayo recounts a visit to this remote Chihuahuan Desert oasis in May of 2012. C.M. Mayo is the author of the novel,The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, which was named a Library Journal Best Book 2009, and the collection Sky Over El Nido, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. She is also author of a travel memoir, Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico. She ...
Nov 05, 2012•27 min
Sergio Troncoso: A Conversation with the Author of From This Wicked Patch of Dust
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers , C.M. Mayo talks with Sergio Troncoso , author of the novel From This Wicked Patch of Dust. He is also the author of the novel The Nature of Truth ; the short story collection The Last Tortilla , which won the Premio Aztlan; and the collection Crossing Borders: Personal Essays . Recorded on Skype, summer 2012. His website is www.sergiotroncoso.com C.M. Mayo is the author of the novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empir e, wh...
Sep 24, 2012•59 min
Marfa Mondays 7: We Have Seen the Lights
C.M. Mayo recounts her experiences with the bizarre and mysterious phenomena of the Marfa Lights, comments on some of the literature and research, and interviews other witnesses. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas > C.M. Mayo's home page (books, articles, and more)...
Jul 23, 2012•29 min
Marfa Mondays 6: Marfa's Moonlight Gemstones: An Interview with Paul Graybeal
An interview with Paul Graybeal, owner of Marfa's Moonlight Gemstones. It was no exaggeration for historian Walter Prescott Webb to describe the Big Bend region as "an earthwreck in which a great section of country was shaken down, turned over, blown up, and set on fire." In short, there is ample evidence of millions of years of dramatic geological activity, with the craggiest of mountains to rocks of all kinds, from mammoth piles of boulders to pebbles. In this interview with Paul Graybeal, lea...
Jun 20, 2012•48 min
Marfa Mondays 5: Cynthia McAlister: The Buzz on the Bees
An interview with Cynthia McAlister about the bees of West Texas, both imported and native to the northern Chihuahuan Desert. McAlister holds a masters degree in biology from Sul Ross University and is the author of several articles on bees, among them,"Our Native West Texas Bees," which appeared in the winter 2012 issue of Cenizo Journal . Recorded in late January 2012. > Transcript > MARFA MONDAYS PODCASTING PROJECT (ALL PODCASTS) > World Waiting for a Dream: A Turn in Far West Texas ...
May 21, 2012•1 hr 6 min
Marfa Mondays 4: Avram Dumitrescu, An Artist in Alpine
C.M. Mayo interviews Avram Dumitrescu , an artist and illustrator whose paintings have been featured in "Marfans: Art from the Plateau" at the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery in Odessa, and also showcased in Cenizo Journal . A native of the Channel Islands and raised in Belfast, he earned a bachelor's degree and Masters in Applied Arts from the University of Ulster at Belfast. He is married to journalist Megan Wilde. For more about Dumitrescu, and to view his portfolio, visit www.onlineavram.com . ...
Apr 17, 2012•36 min
Michael K. Schuessler: A Conversation about Pita Amor, Elena Poniatowska, Sor Juana, and Alma Reed
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers , C.M. Mayo talks with Michael K. Schuessler , author of the biographies Guadalupe Amor: La undécisima musa (The Eleventh Muse) and Elena Poniatowska: An Intimate Portrait , and editor of journalist Alma Reed's long-lost autobiography, Peregrina: Love and Death in Mexico . Most recently, Schuessler is co-editor (with Amparo Gómez), of the correspondence between Reed and her fiancé, Yucatan's charismatic first democratically ele...
Mar 26, 2012•1 hr 7 min
Marfa Mondays 3: Mary Bones on the Lost Art Colony
C.M. Mayo interviews Mary Bones, curator of the exhibit "The Lost Colony: Texas Regionalist Paintings," in the Museum of the Big Bend , Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas. The Lost Colony refers to the summer art colony at Sul Ross which began in 1932 and ended somewhat mysteriously in 1950. Alpine is 30 minutes northeast of Marfa -- right next door. Of the region, as Michael Duty writes in the introduction to the exhibit's catalog, "It... has long called to artists who have been captivate...
Mar 21, 2012•35 min
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