I'm setting up a Substack account...any advice?

Had a great class visit w Kim Garza.

Just did my very first presentation on FIESTAS EN LAREDO at the u of Texas Arlington… a resounding success! Gracias Natalia Trigo and Xavier Medina for the invitation. Gracias Kris n Celia for coming out to be with me.

An excellent resource for federal civil servants. www.civilservicestrong.org

BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.

I spent the first week of 2025 in room 451 at Methodist with Elvia as she deals with fractured vertebrae and ribs while recovering from cancer surgery.

New book!

The University of North Texas has removed words like “race” and “equity” from 78 course titles.

Tomas Ybarra Fraudto on RASQUACHISMO

Meditating a panel with Luis Jaramillo And Adamely Salgado Reyes

Texas Book Festival

For the @nytimes.com I wrote about how Enough is Enough with the incumbent president and his cabinet of folly and let’s stop coddling Trump voters and be real clear-eyed about what lies ahead. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

At La Peña.

In NYC one Thurs

Just joined. I’m at THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL this weekend